EPA To Celebrate National Superfund Cleanup Milestone at Macalloy Corporation Site in North Charleston, SC.ATLANTA -- EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. Administrator Stephen L. Johnson will join representatives from Magnolia Magnolia, city, United States Magnolia (măgnō`lyə), city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Development LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control and Cherokee Investment Partners November 20, 2006 in North Charleston North Charleston A city of southeast South Carolina, a suburb of Charleston. Population: 80,600. , S.C. to recognize the Macalloy Corporation Superfund Site (the Site) as the 1,000th site in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to complete all construction activities as part of the selected cleanup plan. The cleanup was completed in a remarkable six years, from listing on the EPA Superfund National Priorities List to construction completion. The accelerated pace of cleanup will allow for the transition of the Site from a dilapidated piece of property to an invaluable community resource. Redevelopment plans will be presented at this event. The Site is a 150 acre piece of land that was home to a ferrochrome alloy plant from 1941 to 1998. Surface water discharges from the facility repeatedly exceeded permissible levels of chromium chromium (krō`mēəm) [Gr.,=color], metallic chemical element; symbol Cr; at. no. 24; at. wt. 51.996; m.p. about 1,857°C;; b.p. 2,672°C;; sp. gr. about 7.2 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, +6. and hexavalent chromium Hexavalent chromium or Cr(VI) compounds are those which contain the element chromium in the +6 oxidation state. Chromates are often used as pigments for photography, and in pyrotechnics, dyes, paints, inks, and plastics. , a suspected cancer-causing agent. EPA completed construction of the cleanup in September 2006, building a remedy designed to prevent contaminants from spreading through the soil, surface water or ground water. EPA will continue to monitor the Site to ensure effectiveness of the constructed cleanup activities that have been performed.
WHO: Stephen L. Johnson, EPA Administrator; Susan Bodine,
EPA Assistant Administrator of the Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response; Jimmy Palmer Jr., EPA Regional
Administrator; Barnes Johnson, Acting Director of the Office
of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation; Charleston
Mayor Joe Riley (invited); North Charleston Mayor R. Keith
Summey (invited); Fritz Hollings, former U.S. Senator for
South Carolina; Tom Darden, CEO of Cherokee Development; and
Bob King, Director of the South Carolina Department of Health
and Environmental Control
WHAT: Celebration of EPA's 1000th Superfund Construction Completion
and the redevelopment and reuse plans for the Macalloy
Corporation Superfund Site
WHEN: Monday, November 20, 2006 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Macalloy Corporation Superfund Site
1800 Pittsburgh Avenue
North Charleston, S.C. 29405
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