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U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION IV

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11095657 The S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)

Superfund Community Involvement Progr,-\m is committed

TO PROMOTING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CITIZENS AND THE AGENCY.

Active public involvement is crucial to the success of any public project.

EP.A'S COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES AT THE

Continental cleaners superfund Site

ARE DESIGNED TO

Inform the public of the nature of the environmental issues associated with the site.

Involve the public in the decision-making process that will affect them.

Involve the public in the responses under consideration to remedy these issues, and

Inform the public of the progress being made to implement the remedy. Table of Contents

Section Page

1.0 Overview of the Community Involvement Plan...... 4 2.0 Capsule Site Description...... 5 2.1 Site History...... 5 2.2 Site Description Location...... 7 2.3 Site Inspectionsand Cleanup .Activities...... 9 3.0 Community Background...... 11 3.1 Community Profile...... 11 3.2 Histoiy of Community Involvement...... 14 3.3 Key Community Concerns...... 14 3.4 Response to Community Concerns...... 15 3.5 Summaiy of Communication Needs...... 15 4.0 EP.A's Community Involvement Program...... 16 4.1 Tlie Plan...... 16 4.2 Time Frame Summaiy for Community Involvement .Activities...... 21

.Appendices: .A EP.A Regional Contacts...... 22 B Local OlTicials...... 23 C State Officials...... 24 D Federal Elected Officials...... 25 E Potentially Responsible PiU'ties...... 26 F .Active Citizen Groups...... 27 G Media Contacts...... 28 H Meeting Locations...... 29 I Repository Locations...... 30 J Other Local Resources...... 31 K Fact Sheets...... 32

Figures: 1 Location Map...... 7 2 Site Map ...... 8 3 Neighborhood Map...... 8 4 EJ Screen Map...... 13

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 3iPlan September 201 Section 1.0 Overview of the C'ommunitv Involvement Plan

Tlie EPA developed this Community Involvement Phin (CIP) to tacilitate two-way communication between the community suirounding the Continental Cleaners Site (Site) iind the EPA and to encourage community involvement in Site remediation activities. The EPA will utilize the community involvement activities outlined in this plan to infonn area residents about the Site and provide opportunities for community involvement.

Tills CIP addresses Continental Cleaners Site's relationship to the community and the EP.A (Section 2.0). provides a description of the community (Section 3.0). presents the EP.A's community involvement progmm (Section 4.0). and provides a listing of resources available (.Appendices). The EP.A drew upon several inlbnnation sources to develop this plan, including community interviews iind Site files. Tlie EP.A's Regional OtTice will oversee the implementation of the community involvement activities outlined in this Plan.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page APlan September 201 Section 2.0 C'apsule Site Description

2.1 Site History

Tlie Continental Cleaners Site, located in Miami. Florida, originally operated as a gas station and auto repair shop until the late 1960s.

From 1968 to 2005. the Site operated as a neighborhood laundiy and diy cleiining tacility. Prior to 1968. the property was used as a gas station. Two underground storage tanks located in the northwestern comer of the gas station were filled with siind. capped with concrete and abandoned in place. Laundry iind diy cleiining operations began in 1968 after the storage tiinks were filled and capped.

In the 1990s. local environmental otTicials identified that diy cleaning chemicals had been released to the ground iind ground water. Numerous studies documented tetrachloroethene. a common diy cleiining solvent and its breakdown products in the soil and ground water at the Site. In May 1996. the tacility owners applied for participation in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Diy-cleiining Solvent Cleiinup Program (DSCP).

Numerous studies of the Site have documented industrial waste discharge into the soil and underlying groundwater. In 1993 and 1994. the Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Miinagement (DERM) inspected the Site iind found that chemicals had been dischiU'ged to the ground. Perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) were two of the chemicals discovered. Tliese two chemicals are typically found at diy cleaning sites. PCE is a common diy cleaning solvent. .Ajiother inspection in 1995 found that diy cleaning solvents were again being dischiU'ged to the ground: PCE iind TCE were detected in a drain on the Site. .A contractor working for the Elorida DepiU'tment of Environmental Protection (EDEP) found TCE and iinother chemical. 1. 2-dichloroethene (DCE). above State Groundwater Cleanup TiU'get Levels in groundwater. TCE and DCE are the chemical breakdown products of PCE.

