FAIRVIEW TWP — The state Department of Environmental Protection will have a public meeting about the cleanup of four disposal sites in the Bear Creek Area Chemical Site at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the township building at 1571 Hooker Road.

The site includes at least 24 areas where the department knows or has evidence to suggest industrial waste was disposed between the 1950s and 1970s.

At the meeting, state officials will explain their proposed plan to correct the problem, which is to excavate and to dispose off site all wastes, according to the news release.

There also will be a hearing that night for residents to comment on the proposal.

Resorcinol, sulphonic acids and other contaminants generated by the Koppers Co. and Witco Chemical have been detected in groundwater over a wide area, impacting numerous private and public drinking water wells, according to a DEP news release.

The department estimates that this work will take less than one year to complete.

For more information, visit www.dep.state.pa.us.