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SIKES. SIKES. HISTORY: Genesis 1940’s sand pit mining 1950’s Girl Scout camp at Tank Lake; tragedy. 1960’s Sikes family homesteads the land Sikes enterprises: deer leases dumping. SIKES. 1967 Riverdale Community telegram to LBJ

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SIKES

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  1. SIKES

  2. SIKES • HISTORY: • Genesis • 1940’s sand pit mining • 1950’s Girl Scout camp at Tank Lake; tragedy. • 1960’s Sikes family homesteads the land • Sikes enterprises: • deer leases • dumping

  3. SIKES • 1967 • Riverdale Community telegram to LBJ • Texas Dept of Water Resources issues / retracts water permit. • Sikes dump closed • 1982 • Floods • sampling shows widespread toxics

  4. SIKES • 1983 SITE ADDED TO NPL • Sikes family temporarily relocated [after fight] • TDWR & EPA start the RI/FS • 1986 RI/FS COMPLETED: • 80,000 cubic yds contaminated soils, • 80,000 cubic yds contaminated sludges • 13,000,000 gallons contaminated water

  5. SIKES • OPTIONS: • $ 0.4 M No Action • $ 23.4 M L/F sludges and soils on site • $ 56.0 M L/F sludges off site, soils on site • $ 53.4 M Incinerate only sludges on site • $ 111.3 M Incinerate sludges on site; L/F soils off site • $ 92.9 M Incinerate sludges and soils on site

  6. SIKES • PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: 7/30/86 TO 8/20/86 • PUBLIC MEETING [130 PEOPLE] 8/7/86 • PRINCIPAL CONCERNS: • Import waste from other sites? • Killer inversions? • Test innovative, cost saving, technologies? • Guarantee permanence? • Property devaluation?

  7. SIKES • WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: • Delay for more accurate testing, experiments with biotreatment, etc? • Guarantee property values? • Guarantee to incinerate only Sikes waste?

  8. SIKES • REMEDIAL DESIGN: 10/86 TO 10/89 • 139 M allocated [150% of ROD] • 5 technically qualified contractors • SOLICITATION: 10/89 problem !

  9. Elected Rep’s Agency Leaders Community State Agency Bidding contractor Other contractors Insurers Need results! Want results Restless @ delay 10% matching $ Over $500K invested Bummed by insurers Spooked by newness SIKESAS PROJECT MANAGER, SHOULD YOU PROCEED?PARTYDESIRE

  10. SIKES • MARCH 1990: RESOLICITATION: • Phase A- ‘construction’ of berms, incinerator, water treatment, access roads, clearing, etc. • Phase B- Operation of cleanup equipment, removal. • SUCCESSFUL RESPONSES: • 4 different firms, joint ventures • Bids ranged from $92 to $99 million

  11. SIKES • OCTOBER ,1990- • Mobilization to field • JANUARY, 1992- • $32 million Phase A completed, • APRIL, 1992- • Trial Burn successful, operations started. • JANUARY, 1995- • Phase B completed [$85 vs $60 million but volume was 360,000 vs 160,000 cu yds]

  12. SIKES … SUMMARY KEY PLAYERS GOALS

  13. SIKES … SUMMARY KEY PLAYERS GOALS INSURERS NO LIABILITY RIVERDALE PEOPLE HEALTH/INCIN. FEARS, PROPERTY $ EPA RPM LAW, PROGRESS STATE 10% MATCH BIDDERS 2ND CHANCE

  14. TELE-ASSIGNMENTS • WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE IN ONE YEAR?, WHO DO YOU CONTACT ABOUT CHICKENS? [4/7] • NAME 1 - 3 WOULD-BE SIKES PLAYERS …. AND WHY THEY WEREN’T [4/14]

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