EPA
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PLAN
Chemetco Superfund Site
Chouteau Township, Madison County, Illinois
June 2011
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 5
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CONTENTS
Section Page
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1-1
2.0 WHAT IS SUPERFUND 2-1
3.0 SITE BACKGROUND 3-1
4.0 COMMUNITY BACKGROUND 4-1
4.1 COMMUNITY PROFILE 4-1
4.2 PAST COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EFFORTS 4-2
5.0 COMMUNITY CONCERNS 5-1
5.1 SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY INTERVIEWS 5-1
5.2 POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS POSED BY THE SITE 5-1
5.3 POTENTIAL IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES 5-1
5.4 SITE RE-USE 5-2
5.5 COMMUNICATION WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS AND OFFICIALS 5-2
6.0 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT GOALS AND ACTIVITIES 6-1
6.1 SPECIFIC COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES 6-2
6.2 TIMEFRAME FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES 6-5
Appendix
A INFORMATION REPOSITORY, ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD, WEB SITE AND
PUBLIC MEETING LOCATIONS
B LIST OF CONTACTS
C LIST OF INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Figure
1 SUPERFUND PROCESS 2-2
2 SITE LOCATION MAP 3-3
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepared this Community Involvement Plan
(CIP) for the Chemetco Superfund site in Chouteau Township, Madison County, Illinois. EPA's
Community Involvement effort is committed to promoting communication between citizens and
the Agency. Active community involvement is crucial to the success of any public project.
The CIP:
Assists the public in understanding the decision-making process during project design
and cleanup and the community's role in that process
Provides the public with accessible, accurate, timely and understandable information
about the project as it moves forward
Ensures adequate time and opportunity for the public to provide informed and
meaningful input and for that input to be considered
Respects and fully considers public input throughout the process as the project moves
forward
EPA used several information sources to develop this plan, including research and community
interviews. The interviews were conducted with local residents, business managers and local
officials interested in activities at the Chemetco site in Chouteau Township, Illinois, in March,
2011. In addition to this introduction, the CIP contains the following sections:
Section 2.0, What is Superfund - This section discusses the Superfund program.
Section 3.0, Site Background - This section provides an overview of the site's history
and operations, as well as site investigations and cleanup work.
Section 4.0, Community Background - This section provides a profile of the population
of Chouteau Township, Illinois and describes the history of community involvement in
the site cleanup.
Section 5.0, Community Concerns - This section summarizes community's issues and
concerns as discussed during the community interviews.
Section 6.0, Community Involvement Goals and Activities - This section describes
site-specific objectives developed in response to identified community concerns and
activities to be conducted to accomplish these objectives.
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Appendix A of the CIP lists the location of the information repository, administrative record,
website, and possible meeting locations. Appendix B provides contact information for EPA
Chemetco site project contacts, elected officials and the media. Finally, Appendix C provides the
list of questions asked of those who participated in the community interviews.
If you are interested in submitting comments or have questions or suggestion concerning the
CIP, please contact:
Mike Joyce
Community Involvement Coordinator
EPA Region 5 (SI-7J)
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
Phone: 312-353-5546 or toll free at 800-621-8431, ext. 35546
joyce.mike@epa.gov
For more information on the Chemetco Superfund Site, visit
http://www.epa.gov/region5/cleanup/chemetco
or request information by contacting EPA's CIC, Mike Joyce.
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2.0 WHAT IS SUPERFUND?
Superfund is an environmental cleanup program enabled by a federal law enacted in 1980 known
as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or CERCLA.
In 1986, another law, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) reauthorized
CERCLA to continue Superfund cleanup activities. The CERCLA law gives EPA the authority
to require those parties responsible for creating hazardous waste sites to clean those sites up or to
reimburse the government if EPA cleans up the site. EPA compels responsible parties to clean up
hazardous waste sites through administrative orders, consent decrees, and other legal settlements.
EPA is authorized to enforce the Superfund laws in all 50 states and in U.S. territories.
Superfund site identification, monitoring, and response activities are coordinated with state,
tribal and territorial environmental protection or waste management agencies.
The Superfund program encourages active dialogue between communities affected by the release
of hazardous substances and all of the agencies responsible for carrying out or overseeing
cleanup actions. EPA follows a step-by-step process to determine the best way to clean up a
polluted site and protect human health and the environment. EPA considers community
involvement to be an important part of the Superfund program and opportunities for community
involvement occur throughout the procedure. Figure 1 on the next page outlines the stages of the
Superfund process and highlights opportunities for community involvement at each step of the
process.
