EPA will sample asbestos vermiculite soil on adjacent Amtrak rail yard

As part of a national evaluation of facilities that received vermiculite ore from the Libby, Montana mine owned by W.R. Grace & Co. (W.R. Grace), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 Response and Prevention Branch (RPB) conducted an initial site visit on February 24, 2000.

The proposed removal action will address immediate health threats identified on the former W.R. Grace/Zonolite property during various EPA sampling events from October 2000 through August 2001.

EPA plans to conduct additional sampling on the adjacent Amtrak rail yard property to the northeast and an adjoining lot to the northwest owned by the Hamilton Transit Corporate Center, which may have been impacted by railroad delivery of vermiculite and processing operations at the Site.

This subsequent sampling, analysis and evaluation may identify additional time-critical threats which will need to be addressed.

This Site is not on the National Priorities List (NPL) and there are no nationally significant, precedent setting issues associated with this Site.