Anniston PCB Site Update - June 2007

Anniston PCB Site
City, County, State: Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama
Site Description:

The Anniston PCB site is located primarily in Calhoun County, Alabama.
The site is defined as the area where hazardous substances, including PCBs (associated with the historical and ongoing operations of the Anniston plant by Solutia Inc., Monsanto Company, Pharmacia Corp. and their predecessors) have come to be located.
The site includes the operating facility, the residential and non-residential area around the facility and along Snow Creek (approximately 5 miles), and the creek and floodplain along Choccolocco Creek to Lake Logan Martin (approximately 37 miles).
EPA Superfund’s assistance with the PCB problem in the Anniston, AL area was requested in 1999 by local citizens, ADEM, and the Alabama Governor.
Negotiations with Solutia and Pharmacia (the PCB manufacturer) were memorialized in a Partial Consent Decree (CD) which was entered by the Federal court on August 4, 2003.
The Site is not listed on the NPL, but is considered to be a Superfund Alternative Site.
The Site includes a NTC Removal Action on residential properties and RI/FS on at least 4 Operable Units.

Current Site Status and Cleanup Actions to Date:

Operable Unit 1 – Residential (NTC Removal Action)

Over 5000 residential properties have been surface sampled as of March 30, 2007.
400 require removal for PCBs in surface soil > 1 ppm
Removal has been completed at 320 properties
ROD (combined OU1/OU2) target FY09

Operable Unit 2 – Non-Residential (from facility to HWY 78) RI/FS

Operable Unit 3 – Solutia Facility, including South and West End Landfills RI/FS

Operable Unit 4 – Choccolocco Creek RI/FS

Current Funding Status: PRP Lead, Reimbursable Special Account for Oversight

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