PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
The DOEE is seeking public comments on its US grant application. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an FY22 Brownfield Cleanup grant. The meeting will be held virtually on November 18, 2021 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
To attend the meeting, please register at:
https://dcnet.webex.com/dcnet/j.php?MTID=m8e67422349f06141263550da26f38410
Meeting number: 2313 943 1686 Password: Kingman
Join by video system: Dial [email protected]
You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.
Register by phone: 1-202-860-2110 Call number in the United States (Washington DC) 1-650-479-3208 (United States / Canada) Access code: 2313 943 1686
For more information, please contact: Hamid Karimi, Kingman Island Project Officer at (202) 535-2277 or [email protected].
Information relating to the grant application is available on grants.gov:
Federal Grant Award Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Call for Nominations (RFA): FY22 Guidelines for Brownfield Cleanup Grants
RFA number: EPA-OLEM-OBLR-21-06
Assistance number: 66.818
Application deadline: December 1, 2021 at 11:59 PM
Summary of the grant application:
Recent tests on Kingman Island have indicated detectable concentrations of many polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and metals above the regional screening levels (RSL) of the EPA and the United States. DOEE Risk-Based Screening Levels (RBSL).
If funded, the grant project would accomplish the following tasks:
- Removing existing vegetation from soil piles on Kingman Island
- Place a clean fill plug on these piles of soil to minimize risk to human or ecological health from contact with affected surface soils and the immediate vicinity.
- Revegetate the sites with native spices
- Perform site sampling after implementation, to ensure the soil layer is stable and contaminants do not leave the restored area