&EPA

Sites in Continued Use
Fort Valley Mixed Use Property

East Main Street, P.O. Box 938, Fort Valley, Georgia 31030

FORCE



SUPERFUND

TASK

In May 2017, EPA established a task force to restore the Superfund program to its rightful
place at the center of the Agency's core mission to protect health and the environment.

epa.gov/superfund/superfund-task-force

Images from left to right: The Ttoutman House Fort Valley Welcome Center, Peach County Public Library, and attendees
enjoying the Fort Valley Festival Park

Site Name: Woolfolk Chemical Works, Inc. Superfund site
Size: 31 acres

Existing Site Infrastructure: All major utilities are available on site.

Current Site Uses: A public library, an adult education center, Fort Valley Festival Park, a welcome center
and office space are located on site. Homes on site were also cleaned up and remain in use. Norfolk
Southern Railroad tracks and a fire station are located on the northwest part of the site. The City of Fort
Valley plans to reuse remaining areas of the site.

Use Restrictions: A 5-to-7-acre area at the site must remain paved.

SETTING:

•	The site and surrounding areas are zoned for industrial,
commercial and residential uses.

•	Homes are located west, south and east of the site.
Businesses and light industrial facilities are north,
northwest and east of the site.

•	Surrounding population: 0.5 miles, 953 people
2.5 miles, 10,991 people | 4 miles, 13,270 people.

•	As: of December 2017, EPA had data for eight on-site
businesses. These businesses employed 55 people and
generated an estimated $10.4 million in annual sales
revenue.

REMEDIAL STATUS:

•	The site includes an area where, beginning in 1910, several
companies produced, packaged and stored herbicides and
pesticides.

Disddm0i EPA does not warrant that the property is suitable
for any particular use. Prospective purchasers must contact the
property owner for sale potential.

•	BPA placed the site on the Superfund program's National
Priorities List (NPL) in 1990. The site includes the former
Woolfolk Chemical Works facility and surrounding areas.

•	Cleanup actions from 1993 to 1997 included removal of
contaminated soil and waste from 26 residential properties
and a drainage corridor, cleanup of contaminated attic
dust, and demolition of a contaminated building.

•	Groundwater pumping and treatment is ongoing.

•	Investigations to further address the site's drainage
corridor are ongoing

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Charles King
Remedial Project Manager
Super-fund Division
IIS, EPA Region 4
61 Forsyth Street SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Phone: (404) 562-8287

Email: king.charlesl@epa.gov
Site Summary: www.epa.gov/superfund/woolfolk-chemical-works

EPA Region 4 Reuse Fact Sheets

September 2018


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