Visit these EPA websites for more information on the Superfund process.
Superfund: www.epa.gov/superfund/index.htm
Cleanup Process: www.epa.gov/superfund/cleanup/index.htm
Community Involvement: www.epa.gov/superfund/community/index.htm
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Superfund
Process Steps
: Gather historical site condition information to
determine if further investigation is needed
Use Hazard Ranking System to evaluate risks
Publish notice in Federal Register and local media
announcing proposed listing and public comment
period
Once listed, EPA publishes notice in Federal Register
and responds to comments
Determines the nature and extent of contamination,
evaluates human health and ecological risk
Presents the cleanup alternatives and is issued for
a 30-day public comment period
Contains the selected remedy for a site and the
Responsiveness Summary which provides
responses to all comments received during the
public comment period
Preliminary
Assessment/Site
Inspection
National
Priorities List
(NPL) Process
Remedial
Investigation/
Feasibility Study
Proposed
Plan
Record of Decision
(ROD)
Includes preparing for and doing the bulk of the
cleanup at the site
Final design is developed
Remedial Design/
Remedial Action
(-Any necessary physical construction has been
completed (even though final cleanup levels may
not have been reached)
Ensures that Superfund cleanups provide
long-term protection of human health and
environment
Monitoring continues
Construction
Completion
Post-Construction
Completion
All site work completed
EPA requests comments on upcoming deletion of
site from NPL list
Deletion
Community Involvement
Opportunities
Provide any information you have about the site to
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Read information about EPA's proposal to list the site
Contact EPA for questions or additional information
If concerned, submit comments during the Public
Comment period
Consider forming a Community Advisory Group (CAG) ^
and applying for a Technical Assistance Grant (TAG)
Participate in public meetings
Contact CIC with questions
Read EPA's proposed plan
Participate in public meetings
Visit Information Repository
Read the ROD for site cleanup
Participate in public events or visit the information
repository
Contact site community involvement coordinator
(CIC )with questions
Learn about the final design
Work through your CAG, TAG, or Technical Assistance
Services for Communities (TASC) provider for information
Attend meetings and site visits
Contact CIC with questions
Attend meetings and site visits
Contact CIC with questions
Work through your CAG, TAG, or TASC provider for
information
Visit the site or arrange a site tour through EPA
Contact CIC with questions
Read EPA's proposal and Responsiveness Summary
-Readthefinaldeletionreport
'P'anacommun'|;yeventoce'e')rate deletion from
Reuse
After site is clean
EPA works with community to help return site to
productive use
EPA will ensure that any land use restrictions
V^ continue to be met
Figure 1 shows community involvement opportunities during each step of the Superfund process.
Work with EPA and neighbors to plan the
redevelopment
Explore EPA's tools and resources
Be supportive of redevelopment plans once they've
been agreed upon
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2.0 SITE BACKGROUND
Chemetco was a former secondary copper smelting facility which operated from 1969 to 2001.
The company owned more than 230 acres of land; however, the smelting operation occupied
only about on 41 acres of the property. The Chemetco Superfund site is located in Chouteau
Township, just south of the Village of Hartford, in Madison County, Illinois (see figure on next
page). The site of the smelting operation originally contained a foundry, a tank house, several
other industrial buildings, a receiving building, a laboratory, commercial offices, plant offices, a
mobile shop and industrial smoke stacks in disrepair. By June, 2011, the site's huge tank house
had been gutted, piping structures demolished and much metal scrapped. The last standing
smoke stack collapsed in 2010. The 41-acre property is currently fenced and access to the site is
restricted by order of the Illinois EPA.
Photograph is an aerial image of the Chemetco site.
Chemetco's major business was the processing of copper-bearing scrap to produce cathodes and
anodes, important components in electrical and electronic manufacturing. The company also
produced lead and tin ingots from other metal manufacturing residues. This secondary smelting
process produced several waste byproducts such as slag, zinc oxide (also known as scrubber
sludge), and spent fire brick.
There are three principal sources of contamination at the Chemetco site: large slag piles, a zinc
oxide pile and a parking lot. Slag and zinc oxide material contain the metals cadmium, copper,
lead and zinc. The large slag piles do not have a cover and run-off from the piles drains to a
concrete lined ditch which diverts surface water to a holding basin. In April 2008, the water-
holding basin was overflowing and surface water was draining into the wetlands adjacent to
Long Lake.
