EPA Completes Hazardous Substances Removal at the ATEC Industries Site in Roxboro, N.C.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 1998--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and announced today that it has completed a Superfund hazardous substances removal at the ATEC ATEC Army Test and Evaluation Command (US Army; formerly OPTEC, Operational Test & Evaluation Command) ATEC Australian Tourism Export Council ATEC Advanced Technologies (Hamburg, Germany) Industries site in Roxboro, Person County, N.C. 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. The removal was completed under the authority and direction of the Agency's Emergency Response and Removal Branch. The removal included (a) sample collection for disposal analysis; (b) transportation and disposal of all waste streams and crushed drums to an EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. approved disposal facility; (c) excavation of contaminated soils; and (d) restoration of site to pre-removal conditions. The twelve-acre site, located on Perkins Drive two miles south of Roxboro, was used for aluminum extrusion. The North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources referred the site to EPA. Corrosive hazardous substances were stored onsite in drums and one tank. The site is not on the National Priorities List (NPL 1. NPL - New Programming Language. IBM's original (temporary) name for PL/I, changed due to conflict with England's "National Physical Laboratory." MPL and MPPL were considered before settling on PL/I. Sammet 1969, p.542. 2. ) of hazardous waste sites. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (aka SuperFund) , also known as Superfund) and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA Sara or Sarah, in the Bible, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. With Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah, she was one of the four Hebrew matriarchs. Her name was originally Sarai [Heb.,=princess]. ) authorize EPA to respond to actual or threatened releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public health, welfare or the environment. Persons interested in obtaining additional site information are encouraged to call Michael Henderson, Community Relations Coordinator, toll-free at 1-800-564-7577.
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