------- FACfB A] Fact: A consent decree has been lodged in U.S. District Court for the East- em District of Missouri calling for Syntex to demolish and dispose of non-contaminated structures and debris in uncontaminated areas of Times Beach. Syntex also agreed to design and construct an incin- erator at Times Beach to destroy all dioxin-contaminated soils from the 28 sites in eastern Missouri. At the conclusion of the incineration project, Syntex will dismantle the incinerator and ancillary build- ings, remove them from Times Beach and restore the area to beneficial use. Cleaning up the dioxin will discourage growth and pros- perity. Fact: Removal and permanent destruc- tion of the dioxin will help restore property values, encourage growth and jobs, protect public health, and establish an even better envi- ronment in eastern Missouri. Dioxin contamination at the east- em Missouri sites has had an adverse impact on property values and jobs. Times Beach is currently a stigma in the middle of progres- sive and developing neighborhoods that have a great potential for the future. The incinerator will pose a threat to the drinking water from the Meramec River. Fact: There is no danger to drinking water supplies from the thermal treatment unit. The safe destruc- tion of dioxin will not contaminate the Meramec. Protection of the public has always been foremost in the plans for the cleanup of Times Beach. The incinerator will not be protected in a floodplain. Fact: A ring levee will be placed around the thermal treatment facility to protect it from a flood. The ring levee, as well as the thermal treat - mentfacility, will be removed when the destruction of the dioxin is completed. There will be dioxin brought to Times Beach from sites outside of eastern Missouri. Fact: The Record of Decision (ROD) and the consent decree limit the incin- eration at Times Beach to only eastern Missouri dioxin sites. All of the dioxin-contaminated soil from the eastern Missouri sites that will be brought to Times Beach originated from the same source. Two of these sites are within the Eureka city limits. Cleanup will ensure that the dioxin-contami- nated soil will be removed and safely destroyed and that the sites will be safe for human contact. St. Louis County will become the toxic waste dump for the Midwest . Fact: Twelve of the dioxin- contaminated sites in eastern Missouri are located in St. Louis County. Times Beach is an uninhabited 480 acres of state-owned land where a temporary thermal treatment facility would be placed to safely and permanently destroy the dioxin. After the destruction of the dioxin-contaminated soil and removal of the thermal treatment unit, the restoration of Times Beach to public use will benefit all of St. Louis County. The thermal destruction of dioxin-contaminated soil will be detrimental to endangered species. Fact: The thermal treatment unit will not affect any endangered species. Removal and safe destruction of dioxin will improve the environ- ment for the people of St. Louis County and better protect the health and environment. ------- This $100 million facility will not be disassembled at the end of the cleanup of eastern Missouri dioxin sites. After the demolition wastes and incinerator ash have been buried at Times Beach, there will be residual dioxin contamination in the ground- water . Fact: The ROD and the consent decree require the thermal treatment facility to be removed from Times Beach and Times Beach to be restored to beneficial use. The ROD is legal and binding and, along with state law, will ensure that the thermal treatment unit will be removed from Times Beach after the safe and permanent destruction of dioxin-contaminated soil in eastern Missouri is com- pleted. Fact: There will be NO residual dioxin contamination that can get into the groundwater. Dioxin adheres tightly to the soil and is not consid- ered water soluble. Once the dioxin-contaminated soil has been thermally treated, it will be tested to assure that the ash is not contaminated. The ash will be non-hazardous and will be placed on-site as Times Beach is restored to beneficial use. ------- |