In Januaiy 1997. the tacility was detemiined by the EDEP to be ineligible to piU'ticipate in the DSCP due to the tacility operator's gross operational negligence. Later in 1997. Miami-Dade County filed a civil complaint in the circuit court for Continental Cleaners' ftiilure to cease discharges and to submit an acceptable Contamination .Assessment Plan (C.AP) Remedial .Action Plan. Prior to filing the court order DERM issued a final notice to cease iind desist and to comply with the notice of violation. In March 1999 the court issued a temporaiy injunction order to enlbrce implementation of a C.AP. In 2000. Continental Cleaners was found in contempt of court for ftiilure to comply with the injunction and was ordered to cease operation. That siinie year. EDEP detemiined that the Site was ineligible to participate in the State's Diycleaner Solvent Program due to the operator's gross negligence.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page >Flan September 201 Dit cleaning operations at the Site ended in mid-2005 and resumed in mid-2008 under the name Continental Cleaners. LLC. Tlie new operation was used as a laundiy pickup and drop-otT location only with diy cleiining operations occuiring otTsite. In 2012. the company ceased business operations at the Site and left the building vacant. Tlie facility is now vacant and the property privately owned by a real estate investor.

In 2009. the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) refeired the Site to the EP.A for Superfund evaluation.

In September 2009 and 2010. FDEP completed a Superfund Preliminaiy .Assessment and Site Inspection (SI). Siimples taken during the SI conftnned the presence of PCE. TCE. iind DCF in the soil iind or groundwater at concentrations above state and federal cleanup levels.

In May 2011. the EP.A collected soil gas and groundwater samples at the Site. Tlie soil gas samples collected from beneath the former diy cleaning building were used to detennine if the contamination could become a potential risk to those present in the building due to vapor intrusion. Soil gas samples collected beneath the slab inside the building near the diy cleaner machine contained PCE at a concentration that merited further testing. Tlie further testing was to detennine if there is a potential risk from breathing the indoor air at the Site.

In March 2012. the EP.A. with concuirence from the FDEP. placed the Site on the National Priorities List (NPL) based on the release of chemicals to the soil and groundwater.

In June 2012. the first sample collection for the remedial investigation was tiiken. These samples focused on the soil and groundwater. Diy cleaning solvents were found at levels above cleanup target levels in both the soil iind groundwater.

In Januaiy 2013. groundwater samples were collected in the neighborhood around the facility and contaminants such as PCE. TCE and vinyl chloride were found to have migrated north of the facility. In June 2013. groundwater samples were collected even further north. Seven blocks north of the facility, vinyl chloride was found in the groundwater above its cleanup level. In September 2013. 14 pennanent monitoring wells were installed and siimpled. This phased strategy allowed EP.A to collect sufTicient data to detennine the most appropriate cleiinup option.

Tlie results of all of sampling etTorts were included in the Februaiy 2014 Driift Remedial Investigation Report. Potential cleanup options will be presented in the upcoming Feasibility Study Report.

Site cleanup and remediation will begin after the community has commented on the proposed cleanup plan and funding is made available.

EP.A conducted cleiinup at the site from 2015 to 2016. Groundwater will continue to be monitored after the cleanup to ensure the levels decrease to protective levels.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 6Plan September 201 2.2 Site Description/Location

The Continental Cleaners Site is located on 62nd Street, also known as Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Miami, Florida. The Site is in a densely populated mixed commercial/residential area of Miami known as Liberty City. Martin Luther King Boulevard and the Construction and Craft Workers’ Union 1652 building border to the north. It is bordered to the west by Northwest 8th Avenue and the Belafonte Advisory Committee of Liberty City Youth (TACOLCY) Recreational Center. South of the Site are residential apartments, and homes. A vacant lot and a Post Office are located on the east side of Continental Cleaners. The Site is approximately one-half acre and includes a back lot enclosed by a fence with locked gates. The principal onsite structure is a single story, 3,361 square foot building built in 1938. The building is connected to municipal sewer and water service. A reported hazardous waste storage area is located outside near the rear of the building.

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Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page SPlan September 2017 2.3 Site Inspections and Cleanup Activities

Tlie EPA is cuirently conducting the Superfund Remedial Investigation Feasibility Study (RI FS) at the Site with FDEP support. Tlie Remedial Investigation (RI) is a thorough study of the source, nature and extent of contamination at a Site. The Continental Cleaners RI FS began in Februaiy 2012 and the investigation has revealed that groundwater contamination exiends more than two blocks to the north of the fonner diy cleaning tacility to a depth of 93 feet below land surtace and on the Site property to a depth of at least 80 feet below land surtace.

Tlie groundwater contamination consists of PCE. TCE. DCE iind vinyl chloride (VC) at concentrations that exceed state and federal drinking water stiindiU'ds. Tliere is no identified risk to the public. Tliere are no drinking water wells in the area. Residents and businesses around the Site are connected to the City of Miami water system. PCE was the primaiy chemical used at the Continental Cleiiners tacility. TCE. DCE and VC are breiikdown products of PCE.

