Macon Naval Ordnance Plant - NOrd(F)-1179 (Macon, Georgia)

 EPA superfund, closed / former military, ordnance factory

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U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant NOrd(F)-1179 {NOrd(F)means Purchases by Bureau of Ordnance (Facilities) (BuSandA symbol)}

This site was originally the Macon Naval Ordnance Plant (MNOP) that included the Allied Industrial Park property immediately to the north. Macon Naval Ordnance Plant was constructed and operated by Reynolds Corporation prior to World War II. The Navy assumed operations in 1941 and continued operations until 1965 for the production of ordnance. Many of the DoD era buildings at the Allied Industrial Park are currently being used by industrial tenants. The MNOP is approximately 343 acres, which extends from Guy Paine Road to the north, Mead Road to the east, Rocky Creek to the south, and the Central of Georgia Railroad tracks to the west

In 1941, the MNOP site was acquired by the Department of Defense (DOD), and was operated by the U.S. Navy for the manufacture of ordnance and explosives, including flares, small primers, detonators and other triggering mechanisms.MNOP had several buildings, explosive demolition and testing areas, fueling facilities, above and below ground storage tanks, solvent storage buildings, explosives storage areas, a metal plating facility, laboratories, a landfill area and a sewage treatment plant.

In 1965, the DOD sold the site to Maxson Electronics Corporation (Maxson). Maxson also manufactured ordnance at the site.In 1973, the site was sold to Allied Chemical Corporation (Allied). Allied manufactured seatbelt components at the site until 1981, when they sold the site to a current owner, Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority. Since 1981 a number of parcels have been leased and/or sold to various entities. The site is currently known as the Macon-Bibb County Allied Industrial Park

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This facility has been added to the NPL (National Priorities List) due to contamination of the soil and ground water in the area. Contaminated soil and ground water have contaminated Rocky Creek and the associated wetlands. There are no drinking water intakes on Rocky Creek, but Rocky Creek is designated as a fishery and citizens have been advised to not consume fish from Rocky Creek due to this contamination.

The EPA is proceeding with NPL listing because the US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) has withdrawn plans to investigate and remediate the site and is not addressing the site under its Formerly Used Defense Site program due to the existence of other potentially responsible parties. No other state or federal authorities are available to address the site. The EPA received a letter of support for placing this site on the NPL from the state.

(Information regarding listing on NPL: www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1860.htm)

As of March of 2012, it was being considered for the Federal Superfund after recommendation by the EPA.