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NPL Site Narrative for Del Norte Pesticide Storage
DEL NORTE COUNTY PESTICIDE STORAGE AREA
Crescent City, California
Federal Register Notice: September 21, 1984Conditions at listing (September 1983): The County of Del Norte owns land south of the county airport approximately 1 mile northwest of Crescent City, California. Portions of the land are occupied by county office buildings. In the early 1970s, an area about 150 by 200 feet was fenced to provide a collection site for a coordinated county-wide program for the interim storage of empty pesticide drums. The drums had contained pesticides, including dichloropropenes, dichloropropanes, 2,4-D, and 2,4,5-T. The county removed about 1,500 drums in January 1982. Sampling by the State has confirmed the presence of 1,2-dichloropropane, 2,4-D, and 2,4,5-T in the ground water at levels that equal or exceed the suggested maximum contaminant levels for these compounds. To date, there has been no evidence that off-site residential wells have been contaminated.
Status (June 1984): EPA is conducting a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the nature, cause, and extent of contamination at the site and to identify alternatives for remedial actions.
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.