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NPL Site Narrative for Firestone Tire & Rubber Co(Albany Plant)
FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. (ALBANY PLANT)
Albany, Georgia
Federal Register Notice: October 4, 1989Conditions at proposal (June 24, 1988): Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. has manufactured tires on a 329.2-acre site in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, since 1968. Until 1980, drums of waste cement were stored on the ground in an area of less than 1 acre. In another area, wastes were buried in a pit during fire-training exercises.
In 1986, a consultant to the company detected benzene, 1,1-dichloroethylene, toluene, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and zinc in on-site wells. An estimated 400 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site, and 1,000 acres of cropland are irrigated with well water.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application to treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to generator-only status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it satisfies a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA policy.
Status (October 4, 1989): EPA is considering various alternatives for the site.
For more information about the hazardous substances identified in this narrative summary, including general information regarding the effects of exposure to these substances on human health, please see the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQs. ATSDR ToxFAQs can be found on the Internet at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html or by telephone at 1-888-42-ATSDR or 1-888-422-8737.