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Armstrong World Industries
National Information
Additional Resources
- Site Cleanup Terms - can be found in EPA's glossary
- EPA Guides to Cleanup Technologies
- Superfund Community Involvement (PDF) (17 pp, 130K, About PDF)
Site Summary Profile
EPA ID: GAN000410033
Location: Macon, Bibb County, GA
Lat/Long: 32.77462N, -83.65170W
Congressional District: 08
NPL Status: Proposed: 10/21/2010; Final: Not Final
Affected Media: Fish Tissue, Groundwater, Sediment, Soil
Cleanup Status: Site Cleanup Planned
Site Reuse/Redevelopment: None
Site Manager: Brian Farrier (farrier.brian@epa.gov)
Current Status
The Site is approximately 130 acres and is divided into two parcels, the northern and southern. The northern parcel is made up of the manufacturing area and includes the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) area, the sludge storage landfill, known as the WWTP landfill (approximately 7.7 acres), and a landfill referred to as the Woodyard Landfill (approximately 3.8 acres). The southern parcel contains a landfill referred to as the Armstrong Remote Landfill.
Site Location
The Site is located at 4520 Broadway, in an industrial area in the southern portion of Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. The Site is bordered to the north by Guy Paine Road, to the east by Central of Georgia Railroad and Allied Industrial Park, to the south by the LaFarge Industries sand quarry and Rocky Creek, and to the west by Broadway (Highway 29). Allied Industrial Park is the location of the Former Macon Naval Ordnance Plant (FMNOP), which also operated a 15 acre landfill adjacent to the Armstrong Remote Landfill.
Site Background
Since 1948, Armstrong has operated an acoustic ceiling tile manufacturing facility at the Site location. Three types of Armstrong ceiling tiles manufactured in 1969 and 1970 were coated with a formulation containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Armstrong representatives have stated that these ceiling tiles were not manufactured at the Site, nor were they ever recycled there; instead, possible sources of PCB contamination at the Site are recycled raw materials and recycled newsprint with older dye formulations. Armstrong began disposing of general and industrial trash, old equipment, and excess bark/scrap wood in the Armstrong Remote Landfill in the mid-1960s. From around 1970 to the late 1980s, wastes generated at the Site were stockpiled in the WWTP Landfill, including excess fiber filtered from the WWTP influent. The Woodyard Landfill was constructed in the late 1970s or early 1980s and was also used for disposal of this filtered fiber material. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, disposal of filtered sludge waste ceased at the WWTP landfill, after which all this material was disposed at the Woodyard Landfill. Sludge generated at the WWTP is currently sent off-site to a local industrial landfill.
Threats and Contaminants
Potential future risks to public health and the environment exist at the site due to contamination documented in on-site soils/sediments and Rock Creek.
The primary contaminants found in the site soils and sediments are PCBs.Investigation and Cleanup Responsibility / Oversight
Site Cleanup Plan
On September 16, 2010, an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) was signed with Armstrong World Industries to conduct an Engineering Evaluation/ Cost Analysis for Operable Unit One, which was defined as the WWTP Landfill.
Cleanup Progress
Enforcement Activities
The Woodyard Landfill was officially closed in 2004, following a closure plan approved by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GaEPD). Although the WWTP Landfill has been stabilized with a vegetative cover and security fencing, it has not been formally closed.
Community Involvement
EPA has started its community involvement activities at the Armstrong World Industries Site to solicit community input and to ensure that the public remains informed about Site activities throughout the NPL cleanup process.
Future Work
Site Administrative Documents
Site Repository
EPA is in the process of setting up a local Site Information Repository for this Site. The Information Repository will include site documents that can be viewed by the public. When the local site repository is set up, and as site documents are generated, the public will be informed.
For documents not available on the website, please contact the Region 4 Freedom of Information Office.