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other highlights here which are impacted, small impacted areas. The plan is to consolidate everything down
into the lagoon area, so essentially the three sites after will have no impact such that residential use could
occur. So it is really to get everything down to the smallest area possible where there will be a use restriction
and monitoring wells and deed restriction and keep it there rather than having it housed across the property.
Ms. Taylor Yes it is essentially altogether with the Mohawk site as well as the other areas, it is about 40 acres
of land and we would only be restricting 2 out of the 40 acres. So 38 acres would be unrestricted for use.
Alderwoman Kelly
| have two questions. First question is what is the average time a site spends on the NPL list?
Ms. Taylor It depends. | believe we have, | have that data somewhere, in the hundreds of sites that have
been deleted from the National Priority List, | actually have that data somewhere. But sites can remain on the
NPL for quite some time, especially if you have groundwater contamination where groundwater remedy is
needed. Those remedies can sometimes take decades. So it certain sites can be on the NPL for decades.
President McCarthy
It is safe to say that there are more sites left on the NPL than have been removed from it.
Ms. Taylor Oh yes. Yes there are still about 1,300 sites on the NPL.
Alderwoman Kelly
My second question is just a point of clarification, Mr. Mayor you talked about having an outside contractor
evaluate. Can you just explain what they would be evaluating specifically?
Mayor Donchess
Sure, so when we met with the members of the neighborhood back in September, they asked can we trust the
EPA findings and the solution and how do we know that this is good and all this kind of thing. So | think what
they are doing is they are reviewing the EPA report in light of the work that they have already done there and
will be able to comment on its validity and may be able to offer thoughts regarding the costs of the various
solutions which could either | suppose agree or even disagree with the EPA’s estimates.
Alderwoman Kelly
So when you say the EPA report, you are talking about EC/CA? Is that correct?
Mayor Donchess
If this is the EC/CA it is about this thick and highly technical, a number of different documents, but that whole
package of material, | think is what they are looking at.
Kelsey Dumville Hi everybody | am sorry | am Kelsey Dumville and | just wanted to reiterate what Melissa said
at the beginning. | work as a Community Involvement Coordinator and the Liaison to the Congressional
Delegation. We've heard a lot concerns about kind of shoving this proposal at the community. | just want to
be clear for one about the process, which is that this is the process we take and that is why we go through the
public comment. | understand that a lot of people are unfamiliar with the site in the beginning and it can appear
as if we are just saying this is it or nothing.
