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EPA Completes Third Five Year Review of Geigy Chemical Corporation in Aberdeen, NC

Release Date: 9/30/2013
Contact Information: James Pinkney, (404) 562-9183 (Direct), (404) 562-8400 (Main) [email protected]

(ATLANTA – September 30, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 announces the completion of the third Five-Year Review of the remedy for the Geigy Chemical Corporation Site located in Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina.

In April 2013, the EPA conducted a five-year review of the remedies for contaminated soils and groundwater for the Geigy Chemical Corporation Site. The remedy at the Site currently protects human health and the environment. The next five-year review is required within five years of the signature of the report by September 2018.

Additional Site information is available at the Site’s local document repository and the findings of the Five-Year Review will also be sent to the repository located at the Page Memorial Library, 100 South Poplar Street, Aberdeen, NC 28315.

Community members who have questions about the Site or the five-year review process are asked to contact:

Mr. Jon Bornholm at 404-562-8820 or [email protected] and EPA Community Involvement Coordinator, Kerisa Coleman at (404) 562-8831 or [email protected].

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