The feds have ordered three area firms to halt the handling and processing of hazardous materials that had caused contamination.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued the order for TNT General Contracting of Kahoka, the Carl and Carol Trump Trust of Kahoka and Webb Minerals LLC of Quincy, Ill.
They’ve been told to take corrective action to clean up the property and any other sites that might be contaminated.
The government said TNT General Contracting uses property owned by the Trump Trust at rural Kahoka to blend zinc-bearing materials into zinc fertilizer ingredients for Webb Minerals.
Webb owns all of the zinc-bearing materials delivered to the facility, as well as the resulting mixtures processed by TNT General Contracting, and sells the processed mixtures to commercial fertilizer manufacturers for use as nutrient additives to their products, according to the EPA.
The order says some of Webb Minerals’ zinc-bearing materials brought to the facility for processing originate from metal plating and galvanizing operations. Such material often meets the definition of a hazardous waste, EPA said.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources inspected the facility for compliance with hazardous waste management practices on March 24. Another inspection was done on June 16.
EPA said analytical results from the sampling inspection documented water quality violations in an adjacent tributary of Weaver Branch, and the presence of multiple hazardous chemicals in various containers, piles and surrounding soils on the property.
The agency said sampling of water from various locations on the property confirmed the discharge of boron, arsenic, copper, ammonia, zinc, chromium, cobalt, manganese, nickel, selenium, aluminum, barium, cadmium and 2-Butanone into the Weaver Branch tributary.
Chemicals detected during the soil sampling included zinc, barium, mercury, nickel, 2-Butanone, tetrahydrofuran, toluene, arsenic, cadmium, chromium and lead.
The inspection noted numerous piles, bags, totes, drums and other materials stored in an abandoned manner at the facility.
The order requires that the respondents identify all hazardous wastes, restrict access, get a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, investigage possible off-site migration of waste and clean up the property and surrounding area.
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The feds have ordered three area firms to halt the handling and processing of hazardous materials that had caused contamination.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued the order for TNT General Contracting of Kahoka, the Carl and Carol Trump Trust of Kahoka and Webb Minerals LLC of Quincy, Ill.
They’ve been told to take corrective action to clean up the property and any other sites that might be contaminated.
The government said TNT General Contracting uses property owned by the Trump Trust at rural Kahoka to blend zinc-bearing materials into zinc fertilizer ingredients for Webb Minerals.
Webb owns all of the zinc-bearing materials delivered to the facility, as well as the resulting mixtures processed by TNT General Contracting, and sells the processed mixtures to commercial fertilizer manufacturers for use as nutrient additives to their products, according to the EPA.
The order says some of Webb Minerals’ zinc-bearing materials brought to the facility for processing originate from metal plating and galvanizing operations. Such material often meets the definition of a hazardous waste, EPA said.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources inspected the facility for compliance with hazardous waste management practices on March 24. Another inspection was done on June 16.
EPA said analytical results from the sampling inspection documented water quality violations in an adjacent tributary of Weaver Branch, and the presence of multiple hazardous chemicals in various containers, piles and surrounding soils on the property.
The agency said sampling of water from various locations on the property confirmed the discharge of boron, arsenic, copper, ammonia, zinc, chromium, cobalt, manganese, nickel, selenium, aluminum, barium, cadmium and 2-Butanone into the Weaver Branch tributary.
Chemicals detected during the soil sampling included zinc, barium, mercury, nickel, 2-Butanone, tetrahydrofuran, toluene, arsenic, cadmium, chromium and lead.
The inspection noted numerous piles, bags, totes, drums and other materials stored in an abandoned manner at the facility.
The order requires that the respondents identify all hazardous wastes, restrict access, get a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, investigage possible off-site migration of waste and clean up the property and surrounding area.