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Figure 2 shows the location of the Chemetco Superfund Site.
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The zinc oxide pile is known to contain the metals cadmium, copper, lead and zinc, which can be
hazardous. An approximately 2.5-acre concrete bunker containing zinc oxide exists along the
north side of the facility. The bunker has retainer walls that surround the pile to limit the flow of
storm-water runoff from the pile. However, the zinc oxide was piled higher than the walls,
allowing materials to spill over the walls on to nearby grounds. Run-off from this pile eventually
drains to the storm-water basin mentioned above, which discharges legally under a permit to the
nearby tributary of Long Lake and eventually to the western-most portion of Long Lake.
The third source of site contamination is the parking lot located south of the southwest corner of
the main facility property. It is composed of slag material and spent fire brick. The 3.3-acre
parking lot was built in 1980 and is just north of wetlands near Long Lake. Samples collected
from the parking lot in 2008 show the presence of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc.
On September 18, 1996, Illinois EPA discovered a discharge pipe during an inspection of
Chemetco. The pipe ran to the south, generally parallel to Illinois Route 3. The pipe appeared to
be a 10-inch line and was illegally discharging zinc oxide to a drainage ditch just south of the
facility. This discharge had been going on for 10 years before it was discovered. Samples
collected from the outfall area showed levels of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc. After the
discovery, Chemetco was required to clean up the area. While digging up the area, layers of zinc
oxide material were found to a depth of 6 feet in Long Lake, indicating the area appeared to be
impacted from zinc oxide.
The sediments collected from the wetlands along Long Lake indicate that the waste products
produced on the Chemetco property (zinc oxide and slag) may be associated with the
contamination of the wetlands and Long Lake sediments with cadmium, copper, lead and zinc.
On October 31, 2001, the facility was shut down and on November 13, 2001 filed for Chapter 7
bankruptcy. At that time, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois
appointed a trustee to oversee the property. On December 7, 2001, Illinois EPA issued an order
that restricts public access to most of the site and prohibits anyone except authorized personnel
from entering the site. The property is currently unoccupied with the exception of a small work
crew which is liquidating assets that remain at the facility on behalf of the bankruptcy trustee.
Since August 2010, limited demolition of site buildings has progressed. Over 1,400 tons of
material has been removed from the site and either recycled, reclaimed, or properly discarded.
Over the summer, the trustee for the bankruptcy estate took measures to better secure the site.
In late September 2010, U.S. EPA conducted a week-long search of records and files at the site
for information related to the enforcement of the Superfund law (see Section 2.0 for more
detailed information about the laws). The trustee has continued to sell facility assets and
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materials to satisfy claims in the Chemetco bankruptcy case. Also, a contractor to the estate is
working at the site in an attempt to develop a process and/or technology to reclaim metals with
economic value from the large slag piles and the sludge left at the facility.
Earlier this year, U.S. EPA took a limited number of soil, ground water, and surface water
samples at the site of the former Chemetco facility, from the surrounding estate properties, from
a few residences, and at the Lewis & Clark State Historic Site. The data from the samples will be
used to help plan the cleanup investigation, which U.S. EPA plans to start in 2012.
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4.0 COMMUNITY BACKGROUND
This section describes the composition of Chouteau Township, Madison County, Illinois, the
history of community involvement with the site, and major community concerns in the area
regarding the site.
4.1 COMMUNITY PROFILE
Chouteau Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, approximately 10 miles north and 16
miles east of the city of St. Louis, Missouri. It encompasses an area of about 27.5 square miles.
Chouteau Township is governed by a supervisor and is assisted by a township assessor. The
nearest village to the Chemetco site is the Village of Hartford, which is governed by a mayor and
five trustees and assisted by a projects manager. As of December 2010, Chouteau Township has
a population of 14,260, with almost 97 percent of the population reported as white non-Hispanic,
Hispanic or Latino is 1.2 percent and black as .8 percent. The Village of Hartford has a
population of 1,429 as of 2010 Census data.
