NCD980602163_19820526_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_US-EPA Region IV press release re cooperative agreement-OCR

UNITED STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
REGION IV
345 Courtland Street
, Atlanta, Georgia 30365
Hagan Thompson 404/881-3004
For Release, 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 26, 1982
Raleigh, N. c. -Under terms of a cooperative agreement signed here today
by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of North Carolina, EPA
will provide $2.5 million to clean up PCB contaminated ro~dsides in 14 North
Carolina counties.
The federal share of the project will come from the EPA administered Superfund.
The state share (10%) comes from credit due to previous state actions in the cleanup
effort.
William N. Bedema~ Jr., director of EPA's Office of Emergency and Remedial
Response, represented the federal agency. Heman R. Clark, secretary of the North
Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, represented the state at
the announcement in the Archdale Building.
The state will play the lead role in the cleanup, which calls for the removal
of about 40,000 cubic yards of soil contaminated by PCBs (polycholorinated biphenyls)
from 210 miles of highway shoulders in 14 counties.
The contaminated material will be placed in a landfill to be constructed in
Warren County by the state. EPA has approved final plans and specifications for
the site.
An environmental review and air and water quality monitoring indicate that no
significant adverse impact will result from the proposed action.
The Superfund Law, administered by EPA, authorizes the federal government to
respond in certain situations to releases of hazardous substances and other pollutants
or contaminants that may substantially endanger public health or welfare. The Superfund
is financed largely (86%) by a tax on the chemical industry.
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