Notice of Public Comment Period Compliance Status Reports

Notice of Public Comment Period Compliance Status Reports GA Hazardous Site Inventory Delisting Priority Parcels 2, 2B, 3A, 3B, 3C, and 4 Fort Gillem, Forest Park, Georgia Oasis Consulting Services (Oasis), on behalf of Robinson Weeks Partners, invites the public to review and comment on Compliance Status Reports (CSRs) prepared for Priority Parcels 2, 2B, 3A, 3B, 3C, and 4 (PP2, PP2B, PP3A, PP3B, PP3C, and PP4) located at the former Fort Gillem in Forest Park, Georgia. The CSRs present Oasis's findings of certification of compliance with approved Risk Reduction Standards (RRS) under the GA Environmental Protection Division (EPD) Hazardous Site Response Act (HSRA) for groundwater and soil at PP2, PP2B, PP3A, PP3B, PP3C, and PP4 (Sites). Oasis prepared a CSR for PP2, PP2B, PP3A, PP3B, and PP3C in an effort to seek removal of these portions of property from the Hazardous Site Inventory (HSI) listing U.S. Army Fort Gillem Southeast Burial Site (HSI ID 10944). Oasis prepared a CSR for PP4 in an effort to seek removal of this portion of property from the HSI listing U.S. Army Fort Gillem North Landfill Area (HSI ID 10009). The CSRs include descriptions of investigations, groundwater and soil data, and an assessment of the risk to human health and the environment at the Sites. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Department of Natural Resources, State of Georgia (EPD) has placed these sites on the Hazardous Site Inventory pursuant to its authority under the Hazardous Site Response Act and Rules promulgated thereunder. As required by the Rules for Hazardous Site Response, the responsible party for these sites was required to investigate the sites and submit compliance status reports to EPD summarizing the results of that investigation. EPD is currently reviewing the compliance status reports to determine if corrective action is needed for the regulated substances that have been released at these sites. Before EPD decides whether corrective action is needed, the public has the opportunity to review the compliance status reports and provide comments to EPD about the report. Interested members of the public may review and comment on the CSRs during a 30-day Public Comment Period, from July 3 to August 3, 2020. To view the CSRs online please visit the City of Forest Park home page, https://www.forestparkga.org/default.aspx and click on the link for the City of Forest Park Gillem Public Notices then click on the link for the Gillem Logistics Center Public Notices. Written comments on the CSRs may be sent to Mr. Michael Monteleone, P.E. with Oasis at mmonteleone@oasis-cs.com, or by mail to 45 Woodstock Street Roswell, GA 30075. Comments must be received no later than midnight of the last day of the comment period to be considered. Oasis will schedule a public meeting should the public express sufficient interest. The public will be notified of the date, time, and location of the meeting through a notice in The Atlanta Journal- Constitution. 7-3/2020