The Village of Hartford was the site of historic Camp River Dubois, the point of departure in
1804 for the famed Lewis & Clark Expedition. In May 2010, Hartford opened its Lewis & Clark
Confluence Tower to the public to honor the historic event. The tower is 150 feet high so that
visitors may have an excellent view of where the Mississippi and Missouri rivers meet, which is
the reason the two intrepid explorers began their famous journey westward at this location. From
three viewing levels, tower visitors can also see nearby communities in all directions. On a clear
day, visitors can easily see downtown St. Louis and the Gateway Arch, which is 19 miles south
of the tower.
The Lewis & Clark Illinois State Historic Museum is
also located in Hartford, Illinois, and is northwest of
the Chemetco site. The facility is operated by the
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and is
designated as Site #1 on the Lewis and Clark
National Historic Trail. It features the Lewis and
Clark Interpretive Center, a 15,000 square foot brick
and cedar building that tells the story of how the
Corps of Discovery assembled equipment, supplies
and men at Camp River Dubois.
55 foot long replica of the keelboat Lewis
had built in Elizabethtown, Ohio
The facility also has a replica of the 1803-04 winter encampment. Visit this web site for more
information: http://www.campdubois.com
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4.2 PAST U.S. EPA COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EFFORTS
In August 2010, two informational meetings were held to explain activities at the site and to give
residents an opportunity to ask questions about the site.
EPA conducted interviews with local residents and Village of Hartford and Chouteau Township
officials in March 2011.
An information repository has been established for the site at the Hartford Public Library,
located at 143 West Hawthorne located in Hartford, Illinois. The repository contains site-related
documents such as technical reports, sampling results, general information about EPA and the
Superfund program, and other information.
The community interviews conducted in March 2011 represents EPA's continuing efforts to
engage the community. More information on the interviews can be found in Section 5.
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5.0 COMMUNITY CONCERNS
During March 2011, EPA conducted in-person interviews with 25 Chouteau Township residents
and officials and Village of Hartford officials to identify their questions, concerns, and
information needs regarding the Chemetco Site. The key concerns and questions raised during
the community interviews are summarized below. The interviews were conducted in a discussion
format and each interviewee was asked questions from a list and follow-up questions were
suggested by the discussions.
Note to readers: This section is intended to faithfully record and reflect the issues and concerns
expressed to EPA by residents, officials and others interviewed during the community interviews.
Therefore, this is of necessity a collection and summary of thoughts, observations and, in some
cases, opinions. Please be cautioned that the statements contained in this section may, or may
not, be factual.
5.1 SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY INTERVIEWS
All residents and local officials expressed the same main concern about the site: "it is an eyesore;
is contaminated and needs to be cleaned up." All people interviewed agreed the site is ugly and
are glad Chemetco is being cleaned up. Many people said the site gives the area a bad image.
Officials from the Village of Hartford said they want to help to get the site cleaned up in any way
they can be of assistance.
All but one of the people interviewed said they have lived and/or worked in the area all their
lives, so they are familiar with the Chemetco site. Most said they knew about the secret pipe that
caused some of the contamination and that the site is in bankruptcy. Some of the people
interviewed have talked with the trustee about site concerns and the status of cleanup. Many of
the people interviewed said they remember explosions on the site that "rocked their walls" when
the Chemetco facility was operating.
5.2 POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS POSED BY THE SITE
Some of the residents interviewed expressed concerns that the site was contributing to cancer and
other health problems in the area. A few residents said that there are many residents on Thomas
Road (which is along the railroad) that have cancer. Some residents expressed concern about
water that is spraying on the slag piles and some were worried about the dust that is in the air on
dry and windy days. They said they are concerned that contamination is leaving the site through
the air and that the dust could cause health problems. Some had the same concern about the
water being sprayed on the slag piles. Many residents along Long Lake expressed concern about
that the contamination from the secret pipe has caused the lake to fill with contaminated
sediment.
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5.3 POTENTIAL IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES
Many residents in the area are worried that the site is negatively affecting their property values.
One resident said he cannot sell his property because of the problems associated with the site.
Some residents living on the banks of Long Lake expressed the concern that their property
values were being diminished because Long Lake was being filled with sediment due to illegal
runoff from the Chemetco site property. These residents say the lake used to almost always be 6
to 8 feet deep and is now often only 1 to 2 feet deep in many places.
5.4 SITE RE-USE
Everyone interviewed is interested in the reuse of the property and said it should be reused for
something constructive. Some of the ideas shared were that an industrial park would be good,
others said commercial use would be beneficial, one said recreational or park land would be
acceptable. Officials from the Village of Hartford said they would be interested in working to
help redevelop the area once it is cleaned up.
