FACT SHEET ** EPA
PCB Treatment, Inc. Superfund Site	RGCjion 7
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Missouri	June 2000
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Information Session Announcement
EPA will hold an information session,
Tuesday, June 20, 2000
4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Crown Center
Fremont Room
2345 McGee Street
Kansas City, Missouri
Staff members involved at the sites will be
available to answer your questions, one-on-
one. Site updates will be given at 4 p.m.,
5 p.m. and 6 p.m. You can attend the
meeting at your convenience between
4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Validated parking is
available for those that park at the Hyatt
Regency Crown Center.
EPA is currently asking for comments on the
Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis for
the sites. The 30-day comment period opens
June 8, 2000 and closes July 10, 2000.
Comments can be submitted orally or in
writing. Written comments (post-marked no
later then July 10, 2000), can be sent to:
Pauletta France-Isetts, EPA
Superfund Division
901 N. 5th Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66101
BACKGROUND
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Region 7 continues to oversee
activities at the PCB Treatment, Inc. (PCB,
Inc.) sites in the Kansas City metropolitan
area. PCB, Inc. began operations at 2100
Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri in
1982. A portion of the operation moved to
45 Ewing Street, Kansas City, Kansas in
1984. EPA permitted the PCB, Inc. facility to
treat and dispose of polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) from 1982 until 1986. The permit to
treat and dispose PCB-contaminated materials
expired in 1986 and was not renewed.
EPA inspected the facility in 1985. The
inspection was done under the EPA's Toxic
Substances Control Act's (TSCA) spill policy.
TSCA tracks chemicals that may pose health
and environmental hazards. The inspection
revealed numerous spills and mishandling of
PCB containing materials. Due to these
problems, EPA assessed a monetary penalty
against the facility. As part of the negotiated
settlement, PCB, Inc. was to clean the
buildings at 2100 Wyandotte and 45 Ewing
Streets. Unfortunately the clean up efforts
were not successful.
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The PCB, Inc. sites were referred to
Superfund during early 1995. Superfund is
the federal program that locates, investigates
and cleans up hazardous waste sites
throughout the country. Superfund cleanup
is paid for either by parties responsible for
contamination or by the Superfund Trust
Fund. Under the Superfund law, EPA is able
to require those companies and individuals
responsible for the site contamination to
perform, and pay for the cleanup work at the
site. Superfund is used primarily when those
companies or people responsible for
contamination at Superfund sites cannot be
found, or cannot perform or pay for the
cleanup work.
SITE UPDATE
The EPA has released the Engineering
Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for the
PCB, Inc sites. The EE/CA examines
removal alternatives for the sites.
EPA entered into an agreement called an
Administrative Order on Consent (AOC)
with a group of Potentially Responsible
Parties (PRPs). These PRPs were some of
the customers of the former PCB, Inc.
facility. PCB, Inc. customers included the
federal government, rural electric
cooperatives, utility companies, cities, states,
and large and small businesses. During its
operation, PCB, Inc. received shipments of
PCB contaminated materials from nearly
2,000 customers.
Under the AOC, the PRPs agreed to conduct
a site investigation. The PRPs used the
information from the investigation and
EPA's facility investigations to prepare the
EE/CA. All of the site work was done under
EPA oversight.
evaluation (RSE). The RSE consisted of
taking samples of the building interiors and
exterior soils. Sample results indicated high
levels of PCBs in the floors and walls of the
buildings and in the soil surrounding the
buildings at both site locations. The
contamination resulted from past operations
and appears to be limited to the buildings and
surrounding soils.
EPA's PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE
EPA's preferred alternative for the sites
meets the requirements for overall protection
of human health and the environment. The
EE/CA evaluated three alternative methods
for addressing the buildings and the soils on
the sites.
Buildings
EPA's preferred alternative for the buildings
is to demolish the buildings using controlled
measures. The building debris and materials
in the buildings will be properly disposed.
The buildings will be dismantled to control
the dust. During the dismantling, the
structures will be misted with water to
control the dust.
Soils
EPA proposes to excavate and dispose of the
contaminated soils at the sites. Using
common construction techniques and
equipment, the soil will be excavated to at
least a depth of one foot. It will be sorted,
based on contaminant levels and disposed of
offsite at a sanitary landfill or a TSCA
landfill. The excavated areas will be
backfilled with clean soil.
The PRPs have completed the removal site

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NEXT STEPS
EPA will make a final decision on how the sites will be addressed. The decision will be published
in a document called an Action Memorandum. EPA will consider public comments when
preparing the Action Memorandum and prepare responses to such comments.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
EPA encourages community members to review and comment on the EE/CA for the PCB, Inc.
sites. The EE/CA is a part of the Administrative Record File for the sites.
The Administrative Record File and the EE/CA are available for public review at the following
locations during normal business hours:
Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City, Missouri	EPA Region 7
Main Public Library Main Public Library	Docket Room
625 Minnesota Avenue Government Documents	901 N. 5th Street
Kansas City, Kansas 311 E. 12th Street	Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Missouri
If you have additional questions about this fact sheet or the sites, please contact:
Hattie Thomas	Pauletta France-Isetts
Community Involvement Coordinator	Remedial Project Manager
EPA Region 7	EPA Region 7
901 N. 5th Street	901 N. 5th Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66101	Kansas City, Kansas 66101
1-913-551-7003	1-913-551-7084 (PCB, Inc. message line)
Fax: 913-551-7066	Fax: 913-551-7063
E-mail: thomas.hattie@epa.gov
Toll-free 1-800-223-0425
(in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska)
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