Public Health Assessment: Benfield Industries NPL Site Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina. EPA Facility ID: NCD9810226479

摘要

The N.C. Division of Public Healths (DPH) top priority is to make sure the community near the site has the best science information available to safeguard its health. Benfield Industries (Riverbend Street, Waynesville, NC) mixed and packaged bulk materials for resale from 1976 until fire destroyed the facility in 1982. Products handled by Benfield Industries included: paint thinners, solvents, sealants, cleaners, de-icing solutions and wood preservatives. The 6-acre site was placed on the National Priorities List (NPL, or Superfund) in 1989. During the Superfund process, soil and groundwater contamination with a variety of organic and metal substances was identified on the site. Clean-up operations on the site have been approved and monitored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Soil cleanup began in 1997 and continued until 2000. Active groundwater cleanup began on site in 2001 and continued until 2007. In 2008, EPA asked the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATDSR) to update the original Public Health Assessment (PHA) published in 1990. N.C. DPH evaluated soil, groundwater, surface water and sediment data collected on the site from 1990 through 2008. In 2002, Haywood County sold the 6-acre property to Haywood Vocational Opportunities, Inc (HVO). HVO redeveloped the property in 2004 and currently operates a manufacturing facility on the property. The property deed includes deed restrictions that prevent the property from being developed for residential use or other activities that could disturb residual contamination.