Tlie Continental Cleiiners RI was conducted in numerous phases between 2012 and 2014. Phase I activities conducted in July 2012 included collecting iind analyzing groundwater samples, surtace iind subsurtace soil siuiiples. and soil vapor siuiiples. Groundwater samples were collected from existing monitoring wells iind from temporaiy groundwater sampling points using direct push teclmology (DPT). Tlie objective of Phase I activities was to delineate the exient of the chlorinated volatile contamination iind to identify locations for the installation of new groundwater monitoring wells (MWs). .A total of 67 groundwater samples (59 DPT and 8 existing MWs) and 32 soil siuiiples were collected during the first field event in Phase I.

Phase II activities were conducted in Januaiy 2013 and included additional DPT groundwater sampling within the neighborhood to the north of the Site. Tlie objectives of Phase II field events were to detemiine the direction groundwater is Rowing and continue delineating the exient of the contaminated plume in groundwater. Over 143 groundwater samples were collected iind analyzed from numerous DPT locations and 13 groundwater samples were collected from MWs for analysis during Phase II.

Phase III included three sepimite mobilizations. The objectives for Phase III were to find how tar and deep the contaminant groundwater plume exiended and to install iui adequate groundwater monitoring network to evaluate iind monitor groundwater contamination. Tlie areas down gradient from the Site concentrated on residential areas located north of NW 64 ' Street, east of NW 7"^ Avenue and west of NW 10" Avenue. During the Phase III mobilization. 144 groundwater samples were collected and iuialyzed.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 9Plan September 201 Phase IV siunpling was conducted in two sepiU'ate etTorts in 2014. Tliese field efibils included installing additional Monitoring Wells (MWs) in an efibil to complete the delineation of the contamimint groundwater plume and collecting additional air soil vapor samples on the Site, within the building on the property and on adjacent properties. However, due to timing, the results for Phase IV were not included in the 2014 RI Report and will be summiu'ized in the forthcoming Feasibility Study document. The Site's Remedial Investigation iind Feasibility Study Reports will be made available to the community and presented in a public meeting. Based on these reports, the EP.V will also propose a long-tenn remedy and the Proposed Plan Fact Sheet. This infonnation will be shiU'ed with the community for public comment. EP.V will continue to coordinate future etTorts by leading remedial investigation and cleanup activities, in cooperation with the EDEP.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page \0Flan September 201 Section 3.0 C'ommunitj Background

3.1 C'ommunitj Profile

Tlie Continental Cleaners Site is located in the historic Liberty City neighborhood in Miami. Florida. Liberty City neighborhood boundiu'ies are from N\V 79 Street to the north: N\V 27 Avenue to the west: iind Interstate 95 to the east. Tlie residents of the neighborhood iu*e predominately .African .Americiin (80®o of residents), but also have Latino and Haitian-Creole inlluences. Tlie neighborhood began under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration in 1933. when a large public housing project called was developed. During the early years. Liberty City thrived as a strong middle class .African .American community of churches, banks, hospitals, and community centers. Tlie neighborhood began to decline when many .African .Americiins begiin to move to various neighborhoods throughout the Miami iu*ea during desegregation. Since 1980s. the historic neighborhood has been riddled with drugs, poverty and violence. Recently neighborhood revitalization including the construction of new apartment buildings shopping centers, and future mixed-use planned developments have begun in the neighborhood.

Located along the southeast tip of Florida. Miami is the largest city in Dade County. Miami has a diverse culture of Latin .American. CiU'ibbean. European, and .American cultures. The Latin .American and Hispanic culture provide the largest innuence in the city, and can be seen and heard as Spanish is often the prefeired language. Miami has a diversified economy with viu'ious industries. With its wann climate yeiu* round, famous beaches, and home to one of the busiest cruise ports in the IfS. makes for tourism as the principle industry in Miami. Other industries in Miami include international trade, iind financial services.

Dade County encompasses more than 2.000 square miles. One-third of Miami-Dade County is located in Everglades National Park. Miami is located along the southeast tip of the Elorida peninsula, with Biscayne Bay and the .Atlantic Ocean to the east. Everglades National Park to the west, the Elorida Keys to the south, iind Broward County to the North.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 1 \Flan September 201 Demographics and iiifonnation (l^S. Census): Miami, Florida

Population: 2.712.945

Miami estimated median household mcoine m 2015: S43.129

Miami estunated per capita mcoine in 2015: S23.428

Race/Ethnic Backgromid:

White: 13.8% | Black: 18.5% | Hispanic: 67.7%

Education:

High school graduate or higher: 80® o

Bachelor's degree or higher: 26.9®o

Liberty City Neighborhood Miami Florida

Population: 39.585

Race/Ethnic Backgromid:

White: 13®o | Black: 84® o | Other: 2®o

Liberty City estunated median household income in 2015: S21.671

Education: High school graduate or higher: 42® o

English has been identified as the primaiy hinguage in the Liberty City neighborhood. There iu*e small populations of Spanish languages being spoken in the neighborhood as well. Documents will be printed in other languages upon request.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 1 ZFlan September 201 ~ EJSCREEN Report (Version 2017) 1 mile Ring Centered at 798 62nd STREET NW MIAMI, FLORIDA FLORIDA, EPA Region 4 Approximate Population: 32,070 Continental Cleaners

