Department of Natural Resources approves final remedy and terminates hazardous waste permit
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, FEB. 9, 2023 – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has approved the proposed final remedy of “no further corrective action with institutional and engineering controls” at the Holcim (US) Incorporated/Geocycle LLC facility in Pike County. The department has also terminated Holcim’s Part I hazardous waste permit because Holcim completed clean closure of its hazardous waste management units and met all corrective-action obligations.
Holcim, located at 14738 Highway 79 in Clarksville, operated a commercial cement kiln and cement manufacturing facility until 2012. Holcim had previously conducted corrective-action investigations and remediation activities at the site under a department-issued Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Facility Part I Permit and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-issued Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Part II Permit. Holcim’s site closure cleanup, corrective-action activities and dismantling operations lasted through 2017. The department determined that Holcim had closed its facility according to the approved closure plan and met the requirements of federal and state laws and regulations. Based on currently available information, no additional cleanup is required at the facility.
Holcim’s Part I Permit termination will become effective March 10, 2023. Any parties adversely affected or aggrieved by the department’s decision to approve the final remedy or terminate the Part I Permit may be entitled to pursue an appeal before the Administrative Hearing Commission. Appeal petitions must be filed by March 10. Contact information for the Administrative Hearing Commission is available online at ahc.mo.gov/, or by calling 573-751-2422. Please provide a copy of the petition to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, ATTN: Waste Management Program Director, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176, or by fax to 573-751-7869.
For more information about the final Part I Permit termination, please contact Breanon Dowling, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Waste Management Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176, by telephone at 573-751-8361 or 800-361-4827, or by e-mail at Breanon.Dowling@dnr.mo.gov. Hearing- and speech-impaired individuals may reach Breanon Dowling through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.