The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces that the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is conducting a fourth five-year review of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) Clovis Superfund Site in Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico.
The purpose of this review, which is required by law, is to assure that human health and the environment are being protected by remedial actions taken at the Site. The Site is comprised of an approximately 26 acre playa lake (Santa Fe Lake) which was owned by the AT&SF since the early 1900's. The lake was used for the disposal of wastewater from various operations throughout the years. Wastewater from the washing of hopper cars was disposed in the lake from 1962 to 1982.
This five year review is scheduled for completion by September 2013. When the five-year review is completed, the report will be made available to the public at the Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 North Main Street, Clovis, NM 88101. For more information, contact Mark Garman, NMED, at 505-827-2903 or Sairam Appaji, EPA Remedial Project Manager, at 214-665-3126.
