Upper Silver Creek Watershed

Stakeholder Group=20 Meeeting

November 30,=20 2004

Meeting Attendees

Jim Christiansen =20 EPA &nbs= p; = ; =20 christiansen.jim@epa.gov

Lee Duncan &nbs= p; =20 UACD &nbs= p; = ; =20 lee.duncan@ut.naced.net

John Whitehead =20 DEQ/DWQ &nbs= p; =20 jwhitehead@utah.gov

Dave Allison &nbs= p; =20 UDEQ &nbs= p; = ;=20 dallison@utah.gov

Ann Tillia &nbs= p; =20 UDEQ &nbs= p; = ;=20 atillia@utah.gov

Kerry Gee &nbs= p; =20 United Park &nbs= p; =20 kcgee@unitedpark.com

Jennifer Chergo =20 EPA &nbs= p; = ; =20 chergo.jennifer@epa.gov

Dana Williams = PCMC &nbs= p; = ;=20 dana@parkcity.org

Bob Wells &nbs= p; =20 Deer Valley Resort =20 bwells@deervalley.com

Brent Ovard &nbs= p; =20 SCPH &nbs= p; = ; =20 bovard@utah.gov

Terry Snyder &nbs= p; =20 BLM USO &nbs= p; =20 terry_snyder@blm.gov

Tim Ingwell &nbs= p; =20 BLM SLFO &nbs= p; =20 tingwell@ut.blm.gov

Dave Murphy &nbs= p; =20 BLM Salt Lake =20 dave_murphy@blm.gov

Tom Bakaly &nbs= p; =20 PCMC &nbs= p; = ;=20 tom@parkcity.org

Peggy Churchill =20 EPA &nbs= p; = ; =20 churchill.peggy@epa.gov

Mo Slam &nbs= p; =20 UDEQ &nbs= p; = ;=20 mslam@utah.gov

Sally Elliott &nbs= p; =20 PPHOA/Historical info@utahescapades.com

Jim Fricke &nbs= p; =20 UPCM/consultant = jim@rmc-ut.com

Patrick Lambert =20 U.S. Geological

&nbs= p; = ; =20 Survey &nbs= p; = ;=20 plambert@usgs.gov

Ron Ivie &nbs= p; =20 Park City &nbs= p; =20 rivie@parkcity.org

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Introduction

=20 Jim Christiansen announced that this would be his last = Stakeholder=20 Group meeting. He will be = leaving=20 the Upper Silver Creek project. = He=20 announced that Peggy Churchill will be taking his place as EPA Project = Manager=20 for the cleanup. He said = that Peggy=20 shares his style of doing things by keeping things calm and quiet. In light of the transition, = Jim asked=20 the group to speak about how they felt the project was going.

=20 Dana Williams said that, overall, the project is going well. He said the citizens are calm = and the=20 perception is good regarding the cleanup. =20 He feels everyone involved knows more now about =93what we=92ve = got and what=20 we have to get done=94. Ultimately, he would still like to see = Prospector Square taken off CERCLIS. He said the Soil Ordinance at = Prospector=20 seemed to be working well, noting that the $500 credit from the city to = the=20 homeowners really helped get people involved.

=20 Tim Ingwell added that the Stakeholder Group should continue, as = it is=20 essential to what needs to be done at Silver Maple Claims. Kerry Gee remembered feeling = =93uneasy=94=20 when the group first started meetings. =20 The meetings were =93tremendously more stressful=94 than they are = now, he=20 said. He noted that = people in the=20 community are still interested in the cleanup, despite our recent = meetings where=20 hardly anybody showed up. = He said=20 he gets a lot of phone calls from people whenever they hear Jim, Peggy, = or other=20 Stakeholders on the radio, especially when they hear something they = don=92t=20 like. This is important = to keep in=20 mind, he said, because the cleanup will continue to move forward and = there are=20 still huge issues to tackle. = He=20 said overall the cleanup has been good for the community.

