Waste Site Reports: North Carolina

NOAA trust species in North Carolina include commercially important invertebrates such as blue crab, brown shrimp, pink shrimp, and white shrimp. Marine and estuarine species of fish include Atlantic menhaden, spotted sea trout (important game fish), summer flounder, and Southern flounder. Several species of turtles protected under the Endangered Species Act are present in North Carolina's waters, such as the green sea turtle, Kemp's ridley, and loggerhead sea turtle. Marine mammals include the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, and the harbor seal.

Military Sites in North Carolina

North Carolina is dotted with 276 military installations and formerly used defense areas. Currently, 35 installations are addressed under Superfund (CERCLA) or Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) programs. The nature of defense-related activities involves chemicals that are highly toxic and persistent in the environment. In North Carolina, military-related contaminants of concern include VOCs, PCBs, PAHs, heavy metals, pesticides, and solvents. In 1989, the NOAA RRC program conducted a Coastal Hazardous Material Site Review for the USMC Camp Lejeune site contaminated with pesticides and PCBs. NOAA is currently involved in investigations and cleanup for this site as well as Cherry Point Marine Corps Base. NOAA's input is needed now to ensure cleanups that are protective of coastal natural resources as well as human health. NOAA offers technical expertise and a neutral perspective valued by both the military and the local public.

Areas of Special Concern in North Carolina

The NOAA RRC program works to protect and restore natural resources throughout North Carolina. The estuaries and coastal rivers and wetlands are of special concern to NOAA since they provide nursery and adult habitat for many NOAA trust species. In addition to the sport and commercially harvested species, there are endangered sea turtles and several species of marine mammals that are present in coastal areas of the state. The New, Neuse and Roanoke Rivers are of special concern to NOAA since they discharge into estuarine and coastal waters and have received hazardous waste from industrial and military activities. Additionally, the FCX, Inc. site's highly toxic contaminants may be reaching North Carolina's and NOAA trust resources through surface runoff and groundwater discharges into wetland habitat in Kennedy Creek and the Pamlico River. The upper Pamlico River provides spawning and nursery habitat for a variety of commercially important fish species.

Waste Site Reports

NC: A CRC State Summary Summary in PDF form. (Document format: PDF, size: 507.4 K)

NC: ABC One Hour Cleaners (Reviewed 1989); CERCLIS No. = NCD024644494 (Document format: PDF, size: 28.0 K)

NC: FCX, Incorporated (Washington Plant) (Reviewed 1989); CERCLIS No. = NCD981475932 (Document format: PDF, size: 21.8 K)

NC: Horseshoe Road Dump (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No.=NC0001206572 (Document format: PDF, size: 262.4 K)

NC: New Hanover County Airport Burn Pit (Reviewed 1989); CERCLIS No. = NCD981021157 (Document format: PDF, size: 22.0 K)

NC: Potter's Septic Tank Services Pits (Reviewed 1989); CERCLIS No. = NCD981023260 (Document format: PDF, size: 21.9 K)

NC: Reasor Chemical Company (Reviewed 2004); CERCLIS No. = NCD986187094 (Document format: PDF, size: 367.4 K)

NC: USMC Camp Lejeune (Reviewed 1989); CERCLIS No. = NC6170022580 (Document format: PDF, size: 23.0 K)

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