DNR seeks public comments on former Vickers facility

According to a DNR news release, the modifications address concerns raised in an appeal of the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Facility Part I permit, and they also update several other permit conditions.

Between 1952 and 1987, the Vickers facility was used to produce piston and gear hydraulic pumps, motors, hydrostatic transmissions and power steering boosters for industrial and agricultural uses. Past activities at the facility produced spent solvents, waste oils, paint residues, metal plating wastes, corrosives, scrap metals, cyanides and spent kolene salts. The facility includes two impoundments that closed as a landfill with waste in place, and other solid waste management units.

The proposed modifications are listed online at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/

permits/notices.htm. Because of their size, supporting documents are not available online, but they can be reviewed at several locations, including the Joplin Public Library, 300 S. Main, or DNR’s Southwest Regional Office at 2040 W. Woodland Ave. in Springfield.

Only the proposed modification conditions are open for public comment. All other conditions of the existing permit will remain in effect until the permit is reissued or additional modifications are proposed.

Send in a Comment

Written comments on the proposed permit modifications are effective if they point out specific legal or technical issues. Written comments must be sent by June 29 to:

Richard A. Nussbaum, P.E., R.G.

Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Hazardous Waste Program

P.O. Box 176

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176

During the public comment period, public hearing requests on the permit modifications can be sent to Nussbaum at the above address.[[In-content Ad]]