[CPEO-BIF] Simmons Food Inc. property, Siloam Springs, Arkansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
March 11, 2013

SILOAM SPRINGS SITE COMPLETES BROWNFIELDS PROJECT


 A former industrial site that underwent an extensive cleanup will  
be awarded an Arkansas Brownfields Program Certificate of Completion  
on March 20, 2013 at 1 p.m.

The ceremony will take place at the Simmons Foods home office at 601  
N. Hico St., Siloam Springs. The Simmons Food Inc. property, where  
the cleanup took place, is at 1700 E. Quarter Road.  The 59-acre site  
was home to a number of industries since the 1960s. Most recently  
Syroco Inc. manufactured plastic chairs at the site in the 1990s.  
Simmons Food Inc. took title of the property in 2009. It is currently  
being used for storage.

The cleanup involved removing 14.7 tons of contaminated soil. The use  
of groundwater was restricted on the site and groundwater monitoring  
is ongoing. ADEQ provided technical assistance and oversight during  
the project.
The Arkansas Brownfields Program was established in 1995. Since then,  
a total of 72 locations around the state have been enrolled in the  
program, with 31 sites having been completed and certified for reuse.  
Other completed projects include the Heifer International  
Headquarters in Little Rock, the Martindale Clinic site in Hope and  
the Plainview Conoco Site in Plainview.

A brownfield is a parcel of property where commercial, industrial, or  
agricultural use may have contaminated the site with a hazardous  
substance, thereby complicating prospects for expansion,  
redevelopment, or reuse.

For more information on the Arkansas Brownfields Program visit http:// 
www.adeq.state.ar.us/hazwaste/bf/default.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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