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Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 13P/a« September 2017 3.2 History of C'ommunitj Involvement

Tlie EPA conducted three community open houses at the Tacolcy Center, located across the street (8"' Avenue N\V) from the Site. Tlie open houses were held before and during the EPA RI activities in August 2011. July 2012 and Janiuuy 2013. .Approximately 4.600 post cards were mailed to the community to notify the nearby residents of the open houses. EDEP. Elorida Depiulment of Health (EDOH) and DERM also participated in the 2012 open house. Tlie purpose of the community open house and infonnation sessions is to infonn the community about sampling results, answer questions about the investigation and encourage the community's participation.

Tlie EP.A went door-to-door prior to the 2013 open house to provide fact sheets to the residents and answer any questions about the groundwater sampling being conducted on their streets and in front of their houses. Eact sheets were prepared for each field-sampling event and made available to the community. Tlie EP.A conducted interviews with otTicials during the Janiuuy 2013 visit to the Site. In .August 2017. the EP.A visited the Site and hosted a public meeting and conducted community interviews. Elyers iind tactsheets were also luinded out during the 2017 visit. Tlie piU'ticipation at the public meetings has been minimal, with few attendees.

3.3 C'ommunity C'oncerns

In .August 2017. the EP.A conducted interviews with nearby residents, stakeholders, and community leaders. Tlie primaiy concerns commonly expressed during the interviews were health, and concerns about the Site being vaciint. .All of the interviewees expressed knowledge that the Site was once a neighborhood diycleiinerthat went out of business in 2005. and has remained vacant. Veiy few of interviewees had knowledge of the Site's contamination issues.

Some of the residents that were interviewed expressed concerns about contamination because of the proximity and access to an active community center with children in before iind after child care that iu*e near the Site. Tlie interviewees expressed concern and want assumnce that children are not exposed to the contamination. The interviewees also want assurance that the contamination is contained and resolved quickly.

Tlie largest concern that was expressed during the community interviews is the vacant building. Interviewees indicated that the vacant building invites squanders and invites criminal activity. Tliey also stated that the building is iin eye-sore to the community and has several code violations that include improper grass height, gml'fiti. and other unsafe conditions. Residents discussed the police raid that occuired due to illegal activities in the building on the Site. Many of the residents iind stakeholders that were interviewed expressed interest in demolishing the building.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page \4Flan September 201 ~ Several of the interviewees explained that they have not received infonnation about the Site prior to the cuirent inteiview iind discussion. All of the people interviewed expressed interest in receiving infonnation about future meetings and updates to the Site. Miiny of the interviewees prefeired email as a method of communication.

Two community stakeholders one from the Tacolcy Community Center iind the other from the Neighborhood Enliancement Team (NET) expressed they would like to partner to assist EP.A with engaging the community. Tins includes reserving meeting space, and meeting with other stiikeholders and neighborhood organizations.

3.4 Response to C'ommunity C'oncerns

• EP.A hosted several open houses from 2012-2013 to infonn the community about the site. • EP.A hosted a public meeting .August 24. 2017 at the Tacolcy Center to present the findings from the RI PS. • Tlie Public Comment for residents to provide comments on the recommend solutions began .August 24. 2017. • Pactsheets and infonnational documents will be emailed and or mailed to viu'ious residents and communitv leaders.

3.5 Summary of C'ommunication Needs

Tlie EP.A will conduct the outreach activities at the time of siimpling activities on the Site. Tlie EP.A will continue to engage with the atTected community by providing infonnation to community leaders and stiikeholders. Tlie EP.A will partner with various community organizations to assist with community engagement and outreach.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 1 >Flan September 201 Section 4.0 EPA’s C'ommunitj Involvement Program

Tlie overall goal of the EPA's community involvement program is to promote two-way communication between citizens and the EPA and to provide opportunities for meaningful iind active involvement by the community in the cleanup process. The EPA will implement the community involvement activities described below. The following plan is based on the results of the community interviews described earlier. The plan addresses each issue that was identified as important to the community.

4.1 The Plan

Issue 1: Keeping the public infonned and up to date.

Acti\ity lA: Designate an EPA Conuiiuiiity In\ohenient Coordinator (CIC).

• Objective: To provide a primaiy liaison between the community iind the EP.A. iind to ensure prompt, accurate, and consistent responses and information dissemination about the Site. In those instances, where the EP.A's CIC may be unable to provide adequate infonnation (such as on technical issues), inquiries will be directed to the appropriate EP.A contact.

