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Fact Sheet

October 2013

Public Availability Meeting, Carter Carburetor Superfund Site, St. Louis, Missouri


PUBLIC AVAILABILITY MEETING

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 will host a public availability meeting to provide information and answer questions about recent removal activities and next steps at the Carter Carburetor Superfund Site. The public availability meeting will be held:

Thursday, November 14, 2013
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club
First Floor Meeting Room
2901 North Grand Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63107

EPA’s presentation will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m.

For more information, contact:

Belinda Young
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
11201 Renner Boulevard
Lenexa, Kansas 66219
913-551-7463, 1-800-223-0425
young.belinda@epa.gov

EPA Region 7 is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation, please contact Jonathan Cooper at 1-800-223-0425 or by email at cooper.jonathan@epa.gov at least one week in advance of the meeting. Speech or hearing impaired individuals should email or call using the local relay service.

RECENT REMOVAL ACTIVITY

Beginning in August 2013, EPA Region 7 oversaw the removal of debris from the Carter Carburetor Building. The debris removal work proceeded as expected, and this phase of the cleanup has been completed.

EPA did not encounter any unexpected issues in the debris removal phase of the project.

Total estimated material removed from the Carter Carburetor building exceeded 1,400 cubic yards of asbestos or potentially asbestos-contaminated debris. The debris removed included wood, automobiles, forklifts, metal and roofing material.

NEXT STEPS

The next administrative phase in EPA’s process is to receive, review and approve a work plan from ACF Industries, a potentially responsible party (PRP). This work plan will detail the work to be completed by ACF Industries’ environmental contractor, including a schedule of activities of the work that will be conducted at the site, how the work will be conducted, and when it will be completed.

The work plan is due to EPA by January 10, 2014. Assuming only minor comments and changes would occur, the work plan could be approved by mid-to-late March 2014. On-site work by ACF Industries could then begin by the end of April 2014.

Although EPA cannot precisely determine the exact date when all site work will be complete, the Agency anticipates that, barring unforeseen circumstances, all activities could be completed by late 2017.

PUBLIC AVAILABILITY MEETING

The public availability meeting will provide an opportunity for nearby residents and interested stakeholders to learn about the next steps in the cleanup process and how EPA's oversight of this cleanup with ACF Industries will be conducted.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

EPA encourages the community to review the Administrative Record file, which is available at the following locations:

Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club
2901 North Grand Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63107

St. Louis Public Library, Divoll Branch
4234 North Grand Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63107

EPA Region 7
11201 Renner Boulevard
Lenexa, Kansas 66219

Carter Carburetor website:
www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/carter_carburetor

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact:

Belinda Young
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
11201 Renner Blvd.
Lenexa, KS 66219
Phone: 913-551-7463
Toll-free: 1-800-223-0425
young.belinda@epa.gov

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