| Southern Zonolite Company/W.R. Grace, 1530 E. Adams Street, Jacksonville, 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 | 1530 E. Adams Street, Jacksonville, Florida | Former exfoliation facility | 6,335 | 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 6,335 tons of Libby ore between January 1966 and December 1974. 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. Furthermore, U.S. Geological Survey reports issued in 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, and 1990 indicated that this facility was a vermiculite exfoliation plant. The site also appeared on a list of W.R. Grace licensees and industry partners. 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 |