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EPA announces the availability of the removal administrative record for the National Smelting & Refining Site in Atlanta, Georgia

Release Date: 02/16/2005
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EPA announces the availability of the removal administrative record for the National Smelting & Refining Site in Atlanta, Georgia

The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the Administrative Record for the National Smelting & Refining Site in Atlanta, Fulton County, GA is available for public review.

The Administrative Record file includes documents that form the basis for selection of the removal action.  A removal is a short-term cleanup intended to stabilize or clean up a site that poses an imminent and substantial threat to human health or the environment.  Documents in the record may include but are not limited to preliminary assessment and inspection reports, test results, and the Action Memorandum.  All interested persons are encouraged to review and comment on the documents.

The documents will be available for public review during normal business hours at the following location:

Peachtree Branch Library
1315 Peachtree St., NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Attn: Shannon Duffy

U.S. EPA Records Center - Region 4
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center - 11^th Floor
61 Forsyth Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303-3104
Attn: Debbie Jourdan

EPA will accept comments regarding the Administrative Record during the public comment period which begins on February 18, 2005 and ends on March 18, 2005.  Comments should be addressed to Jim Webster, Federal On-Scene Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region 4, ERRB, 11^th Floor, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303-3104.  At the end of the 30-day comment period, a written response to all pertinent comments will be prepared in a responsiveness summary and placed in the file.

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CONTACT: Dawn Harris-Young, EPA Media Relations, 404-562-8421