OFF 74-76 NEAR SANDY CREEK & NORTHWEST
The 5-acre site is located immediately south of U.S. Highway 74/76 in Sandy Creek, Brunswick County, North Carolina. The site includes an area of land within a residential neighborhood, one mile west of Maco, North Carolina. The residential area includes some low-income residents. Residences and forested land border the site. The site’s broader surroundings include rural residential properties and agricultural land. From 1969 until 1976, the Skipper family owned the site and operated a sludge hauling and oil spill cleanup company. Operations disposed of septic tank sludge, oil sludge and other waste materials in shallow unlined pits or onto the ground at the site. In 1976, the owners pumped approximately 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of black oil from a pit on site and covered the pit with soil. Also in 1976, an earthen berm at the site failed, releasing approximately 20,000 gallons of oil from another on-site pit. Oil flowed into Rattlesnake Creek and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to clean up the spill. After the spill, site owners pumped the remaining 20,000 gallons of oil from the remaining pits and disposed of the oil off site. The site owners also dug up sludge and oil-stained soil, disposed of it an off-site facility and mixed the sludge remaining on site with sand. Between 1980 and 1983, the site changed ownership and the new owner developed the site into residential lots. In 1983, the owner found sludge in the yard of one residential property. In 1984, EPA removed approximately three million pounds of contaminated soil from the site and disposed of it off site. In 1989, EPA listed the site on the NPL. The site is not in use.
451 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$62,303 |
Average Income |
157 |
Occupied homes |
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