EPA Seeks Comments on Revised PCB Cleanup Plan

The U.S. EPA Region 5, said on November 12 that it is seeking comments on changes to a proposed plan to clean up PCB-contaminated soil at the Textile Road Superfund site, Ypsilanti, MI.

A meeting to explain the plan will be held November 23, at 7 p.m., Ypsilanti Township Civic Center, 7200 South Huron Drive. The comment period runs from November 14 through December 14.

The EPA said that it has changed its recommended cleanup schedule for soils:

• Soil containing PCB concentrations equal to or greater than 50 ppm will be disposed of in a PCB landfill;
• soil containing PCBs greater than or equal to 26 ppm, but less than 50 ppm, will be disposed of in a state-approved hazardous-waste landfill; and
• soil containing PCBs equal to or greater than 1.2 ppm, but less than 26 ppm, will be consolidated in the northeastern portion of the site.

The northeastern site area will be covered with clean soil and vegetation or other approved cover.

The agency said that the changed plan remains protective of human health and the environment and will allow most of the property to be used for residential development. It incorporates comments from the first public comment period held in 1997.

Cleanup completion is expected in about 4 to 6 months.

Written comments must be postmarked by December 14 and sent to Denise Gawlinski, P-19J, Community Involvement Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604. E-mail: gawlinski.denise@epa.gov.

Copies of the study, responsiveness summary, and related documents are available for review at Ypsilanti District Library, 229 West Michigan, and the Ypsilanti Civic Center, 7200 South Huron Drive.

Contact: U.S. EPA, Mony Chabria, Legal. Tel: 312-886-6842. Or P.C. Lall, Technical. Tel: 734-692-7685.