He said the work of Allied Pacific Environmental Consulting at PP4 was completed and a report was recently submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
“Any further remediation activity to be conducted will soon follow,” he added.
After APEC’s investigation, EPA will conduct its own independent investigation at PP4 by April, Malae said.
Earlier this month, EPA notified CUC to perform immediate cleanup activities to address the oil contamination at Power Plants 1 and 4.
For the used oil contamination at PP1, Malae said CUC is discussing with EPA the best option in product recovery and cleanup.
CUC is also considering EPA’s recommendation to hire an experienced environmental consulting firm that can help the utilities agency comply with stipulated order work, Malae said, adding that a request for proposal of services has already been published.
He said the report that a drawing CUC submitted to EPA was not signed by a professional engineer is not true.
He also denied that EPA’s previous comments were not fully incorporated into CUC’s submissions to the federal court.
“This was due to a miscommunication wherein the hard copies had the signature but due to the size of the plan, which is 18” x 24”, the scanned copies did not bear the stamp and signatures,” he told Variety.
He said the issue has already been resolved and the project started last month at the site.
