Background

The 15,319-acre Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) is an active U.S. Army (Army) installation in Calhoun County, Alabama, 10 miles west of Anniston. The installation provides munitions storage and refurbishment, testing and decommissioning of combat vehicles and various types of ordnance. In the past, operations at ANAD generated solid and liquid wastes that contaminated soil and groundwater. EPA placed a portion of ANAD on the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL) in 1989. In 1990, EPA and the Army agreed to address the entire Depot under the Superfund and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) programs. The Army, EPA and the Alabama Department of ...
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