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11/28/2024 | Press release | Archived content

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE FORT DARLING LANDFILL ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD AND EE/CA ADDENDUM HAS BEEN EXTENDED

News Release Date:
November 28, 2024

Contact: Kristen Allen

Date: November 20, 2024

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE FORT DARLING LANDFILL ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD AND EE/CA ADDENDUM HAS BEEN EXTENDED

THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ANNOUNCES THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE ENGINEERING EVALUATION/COST ANALYSIS (EE/CA) ADDENDUM and UPDATED ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD for THE FORT DARLING LANDFILL SITE RICHMOND NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK, VIRGINIA HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 15, 2024

The National Park Service (NPS) reminds those interested of the availability for public review of documents comprising the updated Administrative Record File, now including the Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) Report Addendum, for the selection of a removal action at the Fort Darling Landfill Site, located in Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia.

The EE/CA Addendum was prepared under NPS authority derived from Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and is consistent with the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). After issuing an initial EE/CA Report in 2016, NPS determined previous assumptions regarding the stability of the steep slope at the northern boundary of the landfill were no longer valid, and an EE/CA Addendum is necessary to address data gaps regarding the extent to which hazardous substances may be released from the landfill north slope and whether exposure to such releases may pose unacceptable risks to human or ecological receptors. The purposes of the EE/CA Addendum are to evaluate the nature and extent of contamination at the Site, describe the removal action objectives (RAOs), describe and evaluate alternatives for addressing risks posed by unconsolidated landfill waste and subsurface soil containing hazardous substances on the landfill north slope, and identify the recommended removal action. The EE/CA Addendum identifies and evaluates four removal action alternatives for the landfill north slope area of the Site ranging from no action to complete removal of landfill waste and contaminated soil. The recommended alternative includes modifying the steep north slope to a more stable angle (33%), covering the exposed waste with two feet of clean soil fill and reestablishment of the native forest. A final response action selection will be made after the public comment period, considering any comments that are received.

The National Park Service welcomes written comments from the public on the proposed removal action and on the Administrative Record File. The public comment period is NOW open from November 1, 2024, through December 15, 2024. The updated Administrative Record File, including the EE/CA Addendum, is available for review during normal business hours at:

Richmond National Battlefield Park Chimborazo Medical Museum and Visitor Center
3215 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23223
Phone: 804-226-1981
Hours: Wed.-Sun. 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Comments on the EE/CA Addendum may be submitted electronically via the link below or may be submitted in writing to:

Kristen Allen
Richmond National Battlefield Park
3215 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23223

All comments received from the public will be placed in the Administrative Record File for the Site. As part of the administrative record, comments will be made available for inspection by the general public, and copies may be provided to the public. If you submit a comment that includes personal identifying information, you may request in your comment that we withhold this information from public review. However, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Background documents can be viewed and comments posted here.