Public meetings set to take comments on Holden Mine Site proposed Cleanup Plan

Published: June 30, 2010

Wenatchee, WA?The USDA Forest Service, US Environmental Protection Agency and Washington State Department of Ecology have published a plan for the cleanup of environmental contamination at the former Holden Mine Site, located near Holden Village about 50 miles north of the city of Chelan.

The cleanup involves an inactive underground metal mine and mine waste piles in the Railroad Creek valley in the Wenatchee National Forest.

Public meetings will be held to inform the public about the proposed cleanup and to receive comments about the cleanup plan. 

Public meeting schedule:

  • July 12 Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest headquarters office, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, WA 7:30 p.m.
  • July 13 Chelan City Hall, 135 East Johnson Ave., Chelan, WA 7:30 p.m.
  • July 14 Holden Village 8:00 p.m.
  • July 20 Hart Crowser Inc., office, 1700 Westlake Ave., North, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 7:30 p.m.

The public is invited to review the proposed cleanup plan and supporting documents on the web at http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/wenatchee/holden-mine/, or at Forest Service offices in Wenatchee and Stehekin, Wenatchee Public Library in Wenatchee, Chelan City Hall Library in Chelan, Holden Village, Seattle Public Library in Seattle, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency office in Seattle and WA State Department to Ecology Yakima office.

Written comments on the plan can also be submitted to //www [dot] comments-pacificnorthwest-wenatchee-chelan [at] fs [dot] fed [dot] us">http://www [dot] comments-pacificnorthwest-wenatchee-chelan [at] fs [dot] fed [dot] us or by mail to Norman Day, Holden Cleanup Project Manager, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, WA 98801.

Cleanup will be accomplished under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Washington?s Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA).  

For more information about the proposed Holden Mine site cleanup plan, please call 509-664-9304.