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EAGLE MINE
Abstract
| Site Name: | EAGLE MINE |
| Address: | W OF US HWY 24 |
| City & State: | MINTURN/REDCLIFF CO 81657 |
| County: | EAGLE |
| EPA ID: | COD081961518 |
| EPA Region: | 08 |
| NPL Status: | Currently on the Final NPL |
| ROD Type: | Record of Decision |
| ROD ID: | EPA/541/R-98/079 |
| ROD Date: | 09/03/1998 |
| Operable Unit(s): | 02 |
| Media: | Debris, Soil |
| Contaminant: | Metals |
| Abstract: |
Please note that the text in this document summarizes the Record of Decision for the purposes of facilitating searching and retrieving key text on the ROD. It is not the officially approved abstract drafted by the EPA Regional offices. Once EPA Headquarters receives the official abstract, this text will be replaced. The 235-acre Eagle Mine site is an abandoned mining and milling facility located along the banks of Eagle River, approximately five miles south of Minturn, Colorado (100 miles west of Denver). The site consists of the Eagle Mine workings in Belden, the abandoned town of Gilman, and numerous former existing mine waste disposal areas. For cleanup purposes the site has been divided into two operable units. Operable Unit 1 (OU1) includes the mine site excluding the town of Gilman. OU2 is the town of Gilman. In December 1983, the State of Colorado filed notice and claim against the former owners of the Eagle Mine site for natural resource damages under the Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). An emergency response action was performed in 1984 to remove polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-containing transformers, (PCB)-containing starting capacitors and other miscellaneous oil, lubricants, and chemicals found in the mine below Level 16. In 1985 a remedial investigation and feasibility study (RI/FS) was completed by the State of Colorado. In 1988, the State of Colorado and Viacom International, Inc. reached agreement on a cleanup plan. In 1990, EPA completed a Record of Decision (ROD) for OU1. Surface soil sampling for OU2 occurred in 1993, and a risk assessment for OU2 was completed in February 1997. The focused FS for OU2 was completed in June 1997, and the proposed plan was issued September 1997. The final ROD for OU2 was completed in September 1998. |
| Remedy: |
The preferred alternative for Eagle Mine Operable Unit 2 (OU2) is institutional controls. This remedy addresses the prinicipal threat at the site by limiting site access and providing a long-term, local presence. To accomplish this remedy, local institutional controls will be modified or developed, such as zoning regulations and/or building permit code restrictions. Estimated Capital Costs: not provided Estimated Annual O&M Costs: not provided Estimated Present Worth Costs: not provided |
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