Interesting Project Facts

1. 7 miles of creek and 140 acres of floodplain remediated and restored
    

2. 1,837,768 tons of material disposed to date including:
   - 335,318 tons >50 ppm material to Heritage hazardous waste landfill
   - 187,078 tons of >50 ppm material to East Plant Area TSCA vault
   - 1,456 tons of <50 ppm material to East Plant Area TSCA vault
   - 55,666 tons <50 ppm material to Sycamore Ridge’s commercial solid waste landfill
   - 6,236  <50 ppm material to Twin Bridge’s commercial solid waste landfill
   - 1,252,014 tons of <50 ppm material to East Plant Area
    

3. 105,088 truck trips with 3,339,979 miles traveled over public roads with two accidents. 
   - Establishment of an on-site borrow area saved roughly 9300 truck trips off public roads and limited 6500 truck trips to public roads between the borrow area and the East Plant (saving 20 miles per truck trip).
    

4. 8,000+ trees planted
    

5. 2 wild honey bee hives relocated
    

6. Species returned to creek system after restoration including:
   - Birds (herons, eagles, blue birds, turkeys, pileated woodpeckers, various duck species)
   - Mammals (muskrats, field mice, squirrels, coyote, deer, beaver)
   - Reptiles/Amphibians (crayfish, frogs, snakes, turtles)
   - Invertebrates (i.e. damselfly, dragonfly, mayfly) – 28 species identified in October 2007 up from 19 prior to cleanup
   - Fish (e.g. blue gill, orangethroat darter, creek chub) – 13 species identified in October 2007 up from 8 prior to cleanup
    

7. 126 springs monitored
    

8. 42,000+ samples collected (includes soil, water [surface, spring, groundwater, residential well, leachate, waste, etc.], air, animal tissue, rock, drill cuttings, plant tissue)
    

9. 55 public meetings (as of February 2023)
    

10. ​52 community liaison panel meetings (as of September 2022 – discontinued)

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