September 2013 Blog Posts (5)

At last report US EPA plans to cap Reed Park and remove most of the trees.  Reasons given at the public meeting on August 26, 2013 and subsequent conversations included:

• It would cost money to save them.
• If a tree blows down, exposing the roots, subsurface contamination would also be exposed
• The roots of trees only extend 8” below the surface, and putting two feet of fill above the roots of the trees to cap the soil would deprive them of oxygen and eventually…

US EPA currently plans to cap Reed Park and remove most of the trees.  Reasons given for removing the trees include:

• It would cost money to save them
• Only a few people at public meetings focused on saving the trees.
• The roots of trees only extend 8” below the surface and putting two feet of fill above the roots of the trees to cap the soil would deprive them of oxygen and eventually kill them
• Many of the trees are old
• Some trees are sick or…

#NEOMGletters @joecimperman form from EPA to residents

EPA%20Consent%20Form.pdf

At Southwest Citizens meeting 9/5 - James Justice from EPA spoke entire time -responding to resident questions and allaying fears about testing on adjacent property owner properties - the waiver allowed access to proceed with testing - residents are encouraged to contact Dane Reich to address their preferred strategy for the remediation - http://www.livecleveland.org/node/6030 an ad hoc group has formed to address concerns.