5.5 COMMUNICATION WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS AND OFFICIALS
Everyone interviewed said they want to receive communications from EPA such as fact sheets
and postcards through regular mail. However, many of the people interviewed said they also
would like to receive information by e-mail and provided their email addresses. Because there is
a large contingency of elderly residents, it was suggested that an afternoon meeting as well as an
evening meeting be offered. Or, if only one meeting is scheduled, it should start in the early
evening. The Chouteau Township Hall and Lewis and Clark State Historical Site were the sites
most recommended for future public meetings and "open-house" informational sessions.
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6.0 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT GOALS AND ACTIVITIES
When establishing the objectives for a site-specific community involvement program, EPA
considers several factors, including federal requirements that assess the nature and extent of
known or perceived site contaminants and known community concerns and requests.
To be effective, the community involvement program must be designed to meet the community's
need to know, give information in a timely manner, and accommodate the community's interests
and its willingness to participate in decision-making processes. EPA must also provide
information in language the public can understand.
To meet the needs of the community and to respond to information obtained during the March
2011 community interviews and meet federal requirements, the following objectives have been
established for community involvement efforts:
Enlist the support and involvement of local officials and community leaders
Monitor citizen interest in the site and respond accordingly
Keep the community well informed of ongoing and planned site activities
Provide follow-up explanations about technical site activities and findings
Provide opportunities for public input on key decisions
Establish a website that provides updates
Hold meetings within the community and at different times of the day to give all
residents an opportunity to attend
EPA has implemented, or will implement, the activities described below to meaningfully and
actively engage the community in decisions regarding the cleanup of the Chemetco site. The
following plan is intended to provide opportunities for communication between the community
and EPA, to and address key concerns and questions raised during the community interviews
conducted in March, 2011.
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6.1 SPECIFIC COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES
To address community concerns and questions described in Section 5.0, EPA has conducted (or
will conduct) the activities described below. Through these activities, it is EPA's goal to inform,
involve and engage the community during site cleanup decisions and efforts.
Maintain Point of Contact. EPA has designated a community involvement coordinator as a
point of contact. The CIC serves as a liaison between the community and EPA. The current CIC
is Mike Joyce, who can be reached at 312-353-5546; or toll-free at 800- 621-8431, ext. 35546 or
via email atjoyce.mike@epa.gov. In addition to the CIC, there is a technical point of contact, the
remedial project manager. The RPM for the Chemetco site is Michelle Kerr, who can be reached
at 312-886-8961; or toll-free at 800- 621-8431, ext. 68961 or via email at
kerr.michelle@epa.gov. EPA will include current contact information on all written and
electronic information and will notify the community of any contact information changes.
Establish a Toil-Free Number For Residents To Ask Questions And Receive Information.
Both Mr. Joyce and Ms. Kerr can be reached at 800-621-8431, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Ask for them by name or use the telephone extensions listed in the section above. Residents
can call this number as questions or concerns arise, rather than waiting for a public meeting or to
receive written information. EPAprovides this toll-free number periodically in the local
newspapers advertisements and includes the toll-free number in all fact sheets and all other EPA
communications with the public.
Maintain Communication with Local Officials, Agencies, and Community Residents. EPA
interviewed local officials from the Village of Hartford and Chouteau Township in the March,
2011, community interviews and will continue to maintain communication with them throughout
the Superfund cleanup process.
Update and Maintain the Site Mailing List. A mailing list of local residents, organizations,
businesses, and officials has been established for the site. This list will be used for mailing fact
sheets, site updates, invitations to public meetings and events and other site-related information
mailed to the community. The list will be updated regularly to reflect address changes and
changes in elected officials and to add new people interested in site activities. EPA will also
establish an email list and provide regular updates as appropriate.
EPA uses the site mailing list to distribute written information such as fact sheets and meeting
notifications. This is a way to ensure that those that do not have access to the Internet or other
information sources still have a way to receive information directly about the site and notified
about important meetings. If a community member is interested in being placed on either mailing
list they can contact the current CIC, Mike Joyce at 312-353-5546; 800- 621-8431, ext. 35546 or
via email atjoyce.mike@epa.gov.
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Prepare and Distribute Fact Sheets and Site Updates: Fact sheets, letters, and site updates
summarizing current information about the site and describing upcoming activities may be
prepared and distributed to those on the site mailing and email lists. These documents are
written in non-technical language and typically done to coincide with important site activities.
