9/8/03 - PRN SENT. This PRN precedes the negotiation for a Consent Decree that will address the Remedial Design and Remedial Actions ( RD/RA ) to be taken by Weyerhaeuser at the Former Chlorine Plant, a/k/a Operable Unit 3 ( OU-3 ) of the Weyerhaeuser Company Plymouth Wood Treating Plant Superfund Site, in North Carolina ( Site ). The Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study for OU-3 has been completed, and in September of 2003 EPA plans on issuing the Record of Decision for OU-3 and will begin negotiations with the PRP Weyerhaeuser Company to perform the RD/RA.
The Site currently consists of four Operable Units, three of which (including OU-3) the Potentially Responsible Party, Weyerhaeuser Company, agreed to do the Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) for in an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) in March of 1998. EPA issued the Record for Decision for OU-1 on March 25, 2002, and the CD for RD/RA for OU-1 was entered by the Court on August 18, 2003. The RI/FS for OU-3 was completed on June 24, 2003, by Weyerhaeuser and the Proposed Plan for OU-3, was published on July 12, 2003. Currently the RI/FS for the Roanoke River (OU-2), which is fund lead is being conducted, and Weyerhaeuser continues to work on the RI/FS for Welch Creek (OU-4).
The Former Chlorine Plant, OU-3, is in an industrial area, approximately three acres in size, located adjacent to the Roanoke River. A sheet pile bulkhead forms the entire northern boundary with the river