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Bayou Verdine Superfund Site Casey Luckett Snyder Presentation Overview Site History Site Cleanup Reuse Planning Reuse Outcomes Lessons Learned 2 Site History Lake Charles, Louisiana Southwest Louisiana Westlake

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Bayou Verdine Superfund Site

Casey Luckett Snyder

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Presentation Overview

  • Site History
  • Site Cleanup
  • Reuse Planning
  • Reuse Outcomes
  • Lessons Learned

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Site History

  • Lake Charles, Louisiana
  • Southwest Louisiana
  • Westlake Community
  • Near Lake Charles and Calcasieu River
  • 130 miles west of Baton Rouge
  • Petroleum refinery and

petrochemical complex

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

(PAHs) and heavy metals

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Site Cleanup

  • 2003 – EPA Calcasieu Estuary

Investigation

  • 2010 – Consent Decree
  • December 2011 – Removal Action

Work Plan

  • September 2012 – Cleanup begins

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Site Cleanup

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Site Cleanup

  • Dredging
  • Hydraulic dredging
  • Mechanical excavation
  • Calcasieu Estuary Task Force

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Site Cleanup

  • September 2012 – Cleanup begins
  • February 2014 – Dredging completed
  • October 2014 – Sediments solidified in the settling basin
  • December 2014 – Top liner installed on containment cell

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Reuse Planning

  • Green remediation
  • Considered ecological

reuse during cleanup

  • Ecological Revitalization

Plan

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Reuse Planning

  • West pond deepened
  • East pond containment cell

covered

  • Cleanup completed April 2015

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Reuse Outcomes

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Reuse Outcomes

January 2015 February 2015

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Reuse Outcomes

March 2015 September 2015

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Reuse Outcomes

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Reuse Outcomes

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Reuse Outcomes

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Reuse Outcomes

  • October 2015, EPA Region 6

Greenovations Award

  • 2016, EPA National Notable

Achievement Award - Casey Luckett Snyder

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Lessons Learned

  • Approach projects with out-of-the

box thinking

  • Incorporate reuse considerations in

cleanup design

  • Communicate, collaborate and

build relationships

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Contact Information

Casey Luckett Snyder Luckett.Casey@epa.gov (214) 665-7393

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