MAY 1, 2024 - MODIFICATION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER DIRECTING COMPLIANCE WITH REQUEST FOR ACCESS
FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER - DIRECTING COMPLIANCE WITH REQUEST FOR ACCESS
In June 2022, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division referred the Site to EPA for evaluation of a potential removal action based on elevated lead levels in soils from x-ray fluorescence (XRF) readings at the Adjacent Property. At the time of the referral, the Site
consisted solely of the Adjacent Property. Between June 2022 and April 2023, EPA conducted a Removal Site Inspection (RSI). In September 2022, EPA collected surface soil samples from the Adjacent Property, some of which exceeded EPA?s then-applicable residential removal management level (RML) of 400 milligrams/kilogram (mg/kg).1 Laboratory analysis confirmed lead at a highest concentration of 654 mg/kg in the backyard.
On March 2023, Respondent submitted a constituent inquiry through U.S. Congressional Representative Nikema William?s Office, asserting that EPA had failed to contact him about sampling his Property. EPA promptly contacted Respondent and asked him to
sign an Access Authorization to conduct sampling at the Property.
Respondent signed an Access Authorization granting EPA access to the Property. Between April and June 2023, EPA sampled four additional properties at the Garden Hills Heights residential neighborhood, including the Property. Sampling results
confirmed levels of lead of 682 and 659 mg/k