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    3/25/03 - Public Advisory Group Meeting at site trailer.  Tour Joe Holland Chevrolet and Imports Service Center.
    • 1/9/02 - Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito visits East Plant site


      • (L-R) FMC's Bob Smering, Jim Bodamer and Ed Perry discuss site plans with Congresswoman Capito

      • 1/28/02 - Governor's Office representative Alex Macia visits East Plant Site


      (L-R) FMC's Bill Granville, with Alex Macia and Bob Smering

      • 1/29/02 - Public Advisory Group meeting at the Site Trailer

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        • 2/26/02 - Public Advisory Group Meeting at South Charleston High School.


        • 4/23/02 - Public Advisory Group Meeting at South Charleston High School.


          • 6/02 - Construction of Joe Holland Chevrolet maintenance facility and expansion of Holtzer Clinic.
          • 6/11/02 - Public Advisory Group Meeting at the site office trailer
          • 6/21/02 - Groundbreaking Ceremony - Joe Holland Chevrolet and Imports, Inc. Parts Service Center
          • WV Governor Bob Wise calls the Joe Holland development a 'milestone' for the WV Voluntary Remediation and Redevelopment Act

          • Joey Holland is interviewed by WOWK TV

          • FMC Director Bob Forbes lends a national perspective on WV's Voluntary Remediation and Redevelopment Act

          • John Jarrett, President Jarrett Construction Services; South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb; Joey Holland, President Joe Holland Chevrolet and Imports, Inc.; WV Governor Bob Wise; Joe Holland; Anne McCutcheon for Congresswoman Shelly Moore Capito; Michael Callaghan, Director WVDEP

           

          • 7/31/02 - FMC Project Remediation Manager, Jim Bodamer thanks site work team.

          • Enjoying the evening breezes Site Manager Bob Smering and FMC Shared Services Director Dick Troell

          • P.A. Denny Captain Frank Straub

        9/10/02 - Public Advisory Group meeting at the Site Office Trailer

         

      • 12/9/02 - Public Advisory Group meeting at Charleston Marriott

         

        • Site Preparation Schedule

        Sitework Milestones Due Date
        Mobilization and Site Preparation 11/27/2001
        Excavation to Check Elevation of Stormsewer Inlet 12/21/2001
        Sed Trap 1 Installation 1/2/2002
        Storm Water - Sediment Trap 1/4/2002
        Sed Trap 2 Installation 1/4/2002
        Manhole 2 Installation 1/4/2002
        Storm Water-Berms 1/14/2002
        Demo/Excavation/Stock/Concrete 1/28/2002
        Demo.Excavation/Stock/Soils 1/24/2002
        Owner Sampling and Analysis 1/29/2002
        Concrete Crushing 1/29/2002
        Load/Transport Salvage Material 1/25/2002
        Load/Transport Waste Materials 1/30/2002
        Receive Clean Confirmation 1/30/2002
        Winter Demobilization 2/21/2002
        Spring Remobilization 4/16/2002
        Storm Sewer/Catch Basin/Manhole 4/24/2002
        Sanitary Sewer/Manholes 4/26/2002
        Backfill/Compaction Utilities 5/7/2002
        Site Backfill/Compaction 5/9/2002
        Place & Compact Subbase 5/10/2002
        Asphalt Base Paving 5/13/2002
        Bituminous Wearing Course 5/14/2002
        Pavement Marking/Signage 5/15/2002
        Demobilization Site Cleanup 5/22/2002

        Significant Events of 2001

          • 3/20/01 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School

          • 6/19/01 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School

          • 9/13/01 - The Fifth Annual Area Community Advisory Panel Picnic

          • 10/8/01 - Public Advisory Group meeting on P.A. Denny Sternwheeler

          • 11/01 - Signed lease/sales agreement with Joe Holland Chevrolet and Mound Properties to redevelop approximately 6 acres of site. Includes rendering of site with boundaries.

          • 12/10/01 - Public Advisory Group meeting at Charleston Marriott

        Significant Events of 2000

          • 2/29/00 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School

          • 5/2/00 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School

          • 6/2/00 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School

          • 8/22/00 - Public Advisory Group meeting aboard the P.A. Denny Sternwheeler

          • 9/14/00 - The Fourth Annual Area Community Advisory Panel Picnic

          • 10/16/00 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School

        Significant Events of 1999

          • 1/18/99 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School.
          • Well survey of residents west of 'D' Street and businesses along MacCorkle Avenue.

          • 3/15/99 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School.

          • 5/18/99 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School.

          • Clean-up standards proposed to the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection.

          • 7/27/99 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School.

          • 8/6/99 - The East Plant Public Advisory Group visits three remediation sites that have been returned to productive use in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The field trip will facilitate a better understanding of specific remediation technologies and how they will apply to the East Plant site.

          • 9/9/99 - Third Annual Area Community Advisory Panel Picnic
          • 9/20/99 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School.

          • 10/19/99 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School.

          • 12/13/99 - Public Advisory Group Holiday Dinner

        Significant Events of 1998

          • 3/2/98 - Public Advisory Group meeting.
          • Construction begins on a new Rite Aid pharmacy that will replace the old East Plant engineering building on MacCorkle Avenue.
          • 5/4/98 - Public Advisory Group meeting at the site office.
          • 5/11/98 - Former FMC East Plant Site hosted the celebration of West Virginia's first Voluntary Remediation Agreement. Distinguished guests included the Honorable Governor Cecil H. Underwood; the Honorable South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb; the Public Advisory Group; Ken Ellison and other representatives from the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection; Master of Ceremonies and Executive Director of West Virginia Development Office, Tom Burns; South Charleston Public Librarian Pam Coyle; Project Manager Jim Bodamer; FMC's Vice President of Environment, Health, Safety, and Toxicology, Bob Fields; and other representatives of the FMC Corporation.



            Governor Underwood discusses the importance of VRRA at the East Plant ceremonial VRA signing event, held May 11, 1998.


          • 6/23/98 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School.

          • 7/28/98 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School.

          • 9/22/98 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School.

          • 11/17/98 - Public Advisory Group meeting at South Charleston High School.

          • 12/31/98 - Release of Volume I, Issue III of the "East Plant Update" newsletter.

          • Results of soil and groundwater sampling.

        Significant Events of 1997

        • 6/26/97 - Project Manager Jim Bodamer holds a public meeting at South Charleston City Hall. Attendees included elected officials, private industry, neighbors, business leaders, and media representatives. The evening's agenda included the announcements of FMC to participate in the voluntary remediation program, the formation of the Public Advisory Group, the establishment of an information repository at the South Charleston Public Library, and the presentation of conceptual drawings.
            • 10/7/97 - Public Advisory Group meeting.
            • 12/8/97 - Public Advisory Group meeting.
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