EPA to host online sessions on Sulphur Bank mine cleanup

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The United States Environmental Protection Agency will hold two online question and answer sessions on its cleanup plan for the Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine Superfund site in Clearlake Oaks.

The EPA will provide information and updates related to the proposed plan, offer time for questions-and-answers, and an opportunity to submit official written comments.

The sessions will take place on Jan. 25 and Feb. 2.

The information session is as follows.

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Whole community
Zoom meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89603074296
Phone: 253-215-8782
Meeting ID: 896 0307 4296

Thursday, Feb. 2, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Tribal focused
Zoom meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83515748692 
Phone: 253-215-8782
Meeting ID: 835 1574 8692

The prerecorded presentation of the proposed plan can be seen in the video above.

To view the detailed documents on how EPA developed cleanup options, please visit the website’s Site Document and Data tab or click here.

To view at a glance information about the proposed plan, please click here.

Several key site documents in the record, the proposed plan and other files will be made available in hard copy at the locations below and will remain there throughout January/ February. Please call locations to confirm hours/availability.

Redbud Library
14785 Burns Valley Road, Clearlake
707-994-5115

Lake County Library
1425 N. High St., Lakeport
707-263-8817

Superfund Records Center
75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco
415-947-8000

For any other questions related to the proposed plan please contact me, Gavin Pauley, the site’s community involvement coordinator, Pauley.Gavin@epa.gov, 415-535-3725 or 800-231-3075, or at 75 Hawthorne St. (Mail Code: OPA-2), San Francisco, CA 94105.