EPA announces a Record of Decision for the Anniston PCB Site Operable Unit 4 Proposed Plan
ANNISTON, Ala. (December 23, 2024) – On Friday, December 20, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Anniston PCB Site Operable Unit 4, located in and around the city of Anniston, and areas of Calhoun and Talladega counties in Alabama.
The Site is currently divided into Operable Units (OUs). This ROD is for OU4, which includes Snow Creek and its floodplain downstream of Highway 78 to the confluence of Snow and Choccolocco Creeks, and Choccolocco Creek from the backwater area upstream of Snow Creek to the embayment of Logan Martin Lake on the Coosa River.
This ROD is only for OU4. The EPA has signed two other decision documents prior to this ROD: an Interim ROD was signed for OU3 in September 2011; and a final ROD was signed for OU1/OU2 in November 2017. This ROD includes background information about OU4, the nature and extent of contamination found, the assessment of human health and environmental risks posed by contaminants, the identification and evaluation of remedial action alternatives, and selects a remedial action.
The response action selected in this ROD is necessary to protect public health or welfare or the environment from actual or threatened releases of hazardous substances from OU4 of the Anniston PCB Site into the environment. The ROD will be available this week at the Site website, https://www.epa.gov/superfund/anniston-pcb-site.
For further information, please contact Angela Miller, EPA Community Involvement Coordinator, via email at miller.angela@epa.gov or by phone at (678) 575-8132.
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