c/EPA www.epa.gov Reuse and the Benefit to Community FMC Corp. (Yakima Pit) Superfund Site Technical Appendix Positive Impacts: Employment Information for On-site Jobs The Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) database provided information on the number of employees and sales volume for on-site businesses. D&B provides information on businesses and corporations. It maintains a database of over 179 million companies globally and over 53 million professional contact names using a variety of sources, including public records, trade references, telecommunication providers, newspapers and publications, and telephone interviews. Positive Impacts: Wage and Income Information for On-site Jobs The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) provided wage and income information. The BLS is a governmental statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress and other federal agencies in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The data provided by the BLS have high standards of accuracy and consistently high statistical quality, and impartiality in both subject matter and presentation. The BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages database provided average weekly wage data for each of the businesses located at the FMC Corp. (Yakima Pit) Superfund site. Average weekly wage data were identified by matching the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes corresponding with each type of business with weekly wage data for corresponding businesses in Yakima County. If not available at the county level, wage data were sought by state or national level, respectively. In cases where wage data were not available for the six-digit NAICS code, higher level (less detailed) NAICS codes were used to obtain the wage data. To determine the annual wages (mean annual) earned from jobs generated by each of the businesses located at the FMC Corp. (Yakima Pit) Superfund site, the average weekly wage figure was multiplied by the number of weeks in a year (52) and by the number of jobs (employees) for each of the businesses. 1 October 2013 ------- Table 1: FMC Corp. (Yakima Pit) Superfund Site Businesses: NAICS Code and Title, Employees, Average Weekly Wage, Annual Wage per Employee, Total Annual Wages, and Annual Sales On-site Business NAICS Code NAICS Title Employees Average Weekly Wage (2012)a Annual Wage (Mean Annual) per Employee Total Annual Wages'3 Annual Sales (2012) Country Farms and Garden lncc 444220 Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Stores 11 $811 $42,172 $463,892 $960,000 Butler's Welding Inc (doing business as: Butler's Welding & RV Accessories) 811310 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance 3 $506 $26,312 $78,936 $280,000 TOTALS 14 $542,828 $1,240,000 a Average weekly wage per employee is based on BLS Average Weekly Wage data. bTotal annual wage figures were derived by multiplying "Employees" by "Annual Wage (Mean Annual) per Employee." c The D&B database has two separate entries for Country Farms and Garden (one for headquarters and one for a branch) at the same location on site. The figures for jobs and annual sales combine these two entries. 2 October 2013 ------- Positive Impacts: Property Values and Local Tax Revenue Generated from Property Taxes Property records accessible through Yakima County's online property records database (http://yes.co.yakima.wa.us/Assessor/char search.aspx) provided data on the most recently assessed values and taxes for property parcels at the FMC Corp. (Yakima Pit) Superfund site in 2013. Table 2: Property Value and Tax Summary for Taxes Payable in 2013 Parcel ID # Current Parcel Owner (2012) Acreage Total Market Value of Land and Improvements (2012)a Total Net Tax (2013) 191331-42402 Dennis L & Alice E Stephens 2.58 $438,500 $5,655.04 191331-42405 Thomas & Sherry Desanto 1.31 $627,300 $8,089.89 191331-42406 Thomas & Sherry Desanto 0.58 $87,000 $1,121.99 191331-42407 Larry J Butler 1.17 $438,600 $5,656.35 TOTALS 5.64 $1,591,400 $20,523.27 a Values established by Yakima County's Assessor. 3 October 2013 ------- |