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EPA News Media Advisory (Region 7): EPA Region 7 to Host November 4 Public Listening Session in Lenexa, Kan., on Reducing Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7

11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66219

 

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations

 

EPA Region 7 to Host November 4 Public Listening Session in Lenexa, Kan., on Reducing Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants

 

Contact Information: David Bryan, 913-551-7433 or 800-223-0425, bryan.david@epa.gov

 

Environmental News 

 

NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY

 

(Lenexa, Kan., Oct. 31, 2013) - EPA Region 7 will host one of 11 national listening sessions from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2013, in Lenexa, Kan., to solicit input from the public about the best Clean Air Act approaches to reducing carbon pollution from existing power plants.

 

  • WHAT: Public Listening Session - Reducing Carbon Pollution From Existing Power Plants
  • TIME: Monday, November 4, 2013 (4 p.m. to 8 p.m. CDT) 
  • LOCATION: U.S. EPA Region 7, 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, Kan. 66219. * Note: This is a secure facility requiring attendees to have valid photo ID and undergo airport-level screening. Potential weapons, including pocket knives, will not be allowed inside the facility.
  • PARKING: Available in EPA guest parking lot just off Renner Boulevard. NOTE: News trucks will be provided parking in close proximity to the building with prior coordination.
  • WHO: EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks, key EPA officials, and more than 200 attendees (including representatives from environmental advocacy groups, utilities, environmental engineering contractors; private citizens and elected officials).

The listening session will begin with brief introductory remarks by EPA at 4 p.m., followed by public input about reducing carbon pollution from existing power plants.

 

Power plants are the nation’s largest stationary source of carbon pollution, responsible for about one- third of all greenhouse gas pollution in the United States. The President’s Climate Action Plan takes steady and responsible steps to cut the harmful carbon pollution that fuels a changing climate while continuing to provide affordable, reliable energy. The feedback from a series of 11 public listening sessions held nationwide, including the one in Lenexa, will play an important role in helping EPA develop smart, cost-effective guidelines that reflect the latest and best information available. The Agency will seek additional public input during the notice and comment period once it issues a proposal, by June 2014.

 

The Clean Air Act gives both EPA and states a role in reducing air pollution from power plants that are already in operation. The law directs EPA to establish guidelines, which states use to design their own programs to reduce emissions. Before proposing guidelines, EPA must consider how power plants with a variety of different configurations would be able to reduce carbon pollution in a cost-effective way.

 

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Learn about EPA’s carbon pollution standards for the power sector

 

Learn about other listening sessions throughout the United States

 

View all Region 7 news releases

 

Locate this and other Region 7 news items on the News Where You Live interactive map

 

Connect with EPA Region 7 on Facebook: www.facebook.com/eparegion7

 


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News Release: EPA Finalizes Pollution Cleanup Plan for Wall Township, Manasquan Borough and Sea Girt, New Jersey Cleanup Expected to Cost $19 Million

EPA Finalizes Pollution Cleanup Plan for Wall Township, Manasquan Borough and Sea Girt, New Jersey

 

Cleanup Expected to Cost $19 Million

 

 

Contact: Elias Rodriguez, (212) 637-3664, rodriguez.elias@epa.gov

 

(New York, NY – Oct. 31, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated soil and ground water at the White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Superfund site in Wall Township, Manasquan Borough and Sea Girt, New Jersey. Previous dry cleaning operations in Wall Township contaminated soil and ground water with volatile organic compounds, including perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE). Exposure to these chemicals can have serious health impacts, including liver damage and increased risk of cancer. The EPA plan will require the excavation and treatment of contaminated soil and the treatment of some ground water.

 

“Dry cleaning operations have left an expensive legacy of contamination and health risks for the people of three New Jersey communities,” said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck. “The EPA plan to clean up soil and ground water contamination will eliminate the source of the hazards and protect people’s health and their communities into the future.”

 

The EPA held a public meeting on August 27, 2013 to explain its proposed plan. The EPA received public input for 30 days and considered public input before finalizing the plan.

