The purpose of this Action Memorandum is to request and document your approval to expend up
to $544,390 to conduct a time-critical removal action at the Forest City High School Ceramics
Factory Site (Site) located in Forest City, Mason County, Illinois. The proposed time-critical
removal action herein wiU mitigate the threats to public health, welfare, and the environment
posed by the presence of unsecured asbestos, asbestos containing material (ACM), and lead in
waste piles and soils located at the Site. The removal involves a nationally significant issue
because the principal contaminant addressed by the removal is ACM. However, no precedentsetting
issues are associated with this non-NPL Site.