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2008 Monitoring Report - Pole Canyon Removal Action

Executive Summary Interim Effectiveness Monitoring Report (October 2008) for the Pole Canyon Removal Action.

The J.R. Simplot Company (Simplot) completed construction of the first Removal Action (RA) elements to decrease selenium transport from the Pole Canyon Overburden Disposal Area (ODA) during the late summer of 2007. The RA included diversion of Pole Canyon Creek around the ODA and infiltration of any remaining Creek water to the Wells Formation aquifer, upstream of the ODA. A third element of the RA, the run-on control channel, was completed in the fall of 2008....For the full executive summary click the link below.

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-- Posted on Friday, March 6, 2009