Cedartown Industries, Inc.

Cedartown Industries, Inc.
EPA ID: GAD095840674
Location: Cedartown, Polk County, GA
Congressional District: 07
NPL Status: Proposed: 06/24/88; Final 02/21/90
Project Manager
Site Repository:
Cedartown Public Library
245 East Ave.
Cedartown GA 30125
Documents:

• Site Profile
• Administrative Record Index (PDF): OU1 (14 pp., 575K), Removal (2 pp., 49K)
• Additional Site Documents including Five Year Reviews, Records of Decisions (ROD) and Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD).
• For documents not available on the website, please contact the Region 4 Freedom of Information Office (http://www.epa.gov/region4/foiapgs/submit.htm).

Site Background:
The Cedartown Industries site is a seven acre site which was formerly used as a secondary lead smelting business from 1978 to 1980. In 1986, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division discovered 5,000 cubic yards of slag material and 32,000 gallons of wastewater. They also reported high levels of lead and cadmium in the waste piles and soil. In 1990, the Potentially Responsible Parties performed a removal action to remove slag, storage piles, wastewater and sediment. During the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study, the Potentially Responsible Parties found metals contamination remaining in the soil and in an isolated area of groundwater. The site threatens on-site workers and future residents through direct exposure to contaminated soil.

Cleanup Progress: Construction Completed
A final cleanup decision for the site was made by EPA in May 1993. The selected remedy is solidification and stabilization of contaminated soil. In August 1993, the Potentially Responsible Parties entered into a Consent Decree with EPA to conduct the design and construction of the remedy. Construction of the remedy was completed in May 1997. Groundwater monitoring was continued since the remedy was completed to ensure that natural attenuation of contamination was  occurring, and in 2006 the second Five Year Review conducted for the site found the remedy to be protective of human health and the environment.  The site was deleted from the NPL in 2006.