What are the Next Steps?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Steps as of October 2006

 

 

Upcoming Events:

 

The next Upper Silver Creek Watershed Stakeholder Group meeting is to be announced.

 

The next Lower Silver Creek Watershed meeting is to be announced.

 

 

Updates:

 

Empire Canyon: 

 

Environmental cleanup and restoration at Empire Canyon is finished.  Since the fall of 2003, United Park City Mines, with the support of the Stakeholder Group, worked to remove contaminated mine waste from stream channels, reconstructed stream channels, and covered and recontoured mine waste in selected areas.

 

DV Luxury Resort, LLC (DVLR) has proposed the construction of a hotel, spa, and condominium project in the section of Empire Canyon called Daly Mine Dump, to be known as the Montage Resort & Spa.  If approved, the development will contribute to the cleanup of contamination at this former mining site.  DVLR has also agreed to participate in EPA’s initiative to encourage environmentally responsible redevelopment and reuse of contaminated properties (ER3).  As an ER3 participant, the proposed Montage Resort & Spa will incorporate extensive “green” features into the design, construction, and operation of the development to minimize the project’s environmental footprint.

 

Prospector Square

 

EPA is pleased to announce that it has officially archived Prospector Square from the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) database.  CERCLIS is the database containing information on areas across the nation that could possibly qualify for a Superfund investigation.  This concludes EPA’s involvement in the environmental management of the soils at properties in Prospector Square.

 

Richardson Flat

 

Environmental cleanup and construction at Richardson Flat is expected to begin this fall.  The work is intended to remediate mine tailings at Richardson Flat and is expected to take at least three years.  Once the cleanup is complete, disposal of mine waste at Richardson Flat will cease, and land use restrictions and easements will be instituted to protect the remedy.

 

Lower Silver Creek

Current and future development plans for properties abutting lower Silver Creek have made it timely to identify and address any remediation/restoration requirements in this lower stream segment.  EPA has convened a group of landowners and developers who have interest in this stretch of Silver Creek and who are willing to meet with local, state and federal agency officials in a workgroup forum.  This forum met twice in 2006 and will meet again as necessary.  The primary purpose of this group is to share information about what is known regarding contaminated areas in the lower Silver Creek watershed.  They are looking at potential sources of contamination, vulnerable resources, and correlating this information to land ownership and development plans.

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