anniston army depot (southeast industrial area)

OFF AL HWY 202

The 15,200-acre installation is located in Calhoun County, Alabama, 10 miles west of Anniston. The northern side of the Depot is the Pelham Range portion of the Fort McClellan Military Reservation. The central and northern portions of the Depot span over 13,000 acres and serve as an ammunition storage area. The southern side of the Depot is the Southeastern Industrial Area (SIA), a 600-acre active industrial operations area. The SIA contains more than 50 buildings and a vehicle test track. Approximately 3,400 people work at the Depot. Fences and guards control access. Land use surrounding the installation is mostly residential. Surface water within the SIA drains into Dry Creek, which flows into Choccolocco Creek, a tributary of the Coosa River. Coldwater Spring is located next to Dry Creek, about one mile south of the Depot boundary. The spring is the main source of drinking water for Calhoun County. Anniston Water Works and Sewer Board currently supplies water to the Depot by pipeline. Operators disposed of wastes generated at the Depot in trenches, lagoons, landfills or other holding vessels from the 1940s through the late 1970s. Most of the waste came from the SIA. In 1989, EPA listed the SIA on the NPL. A 1990 Federal Facilities Agreement integrated the Army's RCRA and Superfund program requirements for the entire Depot.