EPA's CDA Basin ROD Amendment

Press release:

EPA's final version of the Upper Coeur d'Alene River Basin cleanup plan is now available. Link to a Fact Sheet here. The interim Record of Decision Amendment (RODA) documents decisions about contamination cleanup along the river's South Fork and tributaries, as well as in the Bunker Hill "Box" where cleanup began in the 1980s. The cleanup is part of a continuing effort to reduce risks to people's health and the environment from heavy metals.

The cleanup is designed to:

• improve water quality
• protect earlier cleanup work from recontamination
• clean up contamination sources and
• help prevent contamination from moving downstream.

EPA revised the plan in part as a response to over 6700 public comments asking for changes to be made. The cleanup's cost has been reduced to about $635 million, and the cleanup's projected time frame has been reduced to about 30 years.

To read the revised plan, learn more about how we reduced the cost and time frame without compromising cleanup goals, and get on a mailing list for site updates, visit http://go.usa.gov/igD . RODA copies will soon be available at select local libraries. To request a copy on CD or locate a library, contact EPA Community Liaison Rene Gilbert at 208-659-5237.

• To read the Fact Sheet about the ROD Amendment: http://go.usa.gov/rn4R (12 pp, 1.3MB PDF)
• To read the ROD Amendment: http://go.usa.gov/rn2m (488 pp, 16.8MB PDF)
• To read more about the ROD Amendment: http://go.usa.gov/igD
• To see the press release about the ROD Amendment: http://go.usa.gov/rn4C