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By Tiara Davis
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
An Administrative Record File from the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) for Atlantic Wood Industries, in which the EPA assessed Atlantic Wood Industries's performance in areas of environmental concern: waste management. The tests, findings, correspondence, and necessary actions toward solutions are contained in this file.
Biographical Note
Atlantic Wood Industries, Inc. (AWI) was founded in Port Wentworth, Georgia in 1919 and was formerly known as Atlantic Creosoting Company. This company evolved with plant locations in Portsmouth, Virginia, and from 1926 to 1992, a wood-treating facility operated at the site using both creosote and pentachlorophenol. At one time, the Navy leased part of the property from AWI and disposed waste onto the site. As a result, the site was contaminated from the treatment operation, storage of treated wood, and disposal of wastes. The AWI site was added to the National Priorities List of most hazardous waste sites in 1990.The ground water and soil at the site are also heavily contaminated with creosote. Creosote contamination previously migrated into a storm sewer and discharged into an inlet of the Elizabeth River at the northeast corner of the site near the Jordan Bridge.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Received from Anna Butch of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Hazardous Waste Management Division
Related Materials:
For more information please see http://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0302836.
Preferred Citation:
Atlantic Wood Industries Records, MSS 0000-136, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed September 16, 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Folder 1: Project Manual, Administrative Record File Fact Sheet, 1989 May
- Folder 2: Report, Final Preliminary Assessment for Atlantic Wood Industries, Inc., 1983 June
- Folder 3: Administrative Order, United States Environmental Protection Agency Region III, undated
- Folder 4: Report, Public Health Assessment, Portsmouth County, Virginia, 1994 February 15
- Folder 5: Report, Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Work Plan, 1988 March 1
- Folder 6: Report, Supplemental Remedial Investigation Work Plan, 1991 September
- Folder 7: Map, Map of State Route No. 337, 1991 September 19
- Folder 8: Report, Volume I: Remedial Investigation Report Part 1 of 3, 1992 March
- Folder 9: Report, Volume I: Remedial Investigation Report Part 2 of 3, 1992 March
- Folder 10: Report, Volume I: Remedial Investigation Report Part 3 of 3, 1992 March
- Folder 11: Report, Ecological Risk Assessment, 1992 April
- Folder 12: Report, Volume II: Remedial Investigation Report Appendix A-H Part 1 of 2, 1992 January
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