NYSDEC Releases Draft Statement of Basis for OU3
On September 30, 2020, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) released its Draft Statement of Basis addressing conditions in Suspected Air Deposition Study Area 2 (Air Deposition Area 2), also known as Operable Unit 3 (OU-3) in the Middleport Environmental Remediation Program. All work in OU-3 is subject to a 2019 Order […]
EPA Deletes Dublin Road Landfill Superfund Site from National Priorities List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in a news release that it has deleted the FMC Corp. Dublin Road Landfill Superfund Site from the National Priorities List. The news release, which can be accessed here, noted the “FMC Corp. Dublin Road site is a 30-acre inactive waste site situated between the Towns of Ridgeway and […]
NYSDEC Issues Roy-Hart School Spring 2020 Community Update for Off-Site Air Deposition Area Cleanup
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has provided a Community Update for Phase 6 activities planned in 2020 for the investigation and cleanup of the Royalton-Hartland School District property. Click here to access the latest Roy-Hart Community Update.
FMC Receives NYSDEC Approval for Field Implementation of Pre-Design Work Plan for OU5 in Middleport
FMC Corporation has received approval from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), in consultation with the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), for field implementation of the Pre-Design Investigation Work Plan for the “Culvert 105 Study Area North of the Erie Canal” that includes portions of the Village of Middleport. The […]
NYSDEC Issues Spring 2020 Community Update for Off-Site Air Deposition Area Cleanup
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has provided a Community Update on activities planned for 2020 for the cleanup of properties in neighborhoods adjacent to the FMC Middleport Facility. Click here to access the Community Update.
FMC Statement on Small Pump House Electrical Fire
At approximately 8:00 a.m. this morning, a small electrical fire occurred within a groundwater pump house on the property of FMC’s Agricultural Sciences Plant in Middleport. The pump house supports the water treatment plant and is not part of the plant’s operations and no chemicals were involved. The fire was quickly contained by the Middleport […]
FMC Submits OU6 Reach T1 BC-Block Supplemental Sampling Work Plan
FMC has submitted and received approval on the OU6 Reach T1 BC-Block Supplemental Sampling Work Plan, which was submitted in accordance with the recently signed Order on Consent and Administrative Settlement. Click here to view the Work Plan. The Order stipulates that FMC will collect additional soil samples at Properties BC7 through BC10 (four residential properties) within […]
FMC Corporation Works Cooperatively With New York State on Mutually Agreed-Upon New Order on Consent for Middleport Area Remediation
FMC Corporation announced today that, as a follow up to an earlier-disclosed agreement in principle, it has entered into a new Order on Consent and Administrative Settlement with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). This document is the framework for activities related to the remediation of on-site and off-site areas impacted by […]
FMC To Re-Initiate Supplemental Sediment and Soil Sampling Activities in OU7 and OU8
FMC Corporation (FMC) will resume supplemental sediment and soil sampling activities in March 2019, weather permitting, for properties along Tributary One North of Pearson/Stone Roads, known as Operable Unit (OU7), and Jeddo and Johnson Creeks (OU8). FMC began conducting sampling in late August/early September 2018 as part of ongoing environmental studies requested by the New […]
FMC To Conduct Supplemental Sediment and Soil Sampling Activities in OU7 and OU8
FMC Corporation (FMC) will perform supplemental sediment and soil sampling activities later this summer for Tributary One North of Pearson/Stone Roads, known as Operable Unit (OU7), and Jeddo and Johnson Creeks (OU8) at the request of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) (the Agencies). The […]