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EPA announces the availability of the Removal Administrative Record for the VCC - Port of Baldwin Mines Removal Site in Port Royal, Beaufort County, South Carolina

Release Date: 03/24/2005
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(Atlanta, GA March 24, 2005)  The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the Administrative Record for the VCC – Port of Baldwin Mines Removal Site in Port Royal, Beaufort County, South Carolina is available for public review. 

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 location:

Beaufort County Public Library
311 Scott Street
Beaufort, South Carolina 29902
Attn: Fran Hays                                                          

U.S. EPA Records Center - Region 4
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center - 11^th 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 which began on March 22, 2005 and ends on April 20, 2005. Comments should be addressed to Gerald Foree, Federal On-Scene Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region 4, ERRB, 11^th 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.

The site encompasses 29-acres of residential properties.  The site was originally the location of a former phosphate/fertilizer manufacturing plant.      

CONTACT: Dawn Harris-Young, EPA Media Relations, 404-562-8421