reasor chemical company

NC 132

The 25-acre site is located at 5100 North College Road (Hwy 132) in Castle Hayne, New Hanover County, approximately 13 miles north of Wilmington, North Carolina. The site is located near the intersection of Hwy 132 and Kings Castle Road. Dense woods cover the site. Site features include areas that formerly housed an extraction unit, a refinery, distillation units, a burning area for copper and plastic, a pipe shop area, 10 tank cradles, and a former drum disposal area. A gate controls access to the site’s driveway. The site is not fenced. Commercial and industrial land uses border the site to the south, an elementary school borders the site to the north, Prince George Creek borders the site to the southeast and residences border the site to the west. From 1959 until 1972, Reasor Chemical Company produced turpentine, resin, pine oil and related compounds from pine tree stumps at the site. In 1969, most operations at the site ended. The company removed equipment and demolished several buildings. In 1972, a fire destroyed remaining on-site structures. In 2002, EPA listed the site on the NPL. Following cleanup activities, the local government rezoned the formerly industrial site for residential land uses. Surrounding properties are expected to be rezoned for commercial and residential land uses. The site property is currently vacant. However, the site can support residential, recreational and ecological reuses.

Hazardous Ranking Score

32 / 100

A score of 28.5 or higher qualifies a site for the Superfund National Priority List.

Regional Contact

Region 4
Phone: (404) 562-9900
Fax: (404) 562-8174

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Discovery
Site Inspection
Preliminary Assessment
Final Listing On NPL
Removal

Contaminants & Health Effects

      Carcinogen
      Endocrine Disrupter
      Neurotoxic
      Sensitiser
      Reproductive Toxin
      Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
      VOC
      Mutagen

        Census

        White
        African American
        Asian
        American Indian and Alaska Native
        Native Hawaiian
        Other

        1,211

        People living
        within a 1 mile radius

        $56,756

        Average Income

        475

        Occupied homes

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