| Zonolite Company/W.R. Grace/Seaboard Vermiculite, 1700 NW 1st Court, Boca Raton, Florida |
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| EPA Region |
Location of facility | Type of facility | Amount of ore received (in tons) |
Did EPA visit the site? |
Were samples taken? |
Results of evaluation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1700 NW 1st Court, Boca Raton, Florida | Former exfoliation facility | 115.2 | Yes-exact date of visit unknown but occurred in 2000 | Unknown | According to an EPA database compiled from W.R. Grace shipping invoices, this site received 115.2 tons of Libby ore in January 1966. Reports issued in 1953 and 1964 by the Bureau of Mines (at that time in the U.S. Department of the Interior) indicated this facility was a vermiculite exfoliation plant. Available documentation indicated that EPA visited this site, completed its evaluation, and decided no further action was needed. EPA did not have documentation indicating whether sampling was conducted. No documentation was available regarding the basis for EPA's decision to take no further action. |
| GAO-09-6R |