FCX, INC. (WASHINGTON PLANT)
WASHINGTON, NC
Superfund Site Profile
Site Contacts
Community Involvement Coordinator
Zariah Lewis
[email protected]
(404) 562-8342
Remedial Project Manager
Drew Baumann
[email protected]
(404) 562-9715
Site Location
Street Address:GRIMES RD
WASHINGTON, NC 27889
Background
The 12-acre FCX, Inc., (Washington Plant) Superfund site is located in northwest Washington, North Carolina. Grimes Road and Whispering Pines Road border the site to the northeast. Wetlands, Kennedy Creek and the Tar River border the site to the south and southwest. Agricultural land borders the site to the west and northwest. The site’s broader surroundings include commercial, industrial and residential land uses.
From 1945 to 1985, the Farmer’s Cooperative Exchange (FCX) operated a farm supply distribution center at the site. Operations at the distributions center packaged and sold pesticides, herbicides and tobacco-treating chemicals. Beginning in the early 1970s, operations ...
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