Project overview

Residential

Most residential areas in the Anniston-Oxford region have been sampled. Sampling identified 627 properties with PCB levels greater than or equal to 1 mg/kg, requiring removal. Solutia has completed contaminant removal at most of these properties. Work will wrap up at the other areas once they are made suitable for removal, Solutia obtains property access and/or structures have been removed from areas where contaminated soil may exist.

Solutia informs landowners and tenants about PCB presence on their property and also works to ensure that intrusive work involving PCB-contaminated soil is done safely.

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Nonresidential

The EPA has determined what cleanup actions will be needed for nonresidential areas throughout the Anniston-Oxford area. These include addressing PCB contamination in soil, groundwater, creek banks and sediment.

Engineering design will begin after data are gathered and evaluated to ensure the work is done safely. This requires community support because Solutia needs property access to collect data. The design will identify how cleanup actions will be done so the public is safe, the cleanup is effective and community impacts like traffic are minimized.

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Residential and nonresidential air

Air data are not needed to further assess the nature and extent of contamination, and remediation is not needed to address current ambient air concentrations.

Anniston facility area

Engineering design and cleanup for the facility and two closed landfills next to it are complete, except for long-term operation and maintenance. Capped landfills, water controls and treatment systems require ongoing maintenance. Land use is also restricted to protect the cleanup actions and so that groundwater is not used.

Solutia monitors long-term operations around the site. This includes upgrading groundwater treatment systems to accommodate heavy rainfall.

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Choccolocco Creek

Cleanup actions selected by the EPA will focus on residential areas, nonresidential areas, creek bank stabilization, sediment and surface water. More information will be available once Solutia and the EPA finalize a cleanup agreement.

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Logan Martin Lake

Established in 1964 for flood control and hydropower, Logan Martin Lake has PCBs in its sediment and the tissue of fish that live in the water. Numerous studies have evaluated PCBs in Logan Martin Lake, but new data are needed to understand the extent of the contamination because some historical data are more than 20 years old. A field sampling plan will outline how and where samples will be collected and what analyses will be performed.

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