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The DOE is lookingy at its , in the Bannisted Federal Complex, as a potential storagwe site. The department plans a public meetingfrom 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. July 23 at the as part of preparint an environmental impact statement regarding thepotential sites. The otheer cities the DOE is considering aspossible mercury-storage sited are Grand Junction, Colo.; Richland, Wash.; North S.C.; Hawthorne, Nev.
; Andrews, Texas; and Idaho Falls, The Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 prohibitsd the sale, distribution or transfer of elemental mercurh by federal agencies to any other federa l or any state or loca government agency, or any private individual or entity unded the control of a federal agency, with certain exceptions, as of Jan. 1, 2013. Elementap mercury is a toxic metal. Sourcess in the United States include elementall mercury used in the chlorine and caustic sodamanufacturingf process, reclaimed from recyclinbg and waste recovery, and generated as a byproducg from gold mining, the DOE said.
The DOE’e plans to leave the Kansasz City Plant site for a new facility to be built at Missouri Highway 150 and Botts Relocation of the plant is expected to begin in the wintetof 2011, and full occupancy of the new plant is expecterd by the summer of 2013.
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