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Images from left to right: Aerial view of the site, pollinator meadow entrance sign, and bench and trail within the
pollinator meadow.

Site Name: Armstrong World Industries Superfund Site
Size: 130 acres

Existing Site Infrastructure: Road, railroad and commercial infrastructure are in place. Standard utilities
are available.

Current Site Uses: A manufacturing facility is located on site. The 4-acre Armstrong Macon Meadow is
also located on site. Meadow gardens provide habitat for butterflies, hummingbirds and bees.
Use Restrictions: None.

SETTING:

•	The site is zoned for commercial uses.

•	Land uses nearby are primarily commercial.

•	The northern part of the site includes Armstrong World
Industries' manufacturing area, a wastewater treatment
plant (WWTP), the WWTP Landfill and the Woodyard
Landfill. The southern part of the site includes the Remote
Landfill, located on Rocky Creek.

•	Groundwater beneath the site is not used for
drinking water,

•	Surrounding population: 0.5 miles, 103 people
2.5 miles, 13,068 people j 4.0 miles, 43,479 people.

REMEDIAL STATUS:

•	An acoustic ceiling tile manufacturing plant has operated
on site since 1948.

•	EPA placed the site on the Superfund program's National
Priorities List in 2011 because of contaminated fish,

Disddfmri JSPA does not warrant that the property is suitable
for any particular use. Prospective purchasers must contact the
property owner for sale potential.

groundwater, sediment and soil resulting from waste
disposal operations.

•	To manage the cleanup, J {.PA divided tin- site into two
operable units (OUs). GUI addresses the WWTP
Landfill. OU2 addresses the Remote Landfill and
Rocky Creek.

•	Armstrong put in an engineered cap/liner system for
the WWTP Landfill and created the Armstrong Macon
Meadow as part of final OU1 capping activities in 2016.

•	BPA is currently negotiating an agreement with potentially
responsible parties for the OU2 remedial investigation
and feasibility study. Remedial investigations for OU2 are
expected to begin soon.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PEEASE CONTACT:

Brian Farrier
Remedial Project Manager
Phone: (404) 562-8952
Email: far rie r.b rian@ ep a .go v

Site Summary: www.epa.gov/superfund./armstrong-world-industries

In May 2017, EPA established a task force to restore the Superfund program to its rightful
place at the center of the Agency's core mission to protect health and the environment.

epa.gov/superfund/superfund-task-force

EPA Region 4 Reuse Fact Sheets

September 2018

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