• Method: The EP.A will designate an EP.A CIC to handle Site inquiries and serve as a point of contact for community members. Tlie CIC is appointed by the Region 4 Superfund Team. Kyle Biy ant is the EP.A CIC assigned to the Site. He will work closely with Jordan Gairard. EP.A's On-Scene Coordinator for the Site.

• Timing: Tlie cuirent CIC has been designated to provide community support.

.\cti\ity IB: Prepare and distribute site fact sheets and technical suininaries.

• Objective: To provide citizens with cuirent. accurate, easy-to-read, easy-to-understand infonnation about the Continental Cleaners Site.

• Method: Eact sheets will be mailed to all parties on the Site mailing list. In addition, copies will be available at the infonnation repositoiy and in various cooperating business locations in the community.

• Timing: Tlie EP.A will continue to prepare and distribute tact sheets on a frequent basis to infonn the communitv. Eactsheets will also be distributed on an as needed basis.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page \ 6Plan September 201 Acti\ ity 1C: Pro\ icle a toll-free ‘‘800 number'’' for the coniniuiiity to contact EPA.

• Objective: To enable citizens to obtain the latest information available immediately rather than having to wait for a meeting or a tact sheet, iind without incuiring any cost.

• Method: The EPA will activate the 800 number and publish the number periodically in the local papers iind in all tact sheets.

• Timing: Tlie toll free number is cuirently operational (1-877-718-3752).

ActiMty ID: Maintain a mailing list for the Site.

• Objective: To facilitate the distribution of Site specific infonnation to even one who needs or wants to be kept intbnned about the Site.

• Method: The EP.A will create a mailing list that includes all residences adjacent to the Site, in known or suspected paths of migration, or those otherwise atTected by the Site. Tlie EP.A will also solicit interested parties via tact sheets, newspaper articles, public meetings, public availabilities, etc.

• Timing: Tlie EP.A has an established mailing list that will continuously be reviewed revised.

.\cti\1ty IE: Establish and inamtam Inforniation Repositories.

• Objective: To provide a convenient location for residents to read and copy otTicial documents iind other pertinent infonnation about the Site and EP.A activities.

• Method: The repositoiy is a reference collection of Site infonnation containing the .Administrative Record file, other Site-specific infonnation. the Community Involvement Plan, infonnation about the Technical .Assistiince Grant program, iind the general Superfund process. Tlie Community Involvement Coordinator will work with a local contact to establish the local repositoiy . Tliis repositoiy will be accessible to the physically challenged, will have copier tacilities. and will be available to residents during noniial business hours iind at lea.st some evening and or weekend hours. .Additional repositories may also be established, including one at the EP.A Region 4 otTices located in .Atliinta. Georgia.

• Timing: Tlie EP.A established the local repositoiy at the T.ACOLCV Center 6161 N\V 9th .Ave. Miami. PL 33127. Tlie EP.A adds new documents as thev become available.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 1 iPlan September 201 Activity IF: Provide site information on the Internet.

• Objective: To provide key resources for searching and listing both general and specific information about hazardous waste issues.

Method: A Site Status Summary for this site and information about the EPA can be found at: www.epa.gov/superfund/continental-cleaners ■ EPA Headquarters: http://www.epa.gov ■ EPA Region 4: https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-epa-region-4-southeast ■ EPA Region 4: 61 Forsyth Street Atlanta, GA 30303

• Timing: Site Status summaries are periodically updated.

Activity IG: Provide Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) information.

• Objective: To provide resources for community groups to hire technical advisors to assist in interpreting technical information about the Site.

• Method: The EPA will provide information about the TAG program at public meetings and in fact sheets. The EPA will also provide briefing sessions to interested groups if so requested. The EPA will provide TAG applications to qualified groups, and will provide assistance to the group in completing the application.

• Timing: If needed or requested, the EPA will promote and assists communities with a TAGs until one is awarded.

Activity IH: Establish and maintain the Administrative Record.

• Objective: To provide residents with a record of all documents, resources, etc. used by the Remedial Project Manager and Site Team to make decisions about the Site and its cleanup.

• Method: The EPA will provide at least two sets of the Administrative Record for the Site; one in the EPA Region 4 offices located at 61 Forsyth Street SW Atlanta, GA 30303 and one located in the local Information Repository near the Site.

• Timing: The Administrative Record is opened as soon as Site investigation begins and remains open until the last ROD is signed.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page ISPlan September 2017 Issue 2: Pro\ ide adequate and nieanuigful oppoi*tuiiities for coniinuiiity ui\oh eiiieiit.

Acti\ity 2A: Hold public ineetuigs.

• Objective: To update the community on Site developments and address community questions, concerns, ideas and comments.

• Method: Refer to Appendix H for suggested meeting locations. Tlie EP.A will schedule, prepare for. and attend all announced meetings. Tlie EP.A will provide at least two weeks prior notice of the scheduled meeting. Tlie Regional Project Manager or On-Scene Coordinator. Community Involvement Coordinator, and other appropriate EP.A statTwill attend.

