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Contractor says pickling plant cleanup will be finished this month; DEQ coordinated final steps

2224991 · February 5, 2025
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UMD contractor Robert Smith told the Durant Industrial Authority the remaining work at the pickling plant site is ready to be removed and that the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has approved the plan to close out the site pending final documentation.

A contractor working at the former pickling plant site told the Durant Industrial Authority on Tuesday that the cleanup should be completed this month after years of remediation work.

Robert Smith, with UMD, said the company received direction from city staff last month on handling the last bit of waste at the site and subsequently contacted the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Smith said DEQ assigned a new contact…

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