EPA uses these types of documents to provide the community with detailed information in a
relatively quick, simple and easy-to-understand manner. In addition to being distributed to
individuals on the site mailing lists, fact sheets and site updates are also placed in the information
repository and posted on the website: www.epa.gov/region5/cleanup/chemetco.
Establish and Maintain a Site-Specific Information Repository. EPA has set up a local
information repository at the Hartford Public Library, located at 143 West Hawthorne in
Hartford. The repository is a reference collection of site information available to the public for
reading and photocopying. Documents include fact sheets, technical reports, the CIP, general
Superfund information and other documents. EPA adds new documents about the site as they
become available. Information repositories provide residents with local access to site information
in forms that can be easily read and photocopied for future use.
Establish and Maintain the Administrative Record. A copy of the Administrative Record for
the Chemetco site will be found at the Hartford Public Library and at the EPA Region 5
Superfund Record Center in Chicago (see Appendix A). EPA will update the Administrative
Record as necessary. The Administrative Record provides residents with all documents that EPA
uses and considers to make decisions about the Superfund site cleanup.
Conduct Public Meetings and Information Sessions: Public meetings and information
sessions are typically held to communicate information and to solicit questions and input from
the community. The purpose of the meeting should dictate the forum and the frequency. The
achievement of certain project milestones or discovery of new information may warrant a more
formal public meeting with presentations of technical information by EPA personnel. During
ongoing site work, information sessions may be needed to keep the community informed of site
progress, answer resident questions about ongoing work, and obtain information about the
resident perceptions and concerns.
EPA held informational meetings in August 2010 to present site-specific information and ask for
community input.
EPA will consider conducting meetings at different times and different locations throughout the
community to give all residents an opportunity to attend as needed.
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Develop and Distribute News Releases: EPA will prepare and release announcements to local
newspapers such as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Telegraph, or The Belleville News
Democrat to provide information about events such as significant site investigation findings,
completion of major milestones, significant scheduling information, and other pertinent site-
related information.
News releases allow EPA to reach large audiences quickly. They will also be posted on EPA's
website, www.epa.gov/region5/cleanup/chemetco. EPA typically publishes news releases and
public notices to announce major events such as comment periods, public meetings, and major
milestones such as the selection of a cleanup plan.
EPA will issue news releases and public notices as site activities progress. Copies of the news
releases and public notices will also be available in the Information Repository.
Solicit Community Input During Public Comment Periods. EPA holds public comment
periods to give community members an opportunity to review and comment on key decisions.
Before EPA selects a final cleanup plan for the Chemetco site, the Agency will hold a public
comment period to allow interested residents an opportunity to review and comment on its
proposed plan. EPA will consider the community's input before selecting a final cleanup plan.
EPA's response to public comments will be summarized in a document called a responsiveness
summary, which will be placed in the site information repository and made available on EPA's
website.
Evaluate Community Involvement and Outreach Efforts and Make Adjustments as
Warranted. This CIP was designed to consider site- and community-specific factors as well as
to comply with federal requirements. Community concerns, the objectives of the community
involvement program for the site and specific activities to address these concerns in this CIP
were based to a large extent on information obtained during March 2011 interviews with local
residents and officials. EPA recognizes that changes in areas such as community perceptions,
information needs, and population demographics can occur over time and that such changes may
necessitate a revised approach to conducting community involvement activities. For this reason
as well as to determine whether the activities in this plan are achieving their intended objectives,
periodic reviews will be done to determine whether additional activities are warranted or whether
changes to current methods of implementing the activities outlined in this plan are necessary.
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6.2 TIMEFRAME FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES
The following table presents the general timeframe for the activities described in Section 6.1.
