EPA Seeking Comments on Former Battery Recycling Facility

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is seeking comments on an Administrative Record for the Vance Tank Road Battery site in Sullivan County, Tenn.

The site was used as a battery cracking business from 1948 through 1959. Lead from the batteries was sold to a scrap facility.

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 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 two locations:

Avoca Branch Library, 1550 Volunteer Parkway, Bristol, TN 37260. Attn: Rebecca Berry                            

U.S. EPA Records Center - Region 4, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center - 11th 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 ending April 28, 2005. Comments should be addressed to Glenn Adams, Federal On-Scene Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region 4, ERRB, 11th 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.