The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to delete the Ruston Foundry Superfund Sitefrom the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL represents a list of sites with releases or potential releases of hazardous substances that appear to pose the greatest threat to public health and the environment. This fact sheet is an update on site progress since the completion of remedial action, and pr ovides information on the upcoming deletion proposal. In April 2010, the EPA, in c onjunction with the State of Louisiana, through the Louisi ana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), will announce the direct final notice of deletion ofthe Ruston Foundry Superfund Site from the NPL. A notice will be published inthe Federal Register and the local newspaper, Alexandria Town Talk, requesti ng public comment. A postcard alert will be mailed as a reminder, so keep an eye on the mailbox. The deletion is being proposed because the EPA and the LDEQ have determined that all cleanup actions have been completed and that the Ruston Foundry Superfund Site poses no significant threat to public health, welfare, or the environment. Even if we delete the site from the NPL, we can still take action in the future if conditions change and the site threaten s public health and the environment. Your comments will be accepted for 30 days followingthe publication in the Federal Register and may be submitted using any of the following options. Please identify your comments with th e Docket Identification Number EPA-HQ-SFUND-1999-0006. • http://www.regulations.gov. Follow on-line instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: Katrina Higgins-Coltrain, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. EPA Region 6 coltrain.katrina@epa.gov • Fax: Katrina Higgins-Coltrain, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. EPA Region 6 (6SF-RL) 214.665.6660 • Mail: Katrina Higgins-Coltrain, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. EPA Region 6 (6SF-RL), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202-2733 • Hand delivery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. Such deliveries are only accepted duringthe Docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.

Instructions : Direct your comments to Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-SFUND-1999-0006. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov, including anypersonal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential BusinessInformation (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statut e. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it inthe body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your commentdue to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, anyform of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. This Site Update will tell you about...

• The proposed deletion of the site from the National Priorities List (NPL)

• How to comment on the proposed deletion

• Criteria for deletion

• Site background

• Where to g et additional information United States Environmental Protection Agency 

### EPA PROPOSES DELETION OF RUSTON FOUNDRY FROM THE SUPERFUND NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST

Ruston Foundry Superfund Site Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana March 2010Upon completion of the 30-day comment period, wewill review all public comments on the deletion proposal and will determine if the deletion from the NPL is still appropriate. If no significant adverse or critical comments are received, the site will be deleted from the NPL effective 60 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register. However, if significant adverse orcritical comments are received within the 30-day comment period, we will publish a notice of withdrawal of this direct final notice of deletion within 60 days of publication of the original no tice. We will prepare a response to the comments and c ontinue with the rulemaking process on the basis of the notice of intent to delete and the comments already received. A summary of all comments and responses will be available for you to review at the information repositories listed at the end of this fact sheet. In add ition, you may contact us to obtain a copy of the Responsiveness Summary (see the Additional Information section of the fact sheet for EPA contact personnel and information resources).


### Criteria for deletion

The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) defines the criteria that we use to delete sites from the NPL. In deciding to propose the Ruston Foundry Superfund Site for deletion from the NPL, EPA, in conjunction with LDEQ, evaluated whether clean up met any of the following criteria:1. Responsible parties or other persons have implemented all appropriate response actions; or, 2. All appropriate Superfund-financed response underFederal law has been implemented, and no further response action by responsible parties is appropriate; or, 3. The response action has shown that the site poses no significant threat to public health or the environmentand therefore implementing additional remedial measures is not appropriate. 

### Site background
The Ruston Foundry site wa s an abandoned metal foundry that operated from 1908 until 1985 and located on the southeast side of Alex andria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The Ruston Foundry property is 4.98 acres and the contiguous Louisiana Pine Products property is 1.62acres for total site acreage of 6.6 acres. Foundry operations resulted in metals contaminated waste which was found throughout the property as fill material. Also present at the Site was an underground storage tank, asbestos containing material, and slag waste. The identified contaminated media of most concern were surface soil and sediment that contain lead and antimony, and the exposure routes of most con cern were direct contact and ingestion. Children were found to be the most sensitive and vulnerable to the effects of lead. The Record of Decision was signed in June 2002. Community and City discussion, potentially responsible party (PRP) negotiations, and treatability reviews led to several Explanation of Significant Differences thatchanged remedy activities. The final implemented remedial action included excavation and offsite disposal of site contamination. Kansas City Southern Railway, the PRP, conducted the cleanup in two phases. Phas e one addressed contamination as described in the site documents; however, after the data were reviewed, it was noted that the site may have been cleaned up to much lower levels. Phase 2 ofthe cleanup addressed an additional area of contamination, and confirmed that the site was cleaned up tolower levels. The remedial action was completed in August 2009, and the site was cl osed out in January 2010 with the signing of the Final Close Out Report.With the clean up complete, the site is ready for unrestricted reuse. The PRP continues to work with the City on transferring the deed for the adjacent 30-acre piece of property. The City is cu rrently using money, awarded through a Brownfields grant, to conduct the necessary investigations of the 30-acre piece of property. Once completed, the property will be deeded to the City, andwill move the reuse development process one step further. 

### Where to get additional informationYou can review copies of EPA reports and other information about the Ruston Foundry Superfund Site at the locations listed below. Federal Web Page http://www.regulations.gov index Rapides Parish Public Library 411 Washington Street Alexandria, Louisiana, 71301 318.442.1840 Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Public Records Center Galvez Building Room 127 602 N. Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 225.219.3168 Email: publicrecords@la.gov, Web page: http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/pubrecords.If you have questions or would like additional information about the Ruston Foundry Superfund Site, please

contact: Katrina Higgins-Coltrain, Remedial Project Manager U.S. EPA Region 6 214.665.8143 or 1.800.533.3508 (Toll Free) Janetta Coats, Community Involvement Coordinator U.S. EPA Region 6 214.665.7308 or 1.800.533.3508 (Toll Free)

Wanda Ballou Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Environmental Technology Division PO Box 4314 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4314 225.219.3223 Questions from the news me dia should be directed to: EPA Region 6 Office of External Affairs at 214.665.2200.

On the web...

Information can also be accessed via the U.S. EPA Internet Homepage at: U.S. EPA Headquarters: http://www.epa.gov U.S. EPA Region 6: www.epa.gov/region6/superfund

Figure 1: Main site excavation is complete, site is graded to drain, and grass growth has been established.

Figure 2: Canal bank excavation is complete, the area is graded to drain, and erosion control measure are in place.Region 6 1445 Ross Ave. (6SF-VO) Dallas, TX 75202