Prepared for

United States Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 6

DELETION DOCKET

for

RUSTON FOUNDRY SUPERFUND SITE

EPA ID No. LAD985185107

SSID: 061F

GS09K99BHD0010

Task Order No. T0703BG1026

Katrina Higgins-Coltrain

 Remedial Project Manager

U.S. EPA Region 6

Prepared by

Science Applications International Corporation

555 Republic Drive, Suite 300

Plano, TX 75074

APRIL 8, 2010
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INTRODUCTION 

 The public is provided herewith copies of information supporting the proposed partial 

deletion of the Ruston Foundry Superfund Site (the “Site”) from the National Priorities List 

(NPL). This information is referred to herein as the deletion docket. 

 Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 

Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. Section 9605, requires the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain the NPL. The NPL is the list of priority releases under 

CERCLA. 

 The EPA may delete all or part of a site from the NPL if it determines that no further 

response is appropriate at the site, or at the portion of the site in question. For further 

information regarding deletion, see the EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response 

(OSWER) guidance document entitled “Close Out Procedures for National Priorities List Sites” 

(OSWER Directive 9320.2-09A-P, January, 2000). 

 Documents listed as Administrative Indexes are official administrative records for 

previous decision documents related to the remedial action conducted at the Site. Documents 

listed within these indexes are incorporated into this deletion docket by reference and are 

considered part of the deletion docket administrative record. Though these documents are not 

listed separately in the index and are not located among the deletion documents, they have been 

made available in the repository for review during each phase of site activity. It does not apply 

to documents in EPA’s confidential file. (Copies of guidance documents also can be obtained by 

calling the RCRA/Superfund/Title 3 Hotline at (800) 424-9346.) 

 To ensure public involvement during the proposal to delete all or part of the site of a 

release from the NPL, EPA must place copies of information supporting the proposed deletion in 

an information repository at or near the site so that the public may inspect and copy the 

information. Accordingly, EPA has made the deletion docket, along with the index to the 

deletion docket, available at the following repositories: 

Rapides Parish Library 

411 Washington Street 

Alexandria, Louisiana 71301

Telephone: (318) 442-1840 ext 238 

Contact: Mr. Steve Rogge 

and 

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) 

Remediation Services Division 

602 N. Fifth 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 

Telephone: (225) 219-3192 
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 The public also may review the deletion docket at the EPA Region 6 office in Dallas, 

Texas, by contacting the Remedial Project Manager at the address listed below. 

Katrina Coltrain 

Remedial Project Manager 

U.S. EPA Region 6 

1445 Ross Avenue 

Dallas, Texas 75202-2733 

(214) 665-8143 

 The deletion docket for the Site is available for inspection and copying at the above 

locations during normal business hours. The deletion docket is treated as a non-circulating 

reference document. Any document in the deletion docket may be photocopied according to 

procedures listed in the repository or at EPA Region 6 offices. EPA guidance documents relied 

upon by EPA in making this deletion decision, including those guidance documents referenced in 

this introduction or in any other deletion docket documents, are incorporated by reference as a 

part of the deletion docket, but may not be physically included among the documents placed at 

the repositories. Such guidance documents will be sent to the repositories upon request to the 

RPM at the address given above, or furnished directly to the requester. 

 EPA will respond to each significant comment and any significant new data submitted 

during the comment period, and will include its response document in the final deletion package. 

EPA will place the final deletion package in the local information repositories after the notice of 

final deletion has been placed in the Federal Register. If you have any questions, call the RPM at 

the telephone number given above. 

 The deletion docket index helps readers locate and retrieve documents in the docket. The 

index includes the following information for each document:

• Doc ID- The document identifier number. 

• Date - The date the document was published and/or released. “01/01/2525" means no 

date was recorded. 

• Bates Numbers - The sequential numbers stamped on each page of the deletion docket. 

The six digit numbers are located in the lower left-hand corner of each page.

• Pages - Total number of printed pages in the document, including attachments. 

• Title - Descriptive heading of the document.

• Document Type - General identification, (e.g. correspondence, Remedial Investigation 

Report, Record of Decision.) 

• Author - Name of originator, and the name of the organization that the author is 

affiliated with. If either the originator name or the organization name is not identified, 

then the field is captured with the letters “N/A”. 

• Addressee- Name and affiliation of the addressee. If either the originator name or the 

organization name is not identified, then the field is captured with the letters “N/A”.
DELETION DOCKET INDEX

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DELETION DOCKET

Site Name:

CERCLIS:

OUID:

SSID:

Action:

RUSTON FOUNDRY

LAD985185107

NONE

1F

DELETION DOCKET

Region Id: 06

Docid: 913830

Bates: 000001 To: 000035

Date: 06/28/2002

Pages: 35

Title: [FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FOR THE RUSTON FOUNDRY SUPERFUND SITE]

Doc Type: INDEX

Name Organization

Author: NONE, TECHLAW INCORPORATED

Name Organization

Addressee: NONE, NONE

Region Id: 06

Docid: 176258

Bates: 000036 To: 000046

Date: 10/12/2004

Pages: 11

[FINAL EXPLANATION OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES (ESD) ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD 

INDEX]

Title:

Doc Type: INDEX

Name Organization

Author: NONE, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL 

CORPORATION

Name Organization

Addressee: COLTRAIN, KATRINA U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Region Id: 06

Docid: 9003565

Bates: 000047 To: 000051

Date: 01/07/2008

Pages: 5

[EXPLANATION OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES (CONTINGENCY REMEDY) INDEX FOR THE 

RUSTON FOUNDRY SUPERFUND SITE]

Title:

Doc Type: ELECTRONIC RECORD

INDEX

Name Organization

Author: NONE, U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Name Organization

