Category
https://semspub.epa.gov/src/collections/10/AR/WAN001020091
Administrative Records
Administrative Records for the two Time-Critical Removal Actions for the Former Kaiser Smelter Site.
https://semspub.epa.gov/src/collection/10/SC39959
Settlement Agreement
Online Collection of Publicly Available Documents including settlement agreements with Spokane Recycling Company, LLC and TriStar North, Inc.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/19/2020-23036/proposed-cercla-prospective-purchaser-agreement-tristar-north-inc-former-kaiser-smelter-site-mead
Settlement Agreement
US Federal Register Notice 10/19/20:
Proposed CERCLA Prospective Purchaser Agreement; TriStar North Inc. Former Kaiser Smelter Site, Mead, Washington
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul1i-ofI_i8&t=1s
Media Coverage
Washington Department of Ecology Video: EPA, Ecology initiate cleanup of toxic former smelter site
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/jul/28/epa-says-it-will-start-asbestos-pcb-cleanup-of-for/
Media Coverage
Spokane Spokesman Review article - Project start July 27, 2020
https://www.kxly.com/epa-to-begin-removing-asbestos-pcbs-at-former-kaiser-aluminum-smelter-site/
Media Coverage
KXLY News Article - Project start July 27, 2020
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/oct/16/epa-kaiser-cleanup-of-former-smelting-property-in-/
Media Coverage
Spokane Spokesman Review article - October 16, 2020
"EPA, Kaiser cleanup of former smelter in Mead shows evolution in environmental understanding"
https://www.inlander.com/spokane/kaiser-aluminum-experiments-with-a-new-way-to-break-down-toxic-chemicals/Content?oid=20685108
Media Coverage
Inlander article - November 25, 2020
"Kaiser Aluminum experiments with a new way to break down toxic chemicals"
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/feb/04/kendall-yards-north-400-acre-kaiser-property-in-me/
Media Coverage
Spokane Spokesman Review article - February 4, 2021
"400-acre Kaiser property in Mead, near former smelter site, slated for 1,400-residence mixed-use development"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/fluid-coke
References
An Overview of "green coke" and carbon anodes in the aluminum smelting process.
https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/gsp/Sitepage.aspx?csid=2901
Partner Agency Website
Washington Department of Ecology's site for the Kaiser Mead National Priorities List (NPL) Site Groundwater Cleanup