EPA issues Record of Decision for Interim Action and National Relocation Pilot Project for the Escambia Treating Company Superfund site in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 1997--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 a Record of Decision (ROD) for an Interim Action and National Relocation Pilot Project has been issued for the Escambia Treating Company (ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). ) Superfund site in Pensacola, Escambia County Escambia County is the name of two counties in the United States of America:
The ROD addresses the interim remedial action A remedial action is a change made to a nonconforming product or service to address the deficiency. Rework and repair are generally the remedial actions taken on products, while services usually require additional services to be performed to ensure satisfaction. at the ETC site and the relocation of households affected by contamination from the site. The major components of the ROD include the following: -- Permanent relocation of an estimated 358 households from the Rosewood Terrace, Oak Park, and Goulding subdivisions and the Escambia Arms Apartments, and -- Demolition of homes and the use of institutional controls to restrict land use to industrial or commercial development. The ROD is based on health risk reduction, community welfare and operational concerns, configuration of the land area, and long-term community development goals. Also, it is protective of human health and the environment and complies with Federal and State requirements that are legally applicable or relevant and appropriate to the remedial action. Onsite and residential soil contamination will be addressed in a separate ROD. A copy of the ROD and the Administrative Record, a compilation of documents which formed the basis for EPA's selection of the remedy, will be available for public review at the West Florida Regional Library The West Florida Regional Library System is an organisation of libraries that serve the Pensacola, Florida area, with branch libraries in Escambia County, Florida. The Library System currently has approximately 360,000 books, 36,000 audio resources, and 14,000 video resource , 200 W. Gregory Street in Pensacola. Persons interested in obtaining additional site information are encouraged to call Ken Lucas, Project Manager at 404/562-8953 or Carlean Wakefield, Community Relations, at 1-800-435-9234. CONTACT: EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. Carl Terry, Press Office 404/562-8325 |
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