REMOVAL AO BY CONSENT
Under a Consent Order signed by Region III on September 30, 2004, Newell Holdings Delaware, Inc. (f/k/a Anchor Hocking Corporation) has agreed to conduct a removal response action to address elevated levels of lead and PCB contamination in on-Site soils, sediments, and ceramic debris at the 8th and Plutus Streets Pottery Site in Chester, Hancock County, West Virginia . The Site is comprised of approximately eleven (11) acres, most of which is an abandoned pottery manufacturing facility. Respondent (d/b/a Anchor Hocking Corporation) formerly owned and operated the pottery manufacturing facility at the Site. The facility ceased operations in 1982. A June, 2003, removal assessment revealed elevated levels of lead in soils, sediments, and ceramic pottery waste that has been disposed of at the Site. A small area of PCB-contaminated soils at the Site was also discovered during the removal assessment. The Consent Order requires Respondent to: (a) restrict access to the contaminated portions of the Site; (b) conduct an extent of contamination study for lead, PCBs, and additional contaminants associated with pottery manufacturing; (c) excavate and remove all surface soils, sediments, and ceramic debris at the Site that contain concentrations of 400 ppm or greater of lead and 10 ppm or greater of PCBs; (d) arrange for the proper disposal of contaminated surface soils, sediments, and debris; (e) arrange for the proper disposal and/or recycling of glazed cera