Superfund Straight Talk November 2013

How Did Your Yard Remediation Go?

Find out What Property Owners Told Us

“I inherited property in Cataldo. DEQ [Idaho Department of Environmental Quality] sampled my yard for lead and it needed to be remediated. I went through the paperwork and coordination process, and it went great. The construction contractor did a wonderful job. I recommend getting it done.” – Cataldo Landowner

If a friend were thinking about having their

yard sampled and remediated, what would you tell them about our program?

“I’d tell them to do it, have it done right. We have to get the lead and other materials out.” – Rose Lake Landowner

What would you change to make the program better?

“The construction contractor on my property came days earlier than they had said. Be sure to tell the landowner what date the construction will start in advance so they have time to prepare.” – Forest VanDorn, Osburn Landowner

“I asked the construction crew about why a piece of my property was not remediated. I still don’t understand why. Make sure that landowners have their questions answered. Better communication was needed during construction on a couple of things, but I was paying attention and it worked out okay.” – Dan Parsons, Kingston Landowner

“I had my property remediated late in the year. I’m not sure if the new grass seed will make it over the winter. Assure us [landowners] about the end product.” – Kingston Landowner

Were contractors good to work with?

“They [DEQ contractors] did a great job. They came to me with a plan of what they were going to do. The coordination was very congenial, but the process started three years ago. They did part of it one year, and then finished the rest with engineering that was needed. I’d tell other people that if it needed to be done, then they should do it. I had mine done.” – Lucille McCombs, Kingston Landowner

“All the contractors were good people – caring, and I got along with them. I’m in the excavation business and I could see that they wanted to do things right. They worked carefully around my trees.” – Rose Lake Landowner

These landowners were randomly selected from our 2013 construction list. It is important to hear directly from you, our customers. Each year we continue to receive fewer customer complaints and more compliments. DEQ will work to address each concern and strive to improve as we move through the remainder of the lower CDA River remediation projects.

We thank our contractors and community for their continued commitment of working together.

Superfund Straight Talk

--Answering Community Questions about the CDA Basin Cleanup Project

November 2013

Denna Grangaard, Idaho DEQ (208)783-5781

Denna.Grangaard@deq.idaho.gov.

3447601-1124

Get It Done

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