City of Gainesville - File #: 080495.

• File #: 080495.
• Version: 2
• Name: Cabot - Koppers Superfund Site - Land Use and Soil Clean up Standards (B)
• Type: Discussion Item
• Status: To Be Introduced
• File created: 5/21/2009
• In control: City Manager
• Final action: 5/21/2009
• Title: Cabot - Koppers Superfund Site - Land Use and Soil Clean-up Standards (B) This is a request for the City Commission to hear a brief update from the Alachua County Health Department (ACHD) Environmental Health Director Anthony Dennis on Cabot - Koppers Superfund Site off-site soil sample results.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/21/2009	2	City Commission	Approved as shown above (See Motion)	Pass
3/9/2009	1	City Commission	Approved as shown above (See Motion)	Pass
11/6/2008	0	City Commission	Approved as Recommended	Pass

Title
Cabot - Koppers Superfund Site - Land Use and Soil Clean-up Standards (B)

This is a request for the City Commission to hear a brief update from the Alachua County Health Department (ACHD) Environmental Health Director Anthony Dennis on Cabot - Koppers Superfund Site off-site soil sample results.

Explanation
The Alachua County Health Department (ACHD) has reviewed the results of recent soil samples taken from the easement along the west border of the Koppers industrial site and in street rights-of-way approximately 100 feet west of the Koppers site. Levels of dioxins, arsenic, and benzo(a)pyrene in some surface soil samples tested are above the State residential standards. While the preliminary test results do not indicate an immediate health hazard to area residents, the Health Department has notified area residents to take the following precautions:

1) Children should avoid playing in the 15'-20' City of Gainesville easement just west of the Koppers facility western boundary fence between NW 26 Avenue and NW 30 Avenue. Children under the age of six are at a higher risk of exposure from incidental ingestion (swallowing).

2) Area residents should practice good general hygiene including hand washing with soap and water after contact with bare soil in the street rights-of-way within 100' west of the Koppers facility western boundary fence.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the lead agency for environmental monitoring and clean-up of the Cabot/Koppers Superfund site and has indicated they will require the responsible parties to conduct additional sampling to further define the area and extent of contamination. The Health Department will continue to evaluate the health risks as more test data becomes available.

The Alachua County Health Department will continue to work with Alachua County, and the City of Gainesville to inform citizens about health risks associated with this issue. The three agencies will be working to sch...