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Public Interest Center Licking River Bank Stabilization Online Media Kit (2009)



Licking River Bank Stabilization Project
Online Media Kit (2009)

Ohio EPA appreciates your interest in covering the Licking River Bank Stabilization Project in Newark, Ohio. To facilitate your reporting, we have created this online media kit. If you need more information or would like to schedule an interview to speak with a staff member about the project, please contact Erin Strouse by e-mail or phone at (614) 644-2160. All documents are in Adobe PDF format.

 

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More than 18,000 tons of stone were placed along 1,600 feet of riverbank to prevent erosion and to better stabilize the Licking River's endangered north bank, behind the former Newark Processing facility.

Since the Licking River stabilization project was completed significantly below the projected budget, Ohio EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were able to pursue several other needed projects at the site. These projects included the replacement of a culvert over nearby Shawnee Run to provide safe access for future site construction and redevelopment activities.

In 1996, shortly before filing for bankruptcy, Newark Processing estimated that approximately 175,000 tons of aluminum dross and 374,000 tons of dross fines sludge remained at the Licking County site. The dross (classified as a solid, not hazardous, waste) was deposited over about 20 acres and extended as much as 20 feet below the surface. Ohio EPA estimates that tens of thousands of square feet of the dross has eroded into the Licking River.

Ohio EPA targeted the Licking River bank stabilization behind the former Newark Processing facility as one of Ohio’s top priority projects in 2005. The Agency slated $2.8 million from the state’s Hazardous Waste Cleanup Fund for the project, since the party responsible for the pollution was not able to pay for the cleanup. Last year, Ohio EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers paid for piles of dross to be pushed back from the bank to prevent further erosion and to better stabilize the site. In November 2009, the Clean Ohio Council granted the city of Newark $2 million from the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund to conduct further remediation and demolition activities, including grading and capping the piles of aluminum dross.

 
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