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General Gas Mantle Contamination Site (Welsbach Site) - Superfund Proposed Plan
May 2005

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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD:
May 24 - June 23, 2005

EPA will accept written comments on the Proposed Plan during the public comment period. Written comments on this Proposed Plan should be
addressed to:

Richard Robinson, Remedial Project Manager
U.S.EPA
290 Broadway, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10007-1866
Email: robinson.rick@epa.gov

PUBLIC MEETING: June 8, 2005 - 7:00 pm

EPA will hold a public meeting to explain the Proposed Plan. EPA will also accept oral and written comments at the meeting. The meeting will be held at EPA's Welsbach Field Office at:

Old Broadway School,
130 N. Broadway,
Gloucester City, New Jersey.

Prior to the start of the meeting, EPA will be available from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. to answer questions.

Free PDF reader available This Proposed Plan identifies the preferred No Action remedy being considered to address surface water, sediment and wetland areas at the Welsbach and General Gas Mantle Contamination Site (Welsbach Site), and provides the rationale for this recommendation.

EPA has divided the Welsbach Site into separate cleanup phases, or operable units. On July 23, 1999, EPA, with support from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), selected a remedy for Operable Unit 1 (OU1). The OU1 remedy included demolition of the former General Gas Mantle Building, excavation of the radiologically contaminated soil and debris at the residential, commercial, and industrial properties at the Welsbach Site, and disposal of this material in a licensed off-site facility.

This Proposed Plan addresses surface water, sediment and wetland areas at the Welsbach Site (designated Operable 3 (OU3)). Additional operable units will address potential remedies for the former Welsbach-era building known as the Armstrong Building (Operable Unit 2), and the groundwater (Operable Unit 4).

Information Repositories

For more information, see the Administrative Record at the following locations:

U.S. EPA Records Center, Region II
290 Broadway, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10007-1866
(212)-637-3261
Hours: Monday-Friday - 9 am to 5 pm

City of Camden Main Library
418 Federal Street
Camden, NJ 08103
(856) 757-7650
Hours: Monday through Thursday - 9 am to 8 pm
Friday and Saturday - 9 am to 5 pm

Gloucester City Public Library
Monmouth and Hudson Streets
Gloucester City, NJ 08030
(856) 456-4181
Hours: Monday - 12 pm to 9 pm
Tuesday and Friday - 9 am to 5 pm
Wednesday and Thursday - 9 am to 9 pm
Saturday - 10 am to 1 pm

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