News Release 227

DEPARTMENT SEEKS COMMENTS
 ON LAKE CITY ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT

Volume 36-227

Contact: Renee Bungart

(For immediate release)

573-751-4465

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, APRIL 25, 2008 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is inviting the public to review and offer written comments on proposed closure and post-closure plans for Lake City Army Ammunition Plant until May 27.

Comments on the proposed closure and post-closure plans are effective if they point out legal or technical issues. During the 30-day public comment period, anyone can request a public hearing on the proposed plans. Please send written comments or request for hearing to George Fletcher, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Hazardous Waste Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176; by e-mail to george.fletcher@dnr.mo.gov; or by fax to 573- 526-5268. The hearing request must state what issues are to be brought up during the hearing.

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is located at the intersection of Missouri highways 78 and 7 in Independence and has an inactive landfill. The landfill was used to dispose of wastewater treatment sludge and dewatered oil residue from an industrial wastewater treatment plant. Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is required to close the landfill. The closure and post-closure plans describe the steps Lake City Army Ammunition Plant will take to close its landfill. The proposed closure plan recommends a final cap system. The proposed post-closure plan is the facility's plan for monitoring the landfill after closure has been completed.

The Department of Natural Resources will review the proposed closure and post-closure plans to make sure they follow state and federal regulations and fully protect human health and the environment during and after closure. The department will approve, change or deny the proposed closure and post-closure plans after the completion of the comment period.

The proposed closure and post-closure plans and a fact sheet are available on the department's Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/permits/notices.htm. Supporting documents are not available on the department's Web site due to their size. The public can review and copy the work plan and supporting documents at the Mid-Continent Public Library, Blue Springs North Branch, during normal business hours or by appointment at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Hazardous Waste Program, 1730 E. Elm St., Jefferson City.

People may call or write Fletcher at any time to request to have their name placed on Lake City Army Ammunition Plant's mailing list. By doing this, they will receive notice from the department or Lake City Army Ammunition Plant on any major permitting activities at the facility.

For more information, or to obtain a written copy of the documents for review, please contact Fletcher by telephone at 573-751-3553 or 800-361-4827 or by e-mail at george.fletcher@dnr.mo.gov. Hearing-impaired people may reach Fletcher through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.

For news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of the department's upcoming events, hearings and meetings, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.

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