Agreement Reached to Address Contamination in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama.Business Editors & Environmental Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2000 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Solutia, Inc. have reached agreement, an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC AOC - Abnormal Operating Condition(s) AOC - Action Office Contact AOC - Action Officer Code AOC - Active Object Class AOC - Active Optics Compensation AOC - Administrative Office of the Courts AOC - Administrative Operations Committee AOC - Administrative Order of Consent AOC - Administrative Order on Consent AOC - Administrator on Call AOC - ADSL Overhead Channel AOC - Advanced Operating Capability AOC - Advanced Ovarian Cancer), for a Superfund removal action at the Anniston Anniston (ăn`ĭstən), city (1990 pop. 26,623), seat of Calhoun co., NE Ala., in a mining region of the Appalachian foothills; inc. 1873. Its manufactures include soil pipes, textiles, lumber, bricks, cabinets, and vaccines. Founded (1872) as an ironmaking "company town," it was opened to the public in 1883. PCB Superfund site in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama. A removal is a short-term cleanup intended to stabilize or clean up a site that poses an imminent and substantial threat to human health or the environment. According to the terms of the AOC, Solutia will:
-- continue the sampling effort initiated by EPA in the
neighborhoods surrounding the Solutia facility and along Snow
Creek, and the un-named stream in the 9th Street/Eulaton
Street area;
-- offer to remove contaminated surface soil from properties
where polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentration is 10 parts
per million or higher. Property owners generally will be
allowed to choose whether they want the cleanup. Properties
from which soil is removed will be restored as close as
possible to their original condition;
-- sample dust inside houses and remove the dust if the PCB
concentration is greater than 2 parts per million (for
properties requiring cleanup); and
-- clean up the 11th Street Ditch that flows from the Solutia
facility into Snow Creek.
All work associated with the AOC will be under the authority and oversight of EPA's Emergency Response and Removal Branch. The Anniston PCB site consists of residential areas around the Solutia, Inc. (formerly Monsanto) plant in West Anniston where soil and stream sediments are contaminated with PCBs. PCBs were manufactured in Anniston from 1929 to 1971. NOTE: EPA will hold a press availability on Monday, October 23, 2000 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Anniston PCB site Community Relations Center, 1313 Noble Street in Anniston. EPA officials will be available to provide detailed information regarding the Agreement. Copies of the Agreement will be available upon request. |
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