FMC Middleport Facility
RCRA Corrective Action - General Information
FMC's Middleport Facility is a pesticide formulation and packaging plant that formerly manufactured arsenic-based and other pesticide products. As a result of past manufacturing operations and waste disposal practices at this facility, chemical releases have occurred effecting soil, sediment, surface water and groundwater at the facility and in off-site areas. This environmental contamination is being addressed under the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's (Department's) RCRA Corrective Action Program, in cooperation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Health. The Department has established this web page to provide the public with information on the RCRA Corrective Action activities related to this FMC facility.
Links are provided in the right column to supply the public with access to documents and related web pages that are pertinent to the RCRA Corrective Action activities at the FMC Middleport facility. Complete copies of the documents listed on this web page and other documents pertaining to the FMC facility, are available for public review at the:
Middleport Village Library, 9 Vernon Street, Middleport, New York
Additional information regarding RCRA Corrective Action at this FMC Facility may be obtained by contacting the Department's Buffalo Office at (716) 851-7220 or the Department's Albany Office at (518) 402-8594.
Public Involvement Opportunities
FMC submitted Draft RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI) Report Volumes containing information on recently completed environmental investigations pertaining to soil and sediment contamination in some off-site areas. Links to a fact sheet and figures regarding these completed investigations are provided in the right column. The Draft RFI Report Volumes I, II & IV are provided through the Middleport Community Involvement Group web site. A link to this site is available in the Offsite Links section on the right side of this page.
The governmental agencies held public sessions on FMC Draft RFI Report Volumes I, II & IV on June 10, 2009 and accepted written comments from the public during a 45 day period which began on May 18, 2009 and ran through July 2, 2009. Our responses to written comments and verbal comments made during the June 10, 2009 public session are contained in the governmental agencies' "Responsiveness Summary", which is provided by the link in the right hand column.
