Pursuant to
the Mississippi Brownfield Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Act Mississippi
Code Annotated Sections § 49-35-1 through § 49-35-27 (Act), notice is hereby
given that the City of Ridgeland (“Brownfield Party”) has submitted an
application to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to
enter into a Brownfield Agreement with the Mississippi Commission on
Environmental Quality (Commission) with regard to tracts of land located at 122
West Moon Street and 102 SE Madison Drive in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The Brownfield Agreement Site is further
described as being situated in Section 30, Township 7N, Range 2E, Madison
County, Mississippi, and located at the former Madison Materials (AI#57182) and
Jackson Ready Mix sites, in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
The Brownfield Agreement
Site contains an underground petroleum storage tank (UST) requiring permanent closure.
The Brownfield Party has agreed that the proposed remediation measures
will be to excavate and dispose of the UST and associated fuel distribution piping and to remediate any petroleum
impacted soils identified during the excavation followed by backfilling the UST tank bed excavation with surrounding clean fill material. The proposed use of the Site after completion
of all remediation will be the planned City Center redevelopment project as described more fully in the
Ridgeland Area Master Plan (RAMP). The Brownfield Party will be required to
report to the MDEQ regarding the status of the implementation of the Brownfield
Agreement and the corrective action.
The staff
of the Commission has evaluated the proposed Brownfield Agreement and believes
that, with the conditions and restrictions contained within the proposed
Brownfield Agreement, the site will be in compliance with all applicable State
and Federal laws and standards and will be protective of the public health and
the environment once the Brownfield Agreement is completed. Therefore, the staff of the Commission has
made a preliminary decision, based on available information, to recommend to
the Commission that the proposed Brownfield Agreement be approved.
The
Brownfield Party proposes to remediate the site based on site-specific public
health and environmental risks as provided by the Act and in accordance with
MDEQ’s Guidelines for the Permanent Closure of Petroleum Underground Storage
Tank Systems – July 1, 2009. The Brownfield Party certifies
that there are no other known potentially affected Parties other than those
that are named in the proposed Brownfield Agreement. The public is invited to
submit any comments regarding the proposed Brownfield Agreement no later than
close of business on September 7, 2012, to Trey Hess at:
Mississippi
Department of Environmental Quality
Office
of Pollution Control
Groundwater
Assessment and Remediation Division
P.O. Box 2261
Jackson, Mississippi 39225-2261
Phone: 601-961-5654
Fax: 601-961-5300
All comments received by
that date will be part of the record and considered in the formulation of a
final decision in this matter. A copy of
the proposed Brownfield Agreement is available for inspection and copying at
the offices of the MDEQ located at 515 Amite Street, Jackson, MS 39225 by calling Ms. Joanne Rials at (601) 961-5068. A copy of the proposed Brownfield Agreement
is also available for inspection at the county courthouse of Madison County,
Mississippi at the location where other public notices are posted. It is expected that the Commission will
consider the proposed Brownfield Agreement during its regular meeting to be
held at 9:00
a.m. on September 27,
2012 at 515 Amite Street, Jackson, Mississippi. Questions or
comments should be directed to the MDEQ representative set forth above.
