News Release No. 410

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
ISSUES FINAL PERMIT MODIFICATION TO BEAZER EAST INC.

Volume 33-410

Contact: Renee Bungart

(For immediate release)

573-751-4465

JEFFERSON CITY, OCT. 5, 2005 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has issued a final Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Facility (MHWMF) Part I permit modification to Beazer East Inc. (Beazer). The facility is located at 6740 Stadium Drive in Kansas City.

Beazer is a former woodtreating facility. The National Lumber and Creosote Company began wood treating operations at the property now owned by Beazer in the early 1920s. Railroad ties, posts and telephone poles were pressure-treated primarily with creosote. Koppers Company Inc. (Koppers) bought the property in 1937 and continued similar wood treating operations. Koppers permanently closed the facility before Beazer Materials and Services Inc., now named Beazer bought the property in late 1988.

Beazer is currently performing cleanup activities at the property under the MHWMF Part I and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) Part II permits issued July 24, 1997. During the facility investigation, Beazer discovered soil, sediment, surface water and groundwater in various areas of the facility polluted with polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. These contaminants are related to past wood treating operations. Beazer took several interim actions at the facility over the past six years to control immediate threats to human health and the environment and to prevent further pollution.

The final permit modification allows Beazer to perform the following activities:

The final permit modification is available on the department's Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/permits/notices.htm. Supporting documents are not available on department's Web site due to their size. The public can also review and copy the final permit modification and supporting documents, by appointment, at either of the following locations:

Kansas City Regional Office, 500 Northeast Colbern Road , Lee's Summit, MO 64086-4710, Phone 816-622-7000, or the Hazardous Waste Program, 1738 East Elm St. (lower level), Jefferson City, MO 65101, Phone 573-522-3345.

Anyone adversely affected by this decision may appeal to have the matter heard by the Administrative Hearing Commission. The appeal must be requested by October 27. The person requesting the appeal must file a written petition, according to the procedures outlined in Section 621.250, RSMo, with the Administrative Hearing Commission, P.O. Box 1557, Jefferson City, MO 65102.

If the petition is sent by registered mail or certified mail, it will be considered filed on the date it is mailed. If it is sent by any method other than registered mail or certified mail, it will be considered filed on the date it is received by the Administrative Hearing Commission. The department also asks that a copy of the appeal request be provided to Robert Geller, Director, Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Hazardous Waste Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176.

The petition must be limited to the issues raised during the public comment period that the person feels were not resolved in the final permit modification. The Administrative Hearing Commission cannot review any petition containing issues that were not brought up during the public comment period. However, the Administrative Hearing Commission can review petitions on requirements in the final permit modification that were not in the draft permit modification.

Anyone may call or write the department at any time to request to have his or her name placed on Beazer's mailing list. By doing this, they will receive notice from the department or the facility on any major permitting activities at the facility.

For more information, contact Vin Journey of the department's Hazardous Waste Program at or 573-751-3553 or 800-361-4827 Stephanie Doolan of the Environmental Protection Agency at (913) 551-7543.

For news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of the department's upcoming meetings, hearings and events, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.

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