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DRMS Permit Index
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M2009076
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PERMIT FILE
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9/25/2009
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EPA Superfund Record of Decision
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16, APPROXIMATELY SEVENTEEN PEOPLE ATTENDED, AND ONLY ONE PERSON ASKED A QUESTION OF EPA. A <br />LOCAL PROPERTY OWNER LATER COMMENTED TO EPA THAT HE THOUGHT THE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING <br />HAD BEEN INSUFFICIENT, AND REQUESTED AN EXTENSION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. ABOUT FORTY <br />PEOPLE ATTENDED THE SECOND MEETING ON JUNE 17 IN IDAHO SPRINGS. THESE PEOPLE HAD NUMEROUS <br />STIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT EPA'S PLANS FOR THE SITE. RESIDENTS AGAIN EXPRESSED DOUBT ABOUT THE <br />CESSITY OF TAKING ACTION ON MINE DRAINAGES WHEN LOCAL PEOPLE DO NOT PERCEIVE THEM TO BE <br />CAUSING ANY PROBLEMS. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE HIGH COST OF THE TREATMENT CAST FURTHER DOUBT ON <br />THE NEED FOR REMEDIATION AND EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF EPA'S ACTIVITIES ON THE <br />LOCAL ECONOMY. THESE CONCERNS ARE DESCRIBED IN GREATER DETAIL IN THE RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY <br />PREPARED FOR OPERABLE UNIT NO. ONE. <br />THE DRAFT FS REPORT FOR OPERABLE UNIT NO. TWO, TAILINGS AND WASTE ROCK REMEDIATION, WAS RELEASED <br />ON NOVEMBER 9, 1987. ON THE SAME DAY, EPA PUBLISHED A PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE SITE, PREFACED BY <br />AN EXPLANATORY LETTER. A PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 24, 1987 IN IDAHO SPRINGS, <br />COLORADO. PRIOR TO THE MEETING, EPA MAILED COPIES OF THE PROPOSED PLAN AND LETTER TO LOCAL <br />RESIDENTS AND OFFICIALS. LEGAL ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE MEETING WERE PUBLISHED IN THE CLEAR CREEK <br />COURANT (IDAHO SPRINGS) ON OCTOBER 28, 1987, IN THE WEEKLY REGISTER-CALL (GILPIN COUNTY) ON <br />OCTOBER 26, 1987, AND IN THE GOLDEN TRANSCRIPT (GOLDEN) ON OCTOBER 27, 1987. EPA PROVIDED THESE <br />NEWSPAPERS WITH PRESS RELEASES THAT WERE ALSO PUBLISHED IN EACH OF THESE THREE NEWSPAPERS DURING <br />THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 26, 1987. THE PUBLIC MEETING OCCURRED MIDWAY THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT <br />PERIOD, ON NOVEMBER 24, 1987, AND WAS ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY FIFTY PEOPLE. COPIES OF THE <br />PROPOSED PLAN FOR OPERABLE UNIT NO. TWO WERE AVAILABLE AT THE MEETING. THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE <br />MEETING WAS HEATED, AS RESIDENTS STRONGLY EXPRESSED THEIR DOUBTS ABOUT EPA'S PLANS. <br />COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDING THE MEETING HAD NUMEROUS QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS REGARDING EPA'S <br />ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA. MANY OF THE RESIDENTS' COMMENTS WERE MADE IN REGARD TO THE LOCAL <br />ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF EPA'S ACTIVITIES. SEVERAL RESIDENTS QUESTIONED EPA'S JUSTIFICATION FOR ITS <br />ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA AND THE ACCURACY OF FINDINGS RELATED TO OPERABLE UNIT NO. TWO. RESIDENTS <br />WERE CONCERNED THAT THE COST OF EPA'S EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP THE MINE TAILINGS AND WASTE ROCK AT <br />THE FIVE MINE TUNNELS WOULD BE EXCESSIVE IN LIGHT OF THE LARGER VOLUME OF SUCH MATERIALS <br />0EWHERE IN THE AREA. RESIDENTS' CONCERNS ARE DESCRIBED IN GREATER DETAIL BELOW. <br />IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS MADE AT THE NOVEMBER 24 PUBLIC MEETING FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE COMMENT <br />PERIOD, EPA EXTENDED THE CLOSING DATE OF THE COMMENT PERIOD BY TEN DAYS UNTIL DECEMBER 18, 1987. <br />THIS EXTENSION WAS ANNOUNCED IN PRESS RELEASES IN THE CLEAR CREEK COURANT, THE WEEKLY <br />REGISTER-CALL, AND THE GOLDEN TRANSCRIPT DURING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 7, 1987. EPA ANNOUNCED <br />THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA THE DELAY IN SIGNING OF THE ROD ON OPERABLE UNIT NO. TWO. THE AGENCY <br />ACCEPTED PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL THE FINAL SELECTION WAS MADE. <br />III. SUMMARY OF PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED AND EPA'S RESPONSES <br />THIS SECTION SUMMARIZES PUBLIC CONCERNS ABOUT THE FS REPORT ON OPERABLE UNIT NO. TWO EXPRESSED <br />DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. COMMUNITY COMMENTS GENERALLY ADDRESSED: ISSUES ABOUT THE <br />REDUCTION OF CONTAMINATION FROM WASTE ROCK OR TAILINGS PILES AT THE FIVE TUNNELS RELATIVE TO THE <br />TOTAL VOLUME OF MINING WASTES IN THE AREA, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE COSTS OF THIS EFFORT ARE <br />CONSIDERED; ISSUES ABOUT SUPERFUND PROCEDURES, STUDIES, AND ACTIONS, SUCH AS CLEANUP OF THE <br />GREGORY TAILINGS SITE; ISSUES ABOUT THE METHODS, COSTS, AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE STUDIES; ISSUES <br />ABOUT LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF SUPERFUND ACTIVITIES; AND TECHNICAL ISSUES, RAISED PRIMARILY BY <br />THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. <br />MANY RESIDENTS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE SUPERFUND PROCESS ON INVESTMENT IN <br />FUTURE MINING DEVELOPMENT. SEVERAL RESIDENTS ALSO COMMENTED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE LOSS OF THE <br />VALUE OF THE METALS IN TAILINGS PILES BECAUSE OF THE LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH EXTRACTING METALS <br />FROM AN NPL SITE. <br />SEVERAL LOCAL OFFICIALS AND TWO OF THE OWNERS OF MINING PROPERTIES THAT ARE PART OF THE <br />SUPERFUND SITE ATTENDED THE PUBLIC MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 24, 1987 IN IDAHO SPRINGS. ASIDE <br />6 OM COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, THE CLEAR CREEK AND GILPIN COUNTY METAL MINERS' <br />SOCIATION (CCGCMMA) IS THE ONLY CITIZENS' GROUP THAT HAS CONSISTENTLY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN <br />EPA'S ACTIVITIES AT THE SITE. THE CCGCMMA INCLUDES A BROAD MEMBERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE TWO <br />AFFECTED COUNTIES, AS WELL AS AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF THE SITE. AS WITH MANY OF THE COMMENTS MADE <br />AT THE PUBLIC MEETING HELD FOR OPERABLE UNIT NO. ONE, RESIDENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE <br />CCGCMMA SUGGESTED THAT EPA EVALUATE REPROCESSING OF THE TAILINGS PILES AS A WAY OF REDUCING
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