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EPA announces the availability of the Administrative Record for Brewer Gold Mine Dam Failure Removal Site in Jefferson, Chesterfield County, South Carolina

Release Date: 02/25/2005
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EPA announces the availability of the Administrative Record for Brewer Gold Mine Dam Failure Removal Site in Jefferson, Chesterfield County, South Carolina

The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the Administrative Record for the Brewer Gold Mine Dam Failure Removal Site in Jefferson, Chesterfield 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 or clean up 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:

Fanny D. Lowry Library
Business 151
P. O. Box 505
Jefferson, South Carolina 29718
Attn: Ms. Kate Dillard                               

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 which begins on February 28, 2005 and ends on March 28, 2005. Comments should be addressed to Barbara Caprita, 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.

-0-        February 25, 2005

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