The National Starch site is located in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina with contamination affecting approximately 20 acres of the 500 acre tract. Construction of the National Starch facility at this location began in 1970 and it remains an active facility. This plant primarily manufactures textile-finishing chemicals and custom specialty chemicals.
Production takes place on a batch basis.
Volatile and semi-volatile chemicals, and acid and alkaline solutions are used in the manufacturing and cleaning processes. The Site was broken into four Operable Units. The groundwater beneath the site contains basically the same list of contaminants detected in the soil. Implementation for OU 2 was done under a Consent Decree which was signed in August 1991 and entered by the Federal Court on July 20, 1992. Construction for OU 1 RA began in August 1990 and was completed in March 1996.