# ABERDEEN PESTICIDE SITE
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20392`
- **Case Number:** 04-1988-0099
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ANDERSON, GEORGE D. SR. (complaint)
- CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION (complaint)
- FARM CHEMICALS, INC. (complaint)
- GROWER SERVICE CORPORATION (complaint)
- TAYLOR,  JACK  J. M. (complaint)
## Summary

THE ABERDEEN PESTICIDE SITE CONSISTS OF FIVE AREAS IDEN-   TIFIED AS THE  FARM CHEMICALS SITE  (HEREINAFTER SOMETIMES   REFERRED TO AS THE  FCS )  FAIRWAY SIX SITE  (HEREINAFTER    SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE  TS ), THE  MCIVER DUMP SITE    (HEREINAFTER SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE  RS ), ALL LOCATED WITHIN 3 MILES OF THE CITY OF ABERDEEN, MOORE COUNTY, NORTH  CAROLINA.  THE SITE HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH   DDT, PARATHION, TOXAPHENE, LINDANE, ALDRIN AND OTHER         PESTICIDE CHEMICALS.  THE SITE WAS BROUGHT TO EPA'S ATTEN-   TION IN 1984 AND 1985.  EPA CONDUCTED IMMEDIATE REMOVAL      ACTIVITIES FOR THE FSS, THE TS AND THE MDS IN 1985 AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $1.6 MILLION.  THESE ACTIVITIES, WHICH      INVOLVED THE EXCAVATION OF CONTAMINATED MATERIAL AND DIS-    POSAL AT THE GSX FACILITY IN PINEWOOD, S.C., RESULTED IN THE CLEANUP OF THE MDS AND THE PARTIAL CLEANUP OF THE OTHER      AREAS.  THESE REMOVAL ACTIVITIES AND RELATED INVESTIGATIONS  RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF ADDITIONAL AREAS OF CONTAMINA-  TION AT THE TS AND THE FSS.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS AND   SAMPLING CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF TRENCHES AT THE FSS, A    RESIDUAL GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION PLUME AND LOW-LEVEL       SURFACE CONTAMINATION AT THE TS AND CONTAMINATION AT THE     FCS.  DURING AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1988 EPA COMPLETED THE    EXCAVATION AND STOCKPILING OF CONTAMINATED SOIL AT THE FSS.  THE INCINERATION OF THIS STOCKPILED MATERIAL OVER THE NEXT   YEAR SHOULD COMPLETE THE REMOVAL ACTIO

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