United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region IV
POLLUTION REPORT

Subject: 

The Anniston lead site is located approximately 90 miles west of Atlanta, Georgia. The site consist of individual properties and chemical manufacturing facilities that have been contaminated with lead.(See Pervious POLREP for detail description) The cleanup of lead contaminated soils in residential properties where lead levels above 400ppm is the established goal for the removal action.

Foothills Community Partnership has submitted its final report for review.  Foothills reports sampling 1,309 properties in Zone A and 3,311 properties in Zone B for a total of 4,620 properties.  They completed removals at 596 properties in Zones A, B, and C.  EPA has sampled 2,150 properties and completed removals at 175 properties.

There are 24 residential properties which have been identified for cleanup due to lead or lead and PCB contamination which have not yet been cleaned up.  These properties include both owner occupied and tenant occupied residences.  The owners have denied access to Foothills and EPA despite multiple attempts from both parties.

The owners of the 24 remaining contaminated properties continue to refuse access for cleanup.  The properties are located in the cities of Anniston and Oxford. The OSCs are attempting to enlist the help of local elected leaders, community leaders and other EPA resources to help convice the owners to provide access.  Should this effort fail other avenues are being investigated. A determination of the feasibility of utilizing restrictive covenants or other types of institutional controls is currently being examined by the Anniston Lead enforcement team. The use of warrants to force access for removal on these remaining properties is also under consideration.

Obtaining access to the remaining 24 properties
Review of Foothills Community Partnership Final Report