Final Phase of Cleanup Completed at Tugman Park in Eugene

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• :09/19/01 16:0 FAX 541 686 7551 DEA W•REGION/EUG f~j002i003 1 For release: Sep ember 20, 2001 Sate of Dragon Department of Contacts: ErwirnrlmertCal gene Wong, En ironmental Cleanup, Eugene (541} 686-7838, ext. 262 Queer .~ennifer Boudin, Communications & Outreach, Eugene, (54I) 686-7838, ext. 235 Communications b Outreach 811 SW 6°i Ave. I, Final Ph se of Cleanup Completed at Tugman Park in Eugene Port,~nd, oR v~zo4 Phone: (503)224-5646 The final hase of environmental cleanu has been com leted at the former Toll ~ .n oR P P P (soo} asa-aol ~ ~'ugman Park dfill, located on 39~' Avenue in south Eugene. The City of Eugene Fes: (503) Zap-s85o lxas completed el anup actions, and the Oregon Depamnent of Environmental Quality v;s;t DeQ's Online (DEQ) has date fined that no further action is necessary. News Room at: www.degstate.o~ as/ newsroom Cleanup ctions included consolidating contaminated material and soil and cpvering these m terials under an extension of the existing landfill cap. Deed restrictions are i place to address the human health and environmental concerns f ppsed at this site, which is currently used as a park. The restrictions placed on the site ir~elude limiting tore land use at the site to its current use and requiring long-term rrlonitoring and zi.ntenance of the cap. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality selected a deed restrictions and cleanup actions as the final site remedy in Aril 1999. ' The landf 1 was active from the mid-1920s to the early 1950s. The wastes were disposed of y open burning. When the landfill was closed, it was covered with a ~ayer of soil. E sion had removed some of the cover soil, exposing waste materials in' some areas. In 1990, EQ performed preliminary environmental investigations, In 1992, the City of Eugen signed an agreement with DEQ to conduct a cleanup under DEQ o~'ersight. The Ci conducted further investigations to determine the extent of waste ar~d lead-contami ated soils, and groundwater contamination at the site. The fast cleanup actions w re conducted in 1995 and 1996, and included removal of waste from nearby resid ntial areas, consolidation of wastes under an engineered cap, and regrading of port' ns of the landfill to reduce erosion. Groundwater contamination w~ not present at a site. DEQ has d termined that with the cleanup actions and placement of the deed ' re~tri.ctions, there a no current or future likely adverse impacts to human health or thq environment frpm the site, and no further action is required. (more/over)