&EPA	Site Activities Update	
KonSal Protection	M°rm0" FarmS
Agency	New Mexico	August 2014
This Fact Sheet will tell you about:
•	Removal Action
•	Next Steps
•	Where to get more information
What is the status of the Removal Action at
the Mormon Farms Site?
The Mormon Farms Site is comprised of five
neighborhoods located adjacent to the former
Homestake Uranium Mill, plus additional properties
in the immediate vicinity. The five neighborhoods
are: Broadview Acres, Felice Acres, Murray Acres,
Pleasant Valley, and Valle Verde.
EPA has completed the excess gamma radiation
removal actions on all residential properties (20)
that granted EPA access to conduct removal
activities.
How was the local community involved in
the Removal Action?
EPA works with individual residents to explain the
removal process and secure access agreements to
conduct the removal action from each property
owner.
What are the next steps that EPA plans to
take at the site under removal authority?
As of August 20, 2014 EPA has completed all
removal related activities on the Mormon Farms
Site. All residents who participated in the removal
action have been notified in writing of the post
removal sampling results for their property. EPA
plans no further actions on this Site under
removal authority.
Where will the contaminated soil and
debris be sent for disposal?
Contaminated soil and debris excavated during the
removal action on this Site were transported to a
licensed commercial radiological facility near
Denver, Colorado.
Where to get more information:
Warren Zehner
On Scene Coordinator
U.S. EPA Region 6 (6SF-PR)
Tel: 281.983.2229, Fax: 214.665.6660
zehner. warren@epa. gov
Jon Rinehart
On Scene Coordinator
U.S. EPA Region 6 (6SF-PR)
Tel: 214.665.6789
rinehart. i on@epa. gov
Stephen Harper
Community Involvement Coordinator/SEE
U.S. EPA Region 6 (6SF-VO)
Tel: 214.665.2727 or 1.800.533.3508 (toll free)
Fax: 214.665.6660
harper. stephen@epa. gov
Phyllis Bustamante
Ground Water Quality Bureau
Superfund Oversight Section
New Mexico Environment Department
Tel: 505.827.2434, Fax: 505.827.2965
Site Repository
Mother Whiteside Memorial Library
525 W. High Street
Grants, NM 87020
505.287.4797
For press inquiries, please call, EPA Press
Office, at 214.665.2200.
On the web:
You can find more information about the EPA
Region 6 Superfund Program at:
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf/6sf.htm
Additional information is available at:
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf/newmexico/
homestake mining/index, html
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf/newmexico/
grants/nm grants index, html
Para recibir una traduction en espanol de esta
hoja de datos, comunicarse con la Agencia de
Protection del Medio Ambiente de los EEUU
(la EPA) al numero detelefono 1.800.533.3508
(llamada gratis).

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