=20 Kerry also said that the watershed investigation has been a big = victory=20 for science in the watershed. = He=20 feels we now know the specifics of what we need to do, like dealing with = the=20 zinc at Richardson Flat and moving dirt at Empire Canyon. And, he added, we=92re = doing it=20 logically.

=20 John = Whitehead=20 said that the Stakeholder Group has dovetailed nicely with the TMDL=20 process. =93Everyone = agrees that the=20 cleanup issue is there and we have to do this,=94 he said. =93This group can keep the = momentum for it=20 going.=94

=20 Mo Slam, Sally Elliot, and Bob Wells all agreed that the = Stakeholder=20 Group process has been good. = Mo=20 said he liked the fact that it took a process that used to look at = things piece=20 by piece and now looks at it as a whole. =20 Bob Wells said he didn=92t believe at first that the process = could work,=20 but believes the Group has worked well.

=20 Jim Christiansen said that some of the toughest cleanup issues = still=20 remain. But the Day Lodge = is an=20 example, he said, that we can get a good common sense solution rather = than a=20 long, painful process. =93You can read about those in the papers,=94 he = said, =93but=20 you don=92t read about Park City.=94

=20 Richardson = Flat

=20 Kerry Gee recounted the Proposed Plan public meeting held = in=20 September. He said just 2 = or 3=20 people attended other than agency people and we received a few comments=20 regarding moving materials from Empire Pass to Richardson Flat. The comments are in a = responsiveness=20 summary that will be issued with the Record of Decision for Richardson = Flat=20 soon. He also said a cost = agreement=20 and a consent decree are coming. = This winter they=92ll be looking at what kind of work to do at = Richardson=20 Flat this summer, then they=92ll look at future uses which are still up = in the air=20 =96 golf, recreation sites are possible, but nothing is really = decided.

=20 There was a small discussion about the Talisker Corporation. Dana said he was impressed so = far. Kerry said the company is the = same, just=20 with different shareholders. = He=20 said Talisker is very committed to the cleanup. Tom Bakaly added that Talisker = applied=20 to the city for a conditional use permit. =20 There will be a hearing on Dec. 8 before the planning = commission. If appealed, it will go to the = City=20 Council in early January. =

=20 Dana noted that one of the council members is part of the Marsac = group=20 looking at an option of sending trucks from Empire Pass down Royal = Street instead=20 of Marsac on their way to Richardson Flat, which he feels would be = =93ten times=20 worse=94.

=20 Bob Wells said the issue really is not contamination but the = trucks. Most seemed to agree. Ron Ivey said there are = options being=20 considered such as brake check stations and highway patrol inspection = stickers=20 on the trucks. Dana said = delay=20 could happen if the council wants a new study on the make-up of the = material=20 coming down in the trucks. = Kerry=20 noted that all of the dirt is coming from the Empire Canyon=20 stream channel and the area of the Flagstaff development, none from the = Daly West=20 mine dump. In other = words, it=92s=20 already material that=92s already been moved once. Jim Christiansen said that EPA = will=20 support =93whatever you all work out=94.

=20 Jim said that the consent decree is just an agreement between EPA = and=20 UPCM. But the natural = resources=20 damages settlement concerning Richardson Flat could be a difficult = process to=20 work out what=92s fair compensation to the government. He said there should be some = plan,=20 however, that could be worked out.

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Empire=20 Canyon

=20 Kerry Gee said that Empire Canyon cleanup got started late = =96 it=92s=20 about 30 percent complete to date. =20 There is about 4,500 linear feet of drainage channel to restore = within=20 the Empire=20 Canyon. This summer he said they=92ll = be able to=20 complete the stream channel including Walker and Webster channels and work = on the=20 surrounding mine dumps, etc=85 In the summer of 2006, they=92ll complete = last couple=20 1000 feet of stream channel just above the Daly Canyon=20 and then be done completely with Empire Canyon.