Community Involvement Activities
Maintain Point of Contact
Establish a Toil-Free Number for Residents To Ask
Questions and Receive Information
Maintain Communication with Local Officials, Agencies,
and Community Residents
Update and Maintain Site Mailing and Email Lists
Prepare and Distribute Fact Sheets and Site Updates
Establish and Maintain a Site-Specific Information
Repository
Establish and Maintain the Administrative Record
Conduct Public Meetings and Information Sessions
Develop and Distribute News Releases
Solicit Community Input During Public Comment
Periods
Evaluate Community Involvement and Outreach Efforts
and Make Adjustments to the CIP as Warranted
Done
Done; publish on written materials
Ongoing as needed
Done; update as needed
Ongoing as needed
Done; update as needed
Done; update as needed
Ongoing as needed
Ongoing as needed
When proposed cleanup plan is completed
Periodically throughout the cleanup
process
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APPENDIX A
Information Repositories with Administrative Records, Website and Public
Meeting Locations
Local Information Repository
Hartford Public Library
143 W. Hawthorne Street
Hartford, IL 62048
Official Information Repository
EPA Region 5 Superfund Record Center
Room 711, 7th Floor
Ralph Metcalfe Federal Building
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604
www. epa. gov/reg5 sfun/sfd/foia/sf-records-center.html
EPA Web Page
www.epa.gov/region5/cleanup/chemetco
Possible Meeting Locations
Lewis & Clark Illinois State Historic Site
Route 3 at Poag Road
Hartford, IL 62048
618-251-5811
Chouteau Township Hall
906 Thorngate
Granite City, IL 62040
618-931-0323
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List of Contacts
U.S. EPA Region 5 Project Contacts
Mike Joyce
Community Involvement Coordinator
Superfund Division (SI-7J)
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
Michelle Kerr
Remedial Project Manager
Superfund Division (SRF-6J)
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
Federal Elected Officials
Senator Dick Durbin
528 South 8th Street
Springfield, IL 62703
711 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Senator Mark Kirk
607 East Adams, Suite 1520
Springfield, IL 62701
524 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Congressman Jerry Costello
12th District
2060 Delmar Ave, Ste B
Granite City, IL 62040
2408 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
State Elected Officials
Governor Pat Quinn
Office of the Governor
207 State House
Springfield, IL 62706
312-353-5546
800-621-8431, ext. 35546
ioyce.mike@epa.gov
312-886-8961
800-621-8431, ext. 68961
kerr.michelle@epa.gov
217-492-4062
202-224-2152
www.dickdurbin.com/contact
217-492-5089
202-224-2854
http://kirk.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm
618-451-7065
202-225-5661
www.costello.house.gov/IMA/issue subscribe.shtml
217-782-0244
www2 .illinoi s. gov/gov/pages/contactthegovernor. aspx
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State Senator William R. Haine
56th District
307 Henry St., Suite 210
Alton, IL 62002
Ml 13 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
State Representative Jay C. Hoffman
112th District
126 Vandalia, Suite 1
Collinsville, IL 62234
263-S Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
State Representative Daniel V. Beiser
111th District
528 Henry St.
Alton, IL 62002
281-S Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
Local Officials
Village of Hartford
140 W. Hawthorne St.
Hartford, IL 62048
James Spann
Mayor
Tanya Kilder
Village Clerk
Deanna Barnes
Projects Manager
Village of Hartford Trustees
Clinton Caldwell
Robert Cheatham
Charles Hendriks
Donald Jacoby
Kristie Luebbert
618-465-4764
www.senatedem.ilga.gov/index.php/contact-us/12-sen-
contact/12-senator-william-r-haine
217-782-5247
618-345-0476
hoffinan@legis.state.il.us
217-782-8018
618-465-5900
dvb ei ser@ sb cgl ob al. net
217-782-5996
618-251-2681, Ext. 11
618-251-2681, Ext. 14
618-251-2681, Ext. 15
618-781-3091
618-251-6136
618-254-1537
618-254-1818
618-254-5498
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Local Agencies
Chouteau Township
906 Thorngate Road
Granite City, IN 62040
Eddie Lee
Supervisor/Fire Chief
Mitchell Public Water District
745 E. Chain of Rocks Road
Mitchell, IL 62040
Ed Futch
District Manager
Bankruptcy Estate of Chemetco, Inc.
3754 Chemetco Lane
Hartford, IL 62048
Donald Sampson
Trustee
226 West Main Street, Suite 102
Belleville, IL 62220
618-530-3191
eel ee04@aol .com
618-931-0164
mitchell. water@mitchell water, org
618-254-4381
www.chemetcoestate.com/
618-235-2226
dnldsamson@yahoo.com
Newspapers
The Telegraph
111 E. Broadway
P.O. Box 278
Alton, IL 62002
Belleville News-Democrat
120 South Illinois
PO Box 427
Belleville, IL 62220
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
900 North Tucker Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63101
618-463-2500
tel egraph@thetel egraph. com
www.thetelegraph.com/
618-234-1000
800-642-3878 (toll-free in Illinois)
www.bnd.com
314-340-8000
www.stltoday.com
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Radio Stations
Strongest AM Radio Stations In Area
KXEN (1010 AM; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
KMOX (1120 AM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
KRFT (1190 AM; DE SOTO, MO; Owner: ALL SPORTS RADIO, LLC)
KJSL (630 AM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WMUZ RADIO, INC.)
