• BARBER ORCHARD, HAYWOOD County, NC

Stage of Clean-up: Study Underway

Conditions at Proposal (January 11, 2001): The Barber Orchard site is located along U.S. Highway 74 in Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina. The property is about 400 acres in size and was used as a commercial apple from about 1908 to 1988; a portion of the property is still used to grow apples. Part of the orchard has been developed into a residential community. Throughout its operational years, various pesticide mixtures containing DDT, HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE (BHC), ENDRIN, and/or DIELDRIN, as well as ARSENIC, LEAD, and other hazardous substances, were applied to the orchard to control insects and rodents. Pesticides and related metals from spills, leaks, and improper disposal of pesticide-contaminated containers, as well as from product application, have been detected in soils and ground water throughout the site. The site is being proposed to the NPL because pesticide-related contamination is present in residential soils and in private drinking water wells.  More...

Contaminants Detected
	Ground Water	Surface Water	Air	Soil	Other
ALPHA-CHLORDANE				X
ARSENIC				X
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS				X
DDD				X
DDE				X
DDT				X
DELTA-BHC	X			X
DIELDRIN				X
ENDOSULFAN				X
ENDRIN	X			X
ENDRIN ALDEHYDE				X
ENDRIN KETONE	X			X
GAMMA-CHLORDANE				X
HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE(ALPHA,BETA,GAMMA)				X
HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE, ALPHA ISOMER	X			X
HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE, BETA ISOMER	X			X
LEAD (PB)	X			X
LINDANE	X			X
SULFATE (ION)				X

EPA Hazard Ranking System scores for BARBER ORCHARD:

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Number of PRPs currently associated with this site:

Unknown

EPA Site Information

• NPL Fact Sheet
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Public Health Assessment
• NPL Site 5 Year Reviews
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) Hazardous Waste Site Information
• Superfund Hazardous Waste Site Advanced Query Form

Scorecard reports for HAYWOOD County on:

• Potential Sources of Land Contamination
• Criteria Air Pollutants
• Hazardous Air Pollutants