woolfolk chemical works, inc.

E MAIN ST P O BOX 938

The 31-acre site is located in Fort Valley, Peach County, Georgia. The site includes the 18-acre former Woolfolk Chemical Works facility property together with surrounding areas where contamination has spread. Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks and a station are located in the northwest portion of the site. Commercial businesses and residential areas border the site. Residences are located west, south and east of the site. Commercial businesses and light industrial areas are located north, northwest and east of the site. Residential areas include low-income and minority residents. Beginning in 1910 various companies used the Woolfolk Chemical Works facility for herbicide and pesticide production, packaging and storage. Production expanded after 1945 to include various organic pesticides. The earliest documented complaint associated with the site occurred in 1966 when a Georgia Water Quality Inspector investigated the site based on reports from local citizens that the facility discharged waste products to a ditch, which flowed into a nearby creek. In 1986, EPA began investigating the release or potential release of hazardous substances at the site. During that same year, one of the site’s PRPs initiated a cleanup that removed much of the contaminated soils and installed series of monitoring wells to study ground water contamination. Included in the cleanup was the demolition of a building heavily contaminated with arsenic and construction of a cap over the contaminated soils and building debris generated during the cleanup. However, the action did not address dioxin for which appropriate disposal technologies had not been developed and contamination above health-based levels remained in the soils, sediments, structures, offsite soils, and nearby residences. In 1990, EPA listed the site on the NPL. Currently, Peach County Public Library, a welcome center and an adult education center are located on portions of the site. The City of Fort Valley plans to reuse remaining portions of the site.

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