The US EPA is conducting a Site tour of the former Koppers facility located at 200 NW 23rd Ave in Gainesville, on Thursday 9/21 at 7:00 PM. For more info please see the .pdf here. The purpose of the Site tour is to provide information regarding the Site progress since the Record of Decision was published on February 2, 2011, and top provide information on the next steps in the cleanup process.
An informational workshop will be held on Saturday, Sept 17th from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Thomas Center [302 NE 6th Avenue, 32601]. The purpose of this workshop is to provide information to artists who are interested in submitting work for the Region4: Tranformation Through Imagination Exhibit. Several local scientific experts will provide background information on the Cabot Carbon/Koppers Superfund site and will be available for questions and answers
Concerned Gainesville residents trickled in to the Alachua County Health Department on Monday for an open house on the health impacts from the Koppers Superfund site, where full-scale remediation work is still several months away… Chad Smith, Gainesville Sun http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110829/ARTICLES/110829506
The Alachua County Health Department and the Florida Department of Health will be hosting an open house to answer questions about recently published health reports and to collect health concerns related to the Koppers Superfund Site. more info here
Florida DOH Releases Four New Reports – Now Available
Report on additional off-site surface soil tests
Report reviewing cancer data
Final Report on Springstead and Hogtown creek sediments
Plus a Report on the safety of eating homegrown chicken eggs