Why did DEQ start construction before the comment period ended?
This year, the Idaho legislature approved an Institutional Controls Program (ICP) for the Basin. The ICP is a law passed to facilitate cleanup in communities, which helps ensure that contaminated soil from yards is safely managed. Under the ICP, waste from local community activities needs a disposal place. Eventually, a small part of the repository will take in contaminated yard soil from residents and cleanup workers. This minimal amount of material will not affect the design options for the repository. To meet the ICP needs in the Lower Basin, limited site work took place this summer. Less than two acres were cleared to prepare a small part of the site for community use under the ICP. Clean materials were placed in this area to provide people a clean access road and dumping area where they will be able to safely dispose of their ICP waste. Gates, silt fence, and signs were installed to provide access, erosion controls, and instructions. Workers placed clean fill for the temporary acc
Why did DEQ start construction before the comment period ended?