HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024 - Ascon Landfill Site - Community Notice - Department o (2) - Department of
•`�ToxicSubstances Community Update: Ascon Landfill
Control
September 2024
Learn more about Ascon Lan �f
o I2 43
remaining cleanup work
r � 1a
CITY 0--
'rl:t(,7111,
Background = Ascon restart work
The Ascon Landfill Site is a vacant 38-acre property at the community meeting
southwest corner of Hamilton Avenue and Magnolia Street in
Huntington Beach, California. The Site operated as an active Join DTSC for a hybrid community
landfill from around 1938 to 1984. In the early years of meeting on upcoming remaining
operation, the landfill received waste from oil drilling. In later cleanup work at the Ascon Landfill Site.
years, it received construction waste like asphalt, concrete, Attend the meeting:
and metal. Ascon has prepared a Restart Work Plan to
complete remaining cleanup work under the oversight of the When: October 10, 2024
Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the r Open house (in-person):
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). This 4:30- 5:30 pm
work is expected to begin in October 2024 and take about two Hybrid meeting: 6:00- 8:00
years to complete.
pm
- Where:
._� • In-person:
- =r ,,, Edison Community Center,
Y w. b: •
• ti ,�2. 2177 Magnolia Street,
.-� >' .:ic41
Huntington Beach, CA
^� `' ilk"' #+.
.,.� Zoom*
-46
.,. https://tinyurl.com/Ascon-
-v '�' Community-Meeting
•
li 11' -i''' • 4 ' **Register in advance to join Zoom**
Upcoming work The presentation deck will be available:
DTSC EnviroStor database and Ascon
Remaining cleanup work will include: project website (listed on page 2).
• Consolidating -150,000 cubic yards of contaminated
soil onsite
• Adding odor control technologies and work procedures
to control odors during work
• Onsite and offsite air monitoring during construction, The virtual presentation will be
including odor monitors walking in the surrounding recorded. If you miss the meeting, you
community will be able to view it on our YouTube
channel (DTSCgreen).
State of California I The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Page 1 of 2
Community Update: Ascon Landfill (Continued)
• Installing an engineered cover(cap) made up of Learn more
clean soil and heavy-duty plastic barrier
Ascon Landfill Site information and project
(geomembrane). This is designed to prevent
documents can be found online at:
exposure to the neighboring community and to
be protective of human health and the • DTSC EnviroStor database:
environment https://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/pub
lic/profile report?qlobal id=30490018
• Removing the temporary barrier wall around the
Site and installing a permanent fence along • Project website: Asconhb.com
Hamilton Ave and Magnolia Street • Ascon community information:
A community resource table in Edison Park for Call (714) 388-1825
• the public to ask questions
DTSC contacts
Controlling odors during work
• Nick Ta, Unit Chief
Controlling odors during upcoming cleanup work is a Nicholas.Ta0,dtsc.ca.gov,
priority. Tested odor control tools and improved work (714) 484-5381
protocols will be used, including:
• Staff monitoring odors will be stationed along the • Jessica Anderson, Public Participation
Site perimeter and in Edison Park to monitor Specialist
odors during all soil moving work. Jessica.Anderson(a,dtsc.ca.gov,
• Timing of soil moving work to consider conditions
(714)484-5354
like wind speed, wind direction, temperature, and
park activities so work happens when Site
• For media inquiries:
conditions are best Elizabeth Leslie-Gassaway, Public
Information Officer
• Work in higher odor areas will include use of Elizabeth.Leslie-Gassaway cC�dtsc.ca.gov,
odor suppressants and extra barriers on the (916) 282-8941
barrier wall to prevent odors from going offsite,
tested during 2020-2023 onsite work About DTSC
DTSC will be onsite to inspect cleanup work, and if DTSC protects California's people,
needed, will make changes to improve odor control. communities, and environment from toxic
substances, to enhance economic vitality by
What's next? restoring contaminated land, and to compel
DTSC is committed to keeping the community informed manufacturers to make safer consumer
on all Site work. Join us for a hybrid community meeting products.
on the upcoming cleanup work at the Edison Community
Center. At this meeting, the community can learn more
about the Ascon project, the Restart Work Plan, and
engage with DTSC. The presentation and Question &
Answer portion of the meeting can be joined in-person or
virtually (by Zoom).
State of California I The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Page 2 of 2