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APRIL 2017UPDATE
FortSmithCityDirectorsStudySessionTuesday,April11,2017
Summary April2017Update
RemediationSupplemental
remediationactivitiescontinuingwhen
necessarytomitigateplumemigrationwith
ADEQoversight.
ValidationOngoingextensivetestingcontinuesto
confirmtheabsenceofhealthrisks.
ResolutionAgreementsreachedwithALL propertyownersinthewell-banareawhosepropertieswere
devaluedbythetaxassessor.
RedevelopmentCollectiveeffortshaveresultedinsaleofthepropertyforre-usetobenefittheentire
community.
LookingForwardSemi-annualgroundwatermonitoringeventseachyearinMarch/Apriland
October/November.
ContinuedAnnualReports
ResolutionSettlementAgreementsReached
WithAllResidents
ValidationHistoricalandContinuing
Monitoring
• 169MembraneInterfaceProbestoscreensoilandgroundwater
• 88SoilProbesforsoilandgroundwatersampling
• 116MonitoringWells
• 5TemporaryBoundaryWells&2TemporaryISCRWells
Key§ MIPs§ MonitoringWells§ SoilProbes§ TemporaryWells§ InjectionWells§ SoilBorings
Validation
• Noexposurepathwaystocausehealthrisktoresidents,workers,employeesorvisitorsattheformermanufacturingproperty,residentialpropertiesortheBoysandGirlsClub
• ContinuedreductionsinTCEfromactiveremediationactivities
• Semi-annualgroundwatermonitoring andreportingtoADEQtocontinuetomonitorsiteandoff-siteconditions.
ResultsShowContinuedProgress
ContinuedProgress
Redevelopment
Land donations on Jenny Lind and
Ingersoll completed
Manufacturing SiteSale Completed
• Sale closed on• 2/17/17• 95 acres and • 1.1M sq. ft. of space available for reuse
Equipment removal underway and exterior and interior renovations are planned
• Significant interest in space
Warehouse Sale Completed• Sale closed on 9/26/14• Included 53-acres and
nearly 620,000 sq. ft. warehouse• Fort Smith city leaders helped facilitate
sale• Already investment and economic activity
at the site
Whirlpool maintains responsibility for historic
contamination
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: February 22, 2017
…plans are to renovate the building with the intent to lease it to multiple tenants who are likely in the distribution or manufacturing sectors.
… the Fort Smith property was attractive, in part, because it is in a good industrial market, has high ceilings and 70 loading docks.
David Marks, Managing DirectorPhoenix Investors
PhoenixInvestors,LLC
LookingForward
NextSteps
ContinuedMonitoringwithADEQOversight
• SpringGroundwaterMonitoring:WeekofApril24,2017
• SpringGroundwaterMonitoringReport: July14,2017
• FallGroundwaterMonitoring: October/November2017
• 2017AnnualReport: February15,2018
• FutureSemi-AnnualGroundwaterMonitoringandReporting:2018,2019,2020+
2018 2019 20202017
Whirlpool remainscommittedtostayinginFortSmithuntilthis
issueisresolved.
Wehavecompletedrealwork,maderealprogressandlook
forwardtothesuccessfulre-useoftheformerWhirlpoolproperty.
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