• Timing: .A public meeting is required during the Proposed Plan comment period (see below). EP.A will hold other public meetings as appropriate.

.\cti\ ity 2B: Encourage formation of a Coniinuiiity .\d\ison Group (C.\G).

• Objective: To provide citizens with a meaningful way to become actively involved, and to provide the Site Team with a viable means of learning citizen concerns and attitudes.

• Method: The EP.A will encourage the fonnation of a C.AG and provide support as appropriate to facilitate its fonnation. If a C.AG is fonned. the EP.A will provide administrative support but will not be an active member.

• Timing: Tlie EP.A will respond to iiny requests for help to fonn a C.AG. .As necessaiy . EP.A will promote C.AGs regularly until one is fonned.

.Acti\ ity 2C: Make informal \isits to cominmiity.

• Objective: To help keep community members infonned about the Site, while providing the EP.A with feedback about Site activities and the community's opinions.

• Method: The EP.A will establish a presence in the community tlu'ough inlbnnal. often unscheduled visits to talk spontaneously with local residents.

• Timing: Tliroughout the entire cleiinup process. Objective:

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page \ 9Plan September 201 Acti\ ity 2D: Solicit coninients durmg a Public Coninient Period.

• Objective: To give community members an opportunity to review and comment on viu'ious EPA documents, especially the Proposed Phin. Tins provides the citizens with meaningful involvement in the process iind also provides the Site Team with valuable infonnation for use in making decisions.

• Method: The EPA will announce each comment period separately. .Announcements will appear in local newspapers and EP.A tact sheets: they will include specific infonnation on the duration, how to nnike comments, where to submit comments, etc. The EP.A may solicit comments on the following information draft documents: driift CIP. draft summaiy of test results (not individual tests) and initial inteipretation. preliminaiy findings on the RI iind a list of possible remedies likely to be considered, preliminaiy findings of the PS and a brief summaiy of the leading contender for the proposed remedy, and preliminaiy plans for implementation and construction.

• Timing: Comment periods will be announced as appropriate. .A comment period is required in conjunction with the announcement of the Proposed Plan and will last a minimum of 30 days.

.\cti\ity 2E: Prepare and issue a Respoiisi\ eiiess Suiiiiiian.

• Objective: To summarize comments received during comment periods, to document how the EP.A has considered those comments during the decision-making process, and to provide responses to major comments.

• Method: The EP.A will prepare a Responsiveness Summaiy as a section of the Record of Decision. Tlie Responsiveness Summaiy will include four sections: 1. Overview: 2. Background on Community Involvement: 3. Summaiy of comments received and .Agency responses: 4. Remedial Design Remedial .Action concerns. .All information, both technical and nontechnical, will be conveyed in a niiinnerthat is easily understood.

• Timing: Tlie EP.A will issue the Responsiveness Summaiy as piu1 of the Record of Decision.

.Acti\ ity 2F: Re\ ise the Coiiuiiuiiity Iii\ oh eiiieiit Plan (CIP).

• Objective: To identify iind address community needs, issues, or concerns regarding the Site or the cleanup remedy that are not cuirently addressed in this CIP.

• Method: The Revised CIP will update the infonnation presented in the previous version of the CIP.

• Timing: Tlie EP.A will revise the CIP as community concern wiUTiints or at least even three vears until the Site is closed.

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page ZOPlan September 201 4.2 Time Frame Summary for Community Involvement Activities

ACTIVITY TIME FRAME

Designate an EPA Community Involvement Designated; Kyle Bryant Coordinator (CIC) Prepare and distribute site fact sheets and As needed technical summaries Provide a toll-free "800 number" for the community to contact EPA Currently in operation Maintain a mailing list for the Site Ongoing

Establish and maintain Information Repositories Established, update as needed

Provide Site information on the Internet Currently available; update as needed Provide Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) Ongoing information Establish and maintain the Administrative Record Established, update as needed

Hold public meetings As needed Encourage formation of a Community Advisory Group (CAG) Ongoing Make informal visits to community As needed Solicit comments during a Public Comment As needed and required Period Prepare and issue a Responsiveness Summary Following public comment periods

Revise the Community Involvement Plan (CIP) As needed, at least every 3 years

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 2\Plan September 2017 Appendix A EPA Regional Contacts

John Bornholm Kyle Bryant Remedial Project Manager (RPM) Community Involvement Coordinator (CIC) U.S. EPA, Region 4 U.S. EPA, Region 4 61 Forsyth Street SW 61 Forsyth Street SW Atlanta, GA 30303 Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 562-8820 (404) 562-9073 [email protected] [email protected]

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 22Plan September 2017 Appendix B Local Officials

Mayor Tomas Regalado 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 (305) 250-5300 [email protected]