 

White Swan Cleaners and Sun Cleaners operated in the area between 1960 and 1991 and are believed to have polluted the soil and ground water with volatile organic compounds. Vapors from the chemical contamination have seeped into some residential and commercial buildings in the vicinity. Area residents receive their drinking water from deep ground water that runs well below the layer of ground water that is contaminated. It is monitored regularly to ensure that the water is safe to drink.

 

In December 2001, the EPA and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection began investigating whether vapors from the contamination in the area were getting into homes, schools and businesses. Of approximately 500 properties sampled to date, 34 have needed mitigation systems to vent the vapors. These have all been installed. Sampling designed to identify any homes that may have unacceptable levels of PCE or TCE vapors in their basements is an ongoing program. The EPA added the White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners site to the federal Superfund list of most contaminated hazardous waste sites in 2004.

 

The EPA plan requires actions to address the sources of the contamination. Approximately 5,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil at the former White Swan property will be dug up and disposed of at a facility licensed to receive the waste. The excavated area will then be filled with clean soil.

 

At the former Sun Cleaners property, a soil vapor extraction treatment system will be used to reduce the volatile organic compounds in the soil by extracting them in vapor form with a vacuum and then filtering the vapors through carbon filters to remove contaminants. Additionally, at the Sun Cleaners property, a technology called air sparging will be used to reduce the contamination in the shallow ground water. Air sparging is the process of injecting air directly into the contaminated ground water. As the air bubbles rise, the contaminants are carried up into the soil and removed by a system that collects the vapors. This process will not pollute local air.

 

In the areas with the highest levels of ground water contamination, ground water will be pumped to a treatment plant where it will be cleaned using air stripping and activated carbon. Samples of the ground water will be collected and analyzed to ensure that the technology is fully effective. Additionally, the EPA will allow natural processes to reduce the level of contamination in some areas to meet ground water standards. The EPA will require periodic collection and analysis of ground water samples to verify that the levels and extent of the contaminants are declining.

 

The program to sample indoor air quality at nearby residential and commercial properties will continue and, if elevated levels are found, vapor mitigation systems will be installed to address the problem.

The Superfund program operates on the principle that polluters should pay for the cleanups, rather than passing the costs to taxpayers. After sites are placed on the Superfund list of the most contaminated waste sites, the EPA searches for parties responsible for the contamination and holds them accountable for the costs of investigations and cleanups. The proposed cleanup of the White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Superfund site is expected to cost $18.9 million. The EPA has identified Bank of America as a party potentially responsible for the site and the investigation and study of cleanup alternatives was paid for and performed by Bank of America.

 

To view the EPA’s final cleanup plan or Record of Decision for the White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Superfund site, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/whiteswan 

 

Follow EPA Region 2 on Twitter at http://twitter.com/eparegion2and visit our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/eparegion2.

 

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News Release: EPA Settles Clean Water Act Violations in Arkansas

EPA Settles Clean Water Act Violations in Arkansas 

 

DALLAS (OCT. 31, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has entered into a consent agreement and final order (CAFO) with Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation to resolve violations involving 820 barrels of crude oil released on Sept. 23, 2012, in Ouachita County, Ark.


The settlement requires Whiting Oil and Gas to pay a civil penalty of $58,570 to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. On the date of the incident, Whiting Oil and Gas reported the crude oil release to EPA. The release impacted Smackover Creek and adjoining shorelines. Erosion in the bank caused the fracture in the pipeline that led to the creek’s tributary. 


The Clean Water Act makes it unlawful to discharge oil or hazardous substances into or upon the navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines in quantities that may be harmful to the environment or public health. The penalty paid for this spill will be deposited in the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund managed by the National Pollution Fund Center. The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund is used to pay for federal response activities and to compensate for damages when there is a discharge or substantial threat of discharge of oil or hazardous substances to waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines.

 

For more information on the effects and cleanups of oil spills, visit: http://www.epa.gov/oilspill

 

More about activities in EPA Region 6:  http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html

 

 

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For more information contact Joe Hubbard or Jennah Durant at 214-665-2200 or r6press@epa.gov

 

 


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