Addressee: NONE, NONE

Region Id: 06

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Site Name:

CERCLIS:

OUID:

SSID:

Action:

RUSTON FOUNDRY

LAD985185107

NONE

1F

DELETION DOCKET

Region Id: 06

Docid: 885055

Bates: 000052 To: 000055

Date: 03/30/2010

Pages: 4

[EPA PROPOSES DELETION OF RUSTON FOUNDRY FROM THE SUPERFUND NATIONAL 

PRIORITIES LIST - MAILED ON 03/30/2010]

Title:

Doc Type: FACTSHEET

ELECTRONIC RECORD

Name Organization

Author: COLTRAIN, KATRINA U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Name Organization

Addressee: NONE, NONE

Region Id: 06

Docid: 882977

Bates: 000056 To: 000056

Date: 11/10/2009

Pages: 1

[CHESTER CULLEY THANKS KATRINA COLTRAIN FOR THE FINAL EXPLANATION OF 

SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES FOR RUSTON FOUNDRY]

Title:

Doc Type: ELECTRONIC RECORD

E-MAIL MESSAGE

Name Organization

Author: CULLEY, CHESTER NONE

Name Organization

Addressee: COLTRAIN, KATRINA U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

BALLOU, WANDA LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY

Region Id: 06

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Site Name:

CERCLIS:

OUID:

SSID:

Action:

RUSTON FOUNDRY

LAD985185107

NONE

1F

DELETION DOCKET

Region Id: 06

Docid: 882975

Bates: 000057 To: 000057

Date: 11/13/2009

Pages: 1

[REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF AND COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT SITE CLOSE OUT REPORT 

FOR RUSTON FOUNDRY BY 12/17/2009]

Title:

Doc Type: ELECTRONIC RECORD

E-MAIL MESSAGE

Name Organization

Author: COLTRAIN, KATRINA U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Name Organization

Addressee: PARR, BUDDY U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

WILLIAMS, DONALD H U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

SALINAS, AMY U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Region Id: 06

Docid: 877298

Bates: 000058 To: 000075

Date: 11/16/2009

Pages: 18

[ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD INDEX FOR THE FINAL EXPLANATION OF SIGNIFICANT 

DIFFERENCES FOR RUSTON FOUNDRY SUPERFUND SITE]

Title:

Doc Type: ELECTRONIC RECORD

INDEX

Name Organization

Author: NONE, U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Name Organization

Addressee: NONE, NONE

Region Id: 06

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SSID:

Action:

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LAD985185107

NONE

1F

DELETION DOCKET

Region Id: 06

Docid: 881710

Bates: 000076 To: 000103

Date: 01/29/2010

Pages: 28

Title: [FINAL CLOSE OUT REPORT - RUSTON FOUNDRY SUPERFUND SITE]

Doc Type: ELECTRONIC RECORD

REPORT / STUDY

Name Organization

Author: NONE, U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Name Organization

Addressee: NONE, NONE

Region Id: 06

Docid: 881713

Bates: 000104 To: 000105

Date: 01/05/2010

Pages: 2

[LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CONCURRENCE ON THE FINAL 

CLOSE OUT REPORT]

Title:

Doc Type: ELECTRONIC RECORD

CORRESPONDENCE

FACSIMILE / COVER SHEET

Name Organization

Author: HARRIS, THOMAS F LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY

Name Organization

Addressee: FAULTRY, CHARLES U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Region Id: 06

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Action:

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LAD985185107

NONE

1F

DELETION DOCKET

Region Id: 06

Docid: 881714

Bates: 000106 To: 000106

Date: 02/08/2010

Pages: 1

Title: [TRANSMITTAL OF FINAL CLOSE OUT REPORT - RUSTON FOUNDRY SUPERFUND SITE]

Doc Type: ELECTRONIC RECORD

E-MAIL MESSAGE

Name Organization

Author: COLTRAIN, KATRINA U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Name Organization

Addressee: SALINAS, AMY U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

FRIBUSH, HOWARD M U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Region Id: 06

Docid: 882946

Bates: 000107 To: 000108

Date: 02/26/2010

Pages: 2

[REQUEST FOR LDEQ'S CONCURRENCE ON EPA'S DIRECT FINAL NOTICE OF DELETION OF 

THE RUSTON FOUNDRY SUPERFUND SITE FROM THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST]

Title:

Doc Type: ELECTRONIC RECORD

CORRESPONDENCE

Name Organization

Author: FAULTRY, CHARLES U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

SANCHEZ, CARLOS A U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Name Organization

Addressee: HARRIS, TOM LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY

Region Id: 06

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CERCLIS:

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Action:

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LAD985185107

NONE

1F

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Region Id: 06

Docid: 882976

Bates: 000109 To: 000109

Date: 02/26/2010

Pages: 1

[TRANSMITTAL OF ELECTRONIC VERSIONS OF THE RUSTON FOUNDRY DELETION 

DOCUMENTS]

Title:

Doc Type: ELECTRONIC RECORD

E-MAIL MESSAGE

Name Organization

Author: COLTRAIN, KATRINA U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Name Organization

Addressee: PARR, BUDDY U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

WILLIAMS, DONALD H U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

SALINAS, AMY U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Region Id: 06

Docid: 885365

Bates: 000110 To: 000110

Date: 04/07/2010

Pages: 1

[LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CONCURRENCE OF SITE 

DELETION FROM THE NPL FOR THE RUSTON FOUNDRY SUPERFUND SITE]

Title:

Doc Type: ELECTRONIC RECORD

CORRESPONDENCE

Name Organization

Author: HARRIS, THOMAS F LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY

Name Organization

Addressee: FAULTRY, CHARLES U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Region Id: 06

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