What is the current status of the 2200 acres?

BMI has been in business in the same location for 56 years and knows what is on its property. Because of the property's location, it has been the subject of intensive investigation for more than 18 years. More than 600,000 laboratory analyses on thousands of samples of soil and groundwater have been performed. These samples were analyzed for more than 500 compounds, hundreds of compounds more than what was ever manufactured anywhere in the area. All of this work is being overseen by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP).

The majority of the contaminants that BRC will remove are some form of salt. In fact, there are no hazardous wastes at the site as defined by the EPA. However, in places, the levels of contaminants exceed allowable thresholds as defined by the EPA and therefore need to be removed. Although the contaminants are primarily present in 1 foot to 5 foot depths, all contaminated soils will be physically removed from the site, not left in place and capped.