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EPA, Utah DEQ outline planned removal work at Richardson Flat tailings corridor
Summary
EPA Region 8 and the Utah Department of Environmental Quality presented a draft engineering evaluation/cost analysis (EECA) for mine tailings along Silver Creek at Richardson Flat, saying funds are limited and the proposal would be an initial, phased removal rather than a full excavation.
Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region 8) and the Utah Department of Environmental Quality briefed the Summit County Council on June 4 about contamination from historic mine tailings along Silver Creek and a planned removal action at the Richardson Flat reach.
James Ho, a project manager with EPA Region 8, said the project covers roughly six to seven river miles of Silver Creek and involves scattered lenses of tailings that contain lead, arsenic, cadmium and zinc. The agencies have sampled soils, sediments and creek water and used streamlined risk evaluations to document exposure pathways to ecological receptors and to people.
A constrained cleanup: Ho said the site has not been listed on EPA’s National Priorities List…
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