=20 Jim Christiansen said that Empire Canyon has been on CERCLIS since = 1997 and=20 Richardson Flat since 1981, and=20 both will be cleaned up in the next two years.

Fish Consumption = Advisory=20

=20 John Whitehead said they found that 25 percent of the fish in the = lower=20 part of the canyon have elevated arsenic, but the advisory went out for = all of=20 Silver Creek. He passed = out copies=20 of a news release and fish advisory. =20 He said they=92ll continue to monitor every two years and will = look at Deer=20 Creek and Poison Creek - next time will be 2006. Ron Ivey noted that he=92d = like to see=20 achievable stream standards set and not focus on the fish study because = the fish=20 will be taken care of if we focus on stream standard. Jim Christiansen said he = wasn=92t sure if=20 achieving the water quality standard was =93doable=94, but said that = what we=92re=20 trying to do is make a resource what it can be, and if we meet the water = quality=20 standard =96 great.

=20 John Whitehead said that the original TMDL was for cadmium and = zinc and=20 won=92t change because of the arsenic found in the fish. The arsenic, he said is mostly = being=20 seen in the biota, not in the water column, so they are probably picking = it up=20 from the sediments. Dana = said he=20 would like to see phosphorus/nitrate study because of the development = and golf=20 courses above. Jim said = that the=20 lower Silver Creek Meadow area is not in CERCLIS, so the Group should = come up=20 with creative cleanup strategies for it.

=20 John passed = around a=20 report titled =93Health Consultation: Fish=20 Sampling in Silver Creek Analysis of Metals and Potential Health=20 Impacts=94.

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Soils Ordinance

=20 Tom Bakaly gave a summary of the =93Soils Ordinance Area Environmental = Management System 2004 Annual Report=94 to the Group:

=B7 =20 48 properties were issued a certificate = of=20 compliance

=B7 =20 10 properties participated in Top Soil = Assistance=20 Program and got $500 from the City. =20

=B7 =20 34 properties volunteered to be sampled = =96=20 XRF

=B7 =20 4 did not meet EMS standards but have been corrected

=B7 =20 24 properties had wet chemistry and all = were=20 within the EMS requirement. These had been capped years = ago

=B7 =20 all but 4 properties that the city knows = of are=20 in compliance.

Dana said that he = thinks the=20 community is well-educated about the Ordinance now. There were a substantial = amount of=20 residents who went and got blood tests, he said. He also said that the real = estate=20 community has been very helpful and involved.

Silver Maple Claims

=20 Tim Ingwell said that BLM has contracted with Ken Kolm of Argonne = Report=20 fame to do a groundwater study. = Tom=20 Bakaly asked about the motive for the groundwater study: Was it a PRP identification = motive or=20 purely technical? There = was a short=20 discussion about this.

Prospector Drain

=20 Tom Bakaly said the pilot program to reduce zinc has = resulted in a=20 reduction from 6.2 milligrams to 2.6 milligrams. He said the City will discuss = biocells=20 at a meeting on Dec. 15. = John W.=20 asked about cadmium. Tom = B. did not=20 know but would let him know after the 15^th. Ron Ivey noted that there is a = flow=20 meter at the drain too that shows little fluctuation in flow. The biocell will run through = the=20 winter. Tom Bakaly asked = Tim=20 Ingwell why BLM did not participate with the biocell, and Tim answered = that BLM=20 had some concerns that were not answered such as who would maintain = it.

Lower Silver Creek

=20 Anne Tillia discussed the Nov. =9201 Innovative = Assessment. And said=20 there is a reoccurring question: What=92s there and how bad is it?

She passed out a summary of data collected in the = past.

Conclusion

=20 Jim said that there would be less frequent Stakeholder = meetings=20 because there is more of a need at this point in the process for = smaller,=20 technical groups. Peggy = said she=20 would like to set the next meeting for February.

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