Removal Assessment Update North Little Rock Auto Salvage (Zonolite Little Rock) Site North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas January 2013 &EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency YOU ARE INVITED TO AN EPA COMMUNITY MEETING The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a community meeting to inform residents about the EPA assessment and removal activities un- derway at the site. The meeting will allow communi- ty members to ask questions about current Site actions. The session will be held: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Redwood Early Childhood Center 401 Redwood Street North Little Rock, AR 72114 This session is being held in a fully accessible facili- ty. Should you have questions about this facility's compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact EPA at 1.800.533.3508 (Toll- free). REMOVAL ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES The EPA is conducting soil assessment activities at the North Little Rock Auto Salvage Site, known to the community as the "old mill". The Site was the location of a vermiculite processing facility. The vermiculite processed at this facility was contami- nated with asbestos. Asbestos in outdoor soil or oth- er source material is not inherently hazardous, unless the asbestos is released from the source material into air where it can be inhaled. As part of its assessment activities EPA has been looking at nearby locations where asbestos may have migrated either through air deposition or through use as fill. EPA has sampled soil from a number of resi- dential and public properties in the community. CURRENT ACTIONS Sample results identified a small area of contamina- tion in Conley Park and EPA removed the area with contamination identified as a threat to the public. I cy ~ _ EPA also expanded our sampling efforts within the nearby community to identify any potential threat to human health from asbestos contaminated soil. EPA sampled a representative number of residences in the community. At this time EPA has identified a small number of residential properties south of the Site where cleanup is necessary. EPA sampling in the residential area north of the Site has not identi- fied any additional properties where cleanup is re- quired. EPA is continuing to perform additional assessment activities to further rule out the potential for asbestos contamination that may present a threat to the community. SITE BACKGROUND The North Little Rock Auto Salvage Site is located at 600 North Dixie Lane in North Little Rock, Pu- laski County, Arkansas. The Site was formerly the W. R. Grace Zonolite vermiculite expansion facili- ty. Records indicate that the facility accepted ap- proximately 85,050 tons of raw vermiculite between 1953 and 1989, from the W.R. Grace mine located in Libby, Montana. There was also a deposit of as- bestos at that mine, so the vermiculite from Libby was contaminated with asbestos. Vermiculite from Libby was distributed for processing to a number of facilities across the country. ------- The North Little Rock facility sits on approximately 2.4 acres of land, although vermiculite has been identified beyond the facility boundaries. This removal assessment addresses the need to iden- tify and lessen the potential threats posed by Libby Montana asbestos-contaminated soils located on-site from the processing of vermiculite ore and the dis- posal of associated waste products at this Site by W.R. Grace/Zonolite Co. You may contact the EPA by mail at: U.S. EPA Region 6 (6SF-PR) 1445 Ross Avenue Dallas, Texas 75202-2733 Attn: North Little Rock Auto Salvage Site Please contact the following personnel if you have questions about this site: Althea Foster, U.S. EPA On-Scene Coordinator 214.665.2268 or 1.800.533.3508 (Toll-free) Mike McAteer, U.S. EPA On-Scene Coordinator 214.665.7157 or 1.800.533.3508 (Toll-free) Bill Little, U.S. EPA Community Involvement Coordinator/SEE 214.665.8131 or 1.800.533.3508 (Toll-free) Tamara Almand, Branch Manager Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality 501.683.0069 Lori Simmons, Environmental Epidemiology Arkansas Department of Health lori.simmons@arkansas.gov 501.661.2936 The Honorable, Eddie Armstrong State Representative, District 37 Special Assistant to the Mayor 501.975.3737 D. Chris Wilborn, PE, SE, CFM North Little Rock City Engineer 501.371.8331 All inquiries from the news media should be di- rected to the Region 6 Press Office at 214.665.2200. To receive a Spanish translation of this fact sheet call U.S. EPA at 1.800.533.3508 (Toll-free). Para recibir una traduction en espanol de esta hoja de datos, comunicarse con la Agencia de Protection del Medio Ambiente de los EEUU (la EPA) al numero de telefono 1.800.533.3508 (llamada gratui- to). vvEFA United Slates Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 1445 Ross Ave. (6SF-VO) Dallas, TX 75202 ------- |