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Sites in Continued Use
Macon Naval Ordnance Plant

600 Guy Paine Road, Macon, Georgia 31206

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Images from left to right: Aerial view of the site, and employee break room and lab facilities on site.

Site Name: Macon Naval Ordnance Plant Superfund Site
Size: 433 acres

Existing Site Infrastructure: Road, railroad and commercial infrastructure are in place, with standard
utilities available.

Current Site Uses: The Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority (MBCIA) operates the Allied Industrial
Park on site. Companies include Freudenberg Texbond LP, plumbing and roofing supply companies, and a
moving and storage company.

Use Restrictions: None in place.

SETTING:

•	The site is located in a commercial area.

•	MBQA leases and sells on-site buildings for commercial and
industrial use. Other businesses have also built facilities, on site.

•	As of December 2017, EPA had data for 19 on-site businesses.
These businesses employed 630 people and generated an
estimated $108,523,482 in annual sales revenue.

•	Surrounding population: 0.5 miles, 28 people
2.5 miles, 11,297 people | 4.0 miles, 37,736 people.

REMEDIAL STATUS:

•	The site includes the area where die U.S. Navy and several
companies manufactured ordnance, conducted metal plating
and made seatbelts from 1941 to 1981. Improper handling,
storage and disposal of hazardous substances resulted in site-
wide contamination.

•	EPA placed die site on the Superfund program's National
Priorities List in 2013.

•	Groundwater beneadi the site is contaminated with

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

trichloroediene (TCek The groundwater is not used for
drinking water.. However, TCE in groundwater can contaminate
indoor air via a process called vapor intrusion, especially in
smaller enclosed spaces.

•	EPA sampled die air at several site businesses in 2015; two
locations had unacceptable levels of TCE in indoor air.

•	At these two locations, EPA took immediate steps to mitigate
vapor intrusion and reduce TCE to acceptable levels in indoor
air.

•	BPA expects to finalize agreements with potentially responsible
parties (PRPs) in September 2018, dien begin die site's PRP-led
remedial investigation in 2019.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Brian Farrier
Remedial Project Manager
Phone: (404) 562-8952
Email: farrier.brian@epa.gov
Superfund Division
U.S. EPA Region 4
61 Forsyth Street SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Site Summary: www.epa.gov/superfund/macon-naval-ordnance-plant

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

EPA Region 4 Reuse Fact Sheets

September 2018


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