MONSANTO CORP. (AUGUSTA PLANT)
AUGUSTA, GA
Superfund Site Profile
Site Contacts
Community Involvement Coordinator
Marjorie Thomas
[email protected]
(404) 562-9151
Remedial Project Manager
Ahmad Hassanein
[email protected]
(404) 562-8163
Site Location
Street Address:1610 MARVIN GRIFFIN RD
AUGUSTA, GA 30906
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Background
The 75-acre Monsanto Corp. (Augusta Plant) Superfund site is located in an industrial park in Richmond County, Augusta, Georgia. The facility is a phosphate manufacturing plant that has been operating since 1962. Monsanto Corporation (Monsanto) initially operated the site. Prayon, Inc., has owned and operated the plant since 1999.
Phosphoric acid, one of the plant’s raw materials, was previously manufactured at the plant but is now imported from off site. The plant’s manufacturing process generated several waste products, including arsenic trisulfide. Monsanto used two small on-site landfills to dispose of and filter cake sludge containing arsenic trisulfide. Contamination from these landfills ...
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