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East Mission Flats Repository
Announcements
- East Mission Flats Repository to Proceed - September 28, 2009
- EMF Enhanced Monitoring Plan Open House: Oct. 29, 2009 (PDF) (1pp., 445KB)
- East Mission Flats Enhanced Monitoring Plan (PDF) (17 pp. 869K) - Public Input Due November 12, 2009. Send any ideas you have for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and EPA to consider in their monitoring plan, postmarked by November 12, 2009, to Project Manager Andy Mork, DEQ, 1410 N. Hilton, Boise, ID 83706 or andy.mork@deq.idaho.gov
- East Mission Flats Enhanced Monitoring Plan Summary (PDF) (2pp., 29KB) - October 2009
Background
The East Mission Flats Repository is west of Cataldo, Idaho, across Interstate 90, away from the Old Mission. The repository will securely contain contaminated soils from property cleanups in the Lower Basin. It will help reduce people's exposure to harmful metals like lead and arsenic. Property owners who do their own work under the Basin Institutional Controls Program can also dispose of soils at East Mission Flats.
In response to public input, the repository height has been reduced from 62 feet to 34 feet. East Mission Flats will not be easily visible from the Old Mission. Only soils contaminated with mine waste will be accepted at the repository. Municipal wastes and residential garbage will not be accepted.
Waste Repositories Needed to Protect People's Health
Superfund cleanup is being conducted in the Coeur d'Alene Basin to address unacceptable health risks to people and the environment. Soils from cleanups of residential and commercial properties contain metals, like lead and arsenic, that can harm people. These soils need a place to go to be safely contained. Waste repositories are carefully chosen and engineered to securely contain contaminated soils through time, to reduce impacts to people and the environment. Repositories will be managed long after they are closed to be sure the contaminants remain contained and secure.
Public Involvement
- East Mission Flats Waste Repository Frequently asked Questions (PDF) (10pp., 87KB) - October 2009
- East Mission Flats Waste Repository Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) (9pp., 82KB) - September 2009
- OIG Concerns Addressed, Site Prep Continues (PDF) (2pp., 18KB) - August 20, 2009
- East Mission Flats 90% Design Executive Summary (PDF) (20pp., 326KB) - July 2009
- Responses to Public Suggestions on EMF 60% Design Report (PDF) (14pp., 89KB)
- Responses to Public Suggestions on EMF 30% Design Report (PDF) (14pp., 112KB)
- Letter to Citizens (PDF) (3pp, 43K) - November 2007
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Questions and Answers Postcard (PDF) (1pp., 52KB)
Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigation Documents
- EMF Update: OIG Concerns Addressed, Site Prep Continues (PDF) (2pp., 18KB) - August 20, 2009
- Final Response from Office of Inspector General (PDF) (1 page 26K) - August 12, 2009
- Final Response to OIG Summarizing 8/10/09 Conference Call (PDF) (1 page 27K) - August 11, 2009
- OIG Email to EPA R10 with Additional Questions (PDF) (3 pp. 26K) - August 6, 2009
- Memo from EPA R10 to OIG (PDF) (2 pp. 42K) - July 23, 2009
- Technical Verification in Reponse to OIG's Recommendation (PDF) (6 pp. 78K) - July 21, 2009
- Letter to the Editor from DEQ and EPA (PDF) (1pp., 13KB) - July 2009
- EPA R10's Response to OIG Final Report (PDF) (2 pp. 143K) - June 17, 2009
- IG Report: Contaminated Soil Waste Repository at East Mission Flats, Idaho (PDF) (32pp., 436KB) - June 8, 2009
- Letter Transmitting Wilkin Memo to OIG (PDF) (6 pp. 172K) - May 15, 2009
- Supplemental Information for OIG (PDF) (3 pp. 43K) - May 15, 2009
- 4/17/09 letter to OIG in response to draft report (PDF) (4 pp. 145K) - April 17, 2009
Fact Sheets and Announcements
Meeting Presentations and Handouts
- Share Your Ideas on East Mission Flats (PDF) (2pp., 30KB) - July 31, 2008
- ICP Soils Handout - EMF Open House (PDF) (1pp., 68KB) - July 31, 2008
- Basin Overview, Citizens Coordinating Council (PDF) (26pp., 3.9MB)
 - October 16, 2007
- Welcome to the East Mission Flats Site Tour (PDF) (2pp., 113KB) - June 22, 2007
- Repository Open House Handout - July 20, 2005 (PDF) (5pp., 457KB)
- Repository Open House Presentation - July 20, 2005 (PDF) (20pp., 4.2MB)
Basin Bulletin issues with articles on EMF
Contact Information
Find more information about East Mission Flats on the Basin Commission Web site:
Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission
[ Main Cleanup | Brownfields ]
[ Superfund | FOIA | Records Center ]
Point of contact: Debra Sherbina
E-Mail: sherbina.debra@epa.gov
Phone Number: (206) 553-0247
Last Updated: 10/27/2009
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