KTRS (550 AM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KTRS-AM LICENSE, L.L.C.)
KFNS (590 AM; WOOD RIVER, IL; Owner: MISSOURI SPORTS RADIO, LLC)
WSDZ (1260 AM; BELLEVILLE, IL)
KATZ (1600 AM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WGNU (920 AM; GRANITE CITY, IL; Owner: NORMAN BROADCASTING CO.)
KFUO (850 AM; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD)
KIRL (1460 AM; ST. CHARLES, MO; Owner: BRONCO BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WRTH (1430 AM; ST. LOUIS, MO)
KSIV (1320 AM; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: BOTT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM Stations In Area
WSIE (88.7 FM; EDWARDSVILLE, IL; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES, S. ILLINOIS UNIV.)
WVRV (101.1 FM; EAST ST. LOUIS, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
KSIV-FM (91.5 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: COMMUNITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
KATZ-FM (100.3 FM; ALTON, IL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WMLL (104.1 FM; JERSEYVILLE, IL; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
KEZK-FM (102.5 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS)
KIHT (96.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
WLCA (89.9 FM; GODFREY, IL; Owner: LEWIS & CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
KSHE (94.7 FM; CRESTWOOD, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
KSLZ (107.7 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KFUO-FM (99.1 FM; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: THE LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD)
KYKY (98.1 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
WSSM (106.5 FM; GRANITE CITY, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
KWMU (90.7 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MO)
KSD (93.7 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KFTK-FM1 (97.1 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
WFUN-FM (95.5 FM; BETHALTO, IL; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
KLOU (103.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WIL-FM (92.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
W288AW (105.5 FM; ALTON, IL; Owner: ILLINOIS BIBLE INSTITUTE, INC.)
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Television Stations
KSDK (Channel 5; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: MULTIMEDIA KSDK, INC.)
K40FF (Channel 40; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EEC ST. LOUIS, INC.)
KPLR-TV (Channel 11; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KPLR, INC.)
KDNL-TV (Channel 30; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KDNL LICENSEE, LLC)
KTVI (Channel 2; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KTVI LICENSE, INC.)
KMOV (Channel 4; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KMOV-TV, INC.)
KETC (Channel 9; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: ST. LOUIS REGIONAL & EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TV
COMMISSION)
KPTN-LP (Channel 58; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KURT J. PETERSEN)
K64DT (Channel 64; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
W50CH (Channel 50; ALTON, IL; Owner: LIBERTY CHRISTIAN CENTER)
K49FC (Channel 49; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
K18BT (Channel 18; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
K65FN (Channel 65; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WRBU (Channel 46; EAST ST. LOUIS, IL; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WPXS (Channel 13; MT. VERNON, IL; Owner: EEC ST. LOUIS, INC.)
KNLC (Channel 24; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
K38HD (Channel 38; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
K59GP (Channel 59; ST. CHARLES, MO; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
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APPENDIX C
List of Interview Questions
Community Interviews conducted March 2011
1. How long have you lived/worked in the area?
2. Do you represent or are you a member of a community organization or group?
3. What do you know about the Chemetco site?
4. How did you get information about the site?
5. What concerns, if any, do you have about the problems associated with the Chemetco site
for you and your family?
6. How would you characterize the concerns of the community about the Chemetco site?
7. Who have you talked to (any local, state, or federal government agencies) about the site?
What kind of response did you receive?
8. How are you currently receiving information about the site? Would you like to be on
EPA's mailing list or email list?
9. How would you like to get information about the site cleanup? Fact sheets; workshops;
Internet; public notices; news media; public meetings
10. Have you participated in any public meetings and/or community group meetings for the
site? If so, how many?
11. Are you aware of EPA's website? Have you been on it? Is it easy to navigate?
12. What days, times, and locations would be best for public meetings?
13. What newspapers do you read?
14. Is English widely understood in this community? What other languages do people speak?
15. What other individuals might we contact for an interview?
16. Is there anything else you would like to share about the site?
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