GOLDEN ROAD
The 8.9-acre site is located in a rural area just outside the City of Tifton in south-central Georgia, at the intersection of Golden Road and the Norfolk Southern Railroad. Light industrial and agricultural areas surround the site. A few residences are also located nearby. Chevron Chemical Company owned and operated a pesticide and herbicide formulating plant on a portion of the site EPA refers to as Operable Unit-1 (OU-1) from 1950 to 1970. Several other companies, such as Tifton Chemical Company, Tiftchem Products, Inc. and Marzone Chemical Company, owned and operated the plant from 1970 until full-scale chemical formulation operations ended in 1983. Businesses now use the north and south warehouses located on the OU-1 portion of the site for light industrial purposes, including equipment storage and metal recycling. Companies used the other portion of the site, referred to by EPA as OU-2, as a formulation and packaging plant for pesticides and fertilizers. Handling of agricultural chemicals on this portion of the site may have begun as early as 1967. A series of owners, including Golden Seed Inc., formulated pesticides and conducted fertilizer operations until 1992. Banner Grain & Peanut Company now uses OU-2 for peanut storage and processing. Georgia EPD first became involved at the site during the 1970s, followed by EPA in 1984. In 1989, EPA listed the site on the NPL.
2,895 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$46,989 |
Average Income |
1,098 |
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