[StBernard] Partnerships and Stewardship News Release (Region 6): Two Parcels at Marathon in Garyville Designated Ready for Reuse

[Westley Annis]

Two Parcels at Marathon in Garyville Designated Ready for Reuse 

(Dallas, Texas - August 20, 2008)  Two Portions of the Marathon Petroleum
Company's Louisiana Refining Division are Ready for Reuse as determined by
the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and U. S. Environmental
Protection Agency. A Ready for Reuse determination is an acknowledgment by
both agencies that environmental conditions on the property are protective
of human health and the environment based on its current and anticipated
future use. A determination letter and certificate were presented to
Marathon today at a Ready for Reuse ceremony. 

The properties encompassed by this Ready for Reuse determination consist of
the 4.5-acre Landfarm and the 10.2-acre Land Treatment Unit used for the
land treatment of various refinery sludges by Marathon from 1989 to 1998.
The properties are located within the Garyville Refinery adjacent to
processing and utility facilities. Both units have achieved closure and are
currently under post-closure monitoring in accordance with a DEQ Hazardous
Waste Post-Closure Permit. 

With this determination, DEQ and EPA have concluded that Marathon Petroleum
has successfully conducted investigation and risk management activities. The
environmental conditions at the properties are protective of human health
and the environment based on their current and planned future uses. 

"Marathon has demonstrated that a clean environment is important to them.
This ceremony is a testament to fine work many people put into cleaning up
this land and getting it ready to be put back into commerce," said Lou
Buatt, DEQ Assistant Secretary. "The Ready for Reuse program is a useful
tool to address contamination from these legacy sites." 

"EPA and LDEQ are committed to returning these properties back into
community and economic assets," said EPA Regional Administrator Richard E.
Greene. "Our ready for reuse determination clears the way by providing
environmental assurances to encourage reuse of these valuable resources." 

For more information about DEQ's voluntary remediation program, please visit
www.deq.louisiana.gov or 

www.epa.gov to learn about EPA's Land Revitalization Action Agenda 

 
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