City Commissioner Keon Hardermon, District 5 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 (305) 250-5390 [email protected]

Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resource Management DERM Tom Kux 701 NW 1st Court Miami, Florida 33136 (305) 372-6700 kuxt@miamidade. gov

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 23Plan September 2017 Appendix C State Officials

State Governor State Senators Rick Scott Daphne Campbell, District 38 The Capitol 218 Senate Offiee Building Tallahassee, FL 32399 404 South Monroe Street (850) 488-7146 Tallahassee, Florida 32399 http://www.flgov.com/contact-gov-scott/ (850) 487-5038 https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/s38

Lieutenant Governor Distriet Offiee Tate Reeves 633 NE 167*^ Street P.O. Box 1018 Suite 101 Jaekson, MS 39215 North Miami Beaeh, Florida 33162 (601) 359-3200 (305) 493-6009 [email protected]

State House of Representatives Roy Hardmen, District 108 1302 The Capital 402 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399 (850)717-5108 https://www.facebook.com/RepRovHardem on/

Distriet Offiee 710NW62nd Street Miami, Florida 33147 (305) 795-1224

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 24Plan September 2017 Appendix D Federal Elected Officials

U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Bill Nelson United States Senate 2445 Rayburn House Office Building 716 Senate H^t Offiee Building Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20510 (202) 225-4506 (202) 224-5274 https://wilson.house.gov/contact/email-me https://www.billnelson.senate.gov/ Miami Gardens Office Miami-Dade Office 18425 NW 2nd Avenue. Suite 355 2555 Ponce De Leon Boulevard Miami Gardens, FL 33169 Suite 610 (305) 690-5905 Coral Gables, FL 33134 Phone: (305) 536-5999

Marco Rubio 284 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-3041 http ://www.rubio.senate, gov/public/

Miami Office 8669 NW 36th Street, Suite 110 Doral, FL 33166 (305)418-8553

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 25Plan September 2017 Appendix E Potentially Responsible Parties

No PRP reported for the Site

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 26Plan September 201 Appendix F Active Citizen Groups

TACOLCY Center Horace Ropers, CEO 6161 NW 9th Ave. Miami, FL 33127 (305) 751-0228 [email protected] www.tacolcv.org

Neighborhood Enhancement Team (NET) Michael Rivers Net Administrator/Model (Liberty) City 1000 NW 62“^* St. Miami, FL 33150 (305) 960-2990 [email protected]

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page llPlan September 2017 Appendix G Media Contacts

Television Stations; WHQTHotl05 WPLG 2741 North 29* Ave. 3401 West Hallandale Beach Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33020 Pembroke Park, FL 33023 (305) 444-4404 (954) 364-2500 angelina.rosario@coxinc. com [email protected] Newspapers; NBC-6 15000 SW 27th Street The Miami Herald Miram^', FL 33027 1 Herald Plaza (305) 379-6666 Miami, FL 33132 http://www.nbcmiami.com/send-feedback (305) 376-2820 [email protected] WSVN 1401 79^ St Causeway Miami New Times Miami, FL 33141 2750 NW 3 Ave., Suite 24 (305)751-6692 Miami, FL 33127 http ://wsvn.com/contact-us/ http://www.miaminewtimes.com/about/

CBS4- Miami The Miami Times 8900 NW Terrace 900NW54 St. Doral, FL 33172 Miami, FL 33127 (305)591-4444 (305)694-6210 http://miami.cbslocal.com/station/tv-33/ [email protected]

Radio Stations;

WEDR 99 Jamz 2741 North 29* Ave. Hollywood, FL 33020 (305) 444-4404 [email protected]

WMIB 103 Beat 7601 Riviera Blvd, Miram^', FL 33023 (954) 862-2000 http://103 5thebeat.iheart.com/contact/

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page ISPlan September 2017 Appendix H Meeting Locations

TACOLCY Center Horace Ropers, CEO 6161 NW 9th Ave. Miami, FL 33127 (305)751-0228 hroberts(S)tacolcY. org

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 29Plan September 2017 Appendix I Repository Locations

Local Repository: EPA Region 4 Repository:

TACOLCY Center U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Horace Ropers, CEO 61 Forsyth Street, SW 6161 NW 9th Ave. Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 9* Floor Miami, FL 33127 Atlanta, GA 30303 (305) 751-0228 (404) 562-8190 [email protected] [email protected] Hours: Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 8:00AM-4:30PM Closed: Saturday, Sunday and holidays Monday-Friday

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 30Plan September 2017 Appendix J Other Resources

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Killian Talley 2600 Blair Stone Rd MS 4500 Tallahassee, FL 32399 (850) 245-8928 [email protected]

FDEP Southeast District Office 3301 Gun Club Road, MSC 7210 West Palm Beach, FL 33406 (561)681-6600

