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NPL Site Narrative for West Virginia Ordnance (USARMY)
WEST VIRGINIA ORDNANCE
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Federal Register Notice: September 8, 1983Conditions at listing (October 1981): The West Virginia Ordnance Site in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, was originally an 8,000-acre ordnance works run by the U.S. Army during World War II. Presently, the State owns and operates the land as the McClintic Wildlife Refuge, open for public hunting and fishing. Portions of the site that contain buried lines associated with the manufacturing of trinitrotoluene (TNT) may be filled partially with crystalline TNT. Surface water (Pond 13) is contaminated with dinitrotoluene (DNT), a chemical precursor of TNT.
This is the top priority site in West Virginia.
Status (July 1983): EPA recently completed a Remedial Action Master Plan outlining the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site. Initial remedial measures recommended for this site include posting and fencing of open manholes leading to the buried lines and fencing of Pond 13.
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.