The MRI Superfund Site is the location of a former de-tinning/steel recycling facility. In 1999, EPA issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the first operable unit (OU1) at the Site, which addresses soil contamination. EPA entered into a Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA) Consent Decree (CD) for the OU1 on February 19, 2002, with the Settling Defendants, including MRC Holdings, Inc.
In addition to soil contamination at the Site, it has been concluded that there are several contaminants present in the surficial aquifer at concentrations in excess of their respective state or federal MCLs. The OU2 remedy addresses the groundwater contamination at the Site. The Proposed Plan fact sheet for the OU-2 remedy was released on April 11, 2008. The start of the public comment period was advertised in the Tampa Tribune on April 14, 2008, and the 30-day comment period was held between April 14, 2008 and May 13, 2008. EPA received two comments on the Proposed Plan, one from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and one from Erler & Kalinowski (E&K), the consultant for MRC Holdings, Inc. In the ROD for the OU-2 remedy, which was issued by EPA on September 29, 2008, EPA addresses the public comments in the responsiveness summary.
Since entry of the first CD for the OU1 remedy, MRC Holdings, Inc., has acquired title to the Site property and has been willing to enter into a second CD to implement the RD/RA for OU2, which is the final operable unit at the Si