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 3 iPlan September 2017 Appendix K Fact Sheets

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Continental Cleaners Site

Miami (Liberty City), FL Number 1 August 2017

PubUc meeting scheduled to Introduction discoss the Proposed Plan The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites the public to comment on a Pr^x>sed Plan (Ran) to dean up the Thursday, August 24, 2017 at Continental Cleaners Superfund Site (Site), located in Miami 6:00pm at the Belmonte (Liberty City). FL. This fact sheet discusses EPA’s Proposed Ran to address the adverse environmental impacts resulting Tacolcy Center from Site-related contamination. The public is encouraged to 6161 NW 9^ Avenue comn^nt on the Plan during the cc»nment period. The Ran and associated documents related to the Site activities are available Miami (Liberty City), FL in the Administrative Record of the Information Repository 33127 housed at the TACOLCY Center located at 6161 NW 9*^ Ave., Miami. FL 33127.

Background The Continental Cleaners (CC) Site is located at 798 NW 62'*^ Street in Miami. Miami-Dade County. Florida. The Site is located in the Liberty City neighborhood and is surrounded by residential story building.

Prior to 1969. the prc^rty was used as a gas station. In 1968. three underground gasoline storage tanks located in the rxirtfiwestem comer of the property were reportedly abandoned in place by filling the tanks with sand and capping the tanks with corKfete. The property was used for dry cleanir>g and laundry operations from 1967 until 2005 when dry cleaning operations were stopped. Between 2005 and 2011. the CC property was utilized for laundering purposes only. After 2011. the CC buildingyproperty has remair>ed relatively vacant

The CC property is bordered by the Construction and Craft Workers Local Union No. 1652 to the north across NW 62'''’ We want your commentsi Street a Miami-Oade County parking lot to the east the The EPA relies on public input to ensure Epipheny Apartment complex to the south, and the Belafonte the concerns of the commui% are Tacolcy Park across NW 8'" Avenue to the west. The Thena considered in selecting ^ effective Crowder Elementa'7 School is located approximately 1.150 remedy for each Superfund Site. The feet north of the CC property and Miami Northwestern High public is encouraged to comment on the School is located approximately 2.200 feet northwest of the documents from: CC pn^>erty. Aug. 24. 2017, to Sept 25,2017 Proposed Plan The Proposed Plan for this Site summarizes and identrftes key information generated and/or collected through the Remedial Investigation (Ri) and Feasibility Study (FS) phase of the Superfund process. This Proposed Plan is issued by the EPA. the lead agency for the Site, and the FL Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). as the support agency. EPA. in consultation with FDEP. will select the interim action tor the Site after reviewing and considering all information submitted during a 30-day public comment period. EPA. in consultation with

Continental Cleaners Community Involvement Page 32Plan September 2017 FDEP. may modify the Preferred Alternative or select another response action presented in this Plan based on new information or public comments. Therefore, the public is encouraged to review and comment on dl the alternatives presented in this Proposed Plan.

All pertinent information supporting this Proposed Plan can be found in greater detail in documents contained in the Continental Ciear)er5 Administrative Record. The Administrative Record and Information Repository can be found in the TACOLCY Center (Office: 30S*751*1295; Hours: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm) and EPA-Region 4*s Information Center. 61 Forsyth Street Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center. Atlanta. Georgia 30303.

After EPA has received comments and questions during the public comment period. EPA will summarize the comments and provide responses in the F^sponsiveness Summary which will be part of the Record of Oeciston (ROD). The ROD will select the final remedial acbon and win provide the rationale of EPA's selection.

Public Comment EPA rel>es on public input to ensure the concerns of the community are considered in selecting an effective remedy for each Superforyf Site. The public comment period runs from August 24. 2017, through September 25,2017 (externfed one day due to Labor Day holiday). You a'e invited to attend a Public Meeting sponsored by EPA to hear about this Proposed Plan. At the meeting you will be able to voice your views about tt^ proposed modification. This meeting will take place at the Miami Northwestern Senior High School Auditorium located at 1100 NW 71st St, Miami, FL 33150 on Thursday, August 24”, 2017, from 6:00 pm- 6:00 pm.

Additionally. EPA will accept written comments on this deposed Plan during the public comment period. You may submit written comments three (3) ways:

By MAIL Jon Bornholm U.S. EPA-Region 4 61 Forsyth Street. SW Atlanta. Georgia 30303-3104

bc/nholm jonfglepa gov

404-562-8788 Addressed to Jon Bornholm

FOR MORE INFORMATION EPA Remedial Project Manager Jon Bornr»o!fn 404-562-8820 bornhoi m.)ort@epa .gov

EPA Community Involvement Coordinator K/e Bryant 404-562-9073 b7ant.ky1o@o pa.gov

Continental Cleaners Site, Miami (Liberty City), FL

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