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***Final Site*** Decem ber 2013


### CR ISTEX DRU M Oxfo rd, Nort h Caro li na Granv il l e County

 **Site Lo**  **cat ion:** 

The Cr ist ex Drum site is a 22-acre prop erty with a 150,000 squ ar e-foot former manuf ac tu ring building, lo ca ted in an industria l are a on Industry Drive in Oxford, North C ar olin a.

 **Site Hi**  **st or**  **y:**
The busin e ss was op era ted as a w ar p knit fa br ic mill fr om 1965 to 1986. The mill changed names ove r the ye ar s fr om Ste in fe ld Mills to IMI Knits and th en f in ally to Cr ist ex, Inc., in 1981. The mill engaged in k nittin g, dyeing and finishing of nylon a ce tate Tricot and dr y cleaning of the manuf ac tu re d fabric s. S in ce 1986 the building has been used

pr im ar ily a s w arehouse sp ace.

 **Site Con**  **ta min**  **atio n/Con**  **ta min**  **ants:**

Th ere ar e obs er ved releases of t et rac hloroe th en e ( PC E), trichloroe th e ne (TCE), dichloroe th e ne (DCE), vinyl chlor id e
, benzene, chlorobenzene and h ea vy meta ls to soils and ground water from the former texti le op era tions. The ma jo rit y of the soil conta min a tion is lo ca ted und er n ea th the building. A wa st ewater lagoon whi ch re ce iv ed sev era l spills fr om the fac ili t y is lo ca ted on the prop erty. In 1998, the lagoon dam was breached, re l ea si ng approx im ate ly 400,000 gallons

of conta min ated lagoon contents to su rfac e wat er

.

 **Potential Im**  **p ac**  **ts on**  **S urrounding Communi**  **ty/Env iron**  **ment:**

PC E con ce ntrations are in crea si n g in d ee p monito r ing w e lls and may pose a r isk to pr iv a te and/or comm erc ia l d r inki n g

water we lls to the south and ea st. The south ea st er n edge of the ground water plume is unch arac t er i ze d and may p re sent
in crea sed vapor intrusion r isk for the n ear b y Oak R id ge apartm ents. Obs erved re l ea ses of l ea d, chro mium, manganes e, vanadium and nickel have b ee n documented in the adjacent we tl ands, and the b re ached lagoon continues to dischar ge

to su rfac e water.

 **R es**  **pon se Activities**  **(t o d**  **ate):**

The EPA conducted an em er gency removal of 26 buri ed drums and 137 drum car ca ss es discov er ed at the rea r of the

prop er ty in 1997. T he former building own er s had a tt empted site cha rac teriza tion and re mo val of two above-ground

sto ra ge tanks and an oil water sep ara tor benea th the building und er the Sta te In ac tive Haz ar dous S it es prog ra m. Th es e former own er s withd rew fr om the program in 2004 b eca use of l ac k of fund in g.

 **N ee**  **d f**  **or NP**  **L Li sti**  **ng:**
The st a te of No r th C ar oli na r ef e rre d the site to the EPA to a llow for a comp re hensive cleanup to add re ss a ll th e hum a n h ea lth and environmental risks posed b y the sit e. Oth er fede ra l and st a te cl ea nup prog ra ms were eva lu ated, but are not

viable a t this tim e. The EP A rece iv ed a le tt er of support for pl ac ing this site on the NPL from the st ate.

[The descrip ti on of the s ite (r ele as e) is ba s ed on informa ti on ava il ab le at the time the s it e was ev al ua ted wi th the HRS. The descrip ti on m ay

c hang e as a dd iti ona l informa ti o n is ga ther ed on the s ou r ces an d exte nt of c on ta mi na ti on . S ee 56 FR 5 60 0, Feb ru ar y 11, 19 91, or s ub se qu en t

FR no tice s.]

Fo r mo re infor ma ti on about the haza r dou s s ub st an ce s iden ti fied in th is narra ti ve summary, incl ud in g ge neral informa ti on r ega rding the effec ts of ex po su re to
the se s ub st an ce s on human h ea lt h, pl ea se see the A ge ncy for Tox ic Sub st an ce s and Dis ea se R eg ist ry (ATS DR) ToxFA Qs. ATS DR To xF AQs ca n be f ou nd on th e I nternet a t http://www.a ts dr.cdc.gov /t oxfaq s/i nd ex .a sp or by tele ph on e at 1-888-42-ATS DR or 1- 88 8-4 22 -87 37.