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FMC Dublin Road Landfill
Shelby and Ridgeway
Former federal Superfund landfill used from 1933 to 1968 for wastes from the Niagara Sprayer and FMC pesticide operation in Middleport. DDT, DDD, DDE, lindane-related compounds, metals, and other wastes affected several environmental media; the remedy consolidated and capped waste, treated water, restored wetlands, and established continuing controls.
The documented story
What happened here?
The 30-acre Dublin Road property lies in the towns of Shelby and Ridgeway. From 1933 through 1968, approximately six acres received coal ash, cinders, laboratory material, building debris, lime-sulfur residues, and residues from pesticide-production areas and equipment associated with the Middleport plant.
EPA and DEC treated Dublin Road as a distinct disposal site. Its history is directly related to FMC Middleport, but its landfill boundary, remedy, and present-day controls are separate.
Connected history — the disposal half of pesticide production
Dublin Road received residues carried away from FMC Middleport
1933-1968documented period of waste placement at Dublin Road
1933-1968
Plant wastes were placed above and below ground
Niagara Sprayer and FMC used the southern portion of the 30-acre property for an engineered waste pile containing coal ash and cinders, chemical bottles and residues, lime-sulfur material, building debris, and pesticide-production cleanup waste.
Superfund remedy
The cleanup addressed waste, water, and wetland pathways together
The remedy consolidated affected material into a capped cell, treated groundwater and runoff, restored wetlands, restricted future disturbance, and established monitoring. DDT, DDD, DDE, lindane-related compounds, metals, and other constituents appear in the site record.
2015-2020 onward
Completed construction shifted the work to stewardship
New York reclassified the property for long-term management and EPA deleted it from the National Priorities List in 2020. Cap maintenance, sampling, five-year reviews, and deed restrictions continue because contained waste remains.
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Middleport pesticide waste is transported to a separate rural disposal property
The Dublin Road record documents how production residues, laboratory material, ash, debris, and equipment-cleaning waste extended FMC's environmental footprint beyond the plant community.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ↗Superfund deletion begins stewardship rather than erasing the landfill
EPA deletion and state Class 4 status followed construction of the remedy. The capped waste, wetland restoration, water restrictions, inspections, and periodic reviews remain part of the neighboring community's land-use record.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ↗Chemical guide
Chemicals named in this record
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Chronology
Timeline
- 1933-1968
Niagara Sprayer and FMC used part of the property for disposal of pesticide-production residues and other wastes.
- 1993
EPA and DEC selected a remedy for contaminated soil, sediment, debris, groundwater, and surface water.
- Remedial construction
Affected material was consolidated into an engineered on-site containment cell while water treatment and wetland restoration addressed migration pathways.
- 2015
DEC determined that remedial construction was complete and reclassified the property from Class 2 to Class 4.
- 2020-present
EPA deleted the site from the National Priorities List; state-supervised monitoring and site management continue.
Environmental record
Documented impacts
- EPA's remedy records identify DDT, DDD, DDE, alpha-, beta-, and gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane, including lindane, as site contaminants of concern.
- Arsenic, copper, lead, mercury, zinc, pesticides, and related wastes affected combinations of soil, sediment, groundwater, and surface water.
- A historical cleanup record is not evidence that present-day neighboring drinking water is contaminated; exposure and water-quality conclusions must come from current sampling records.
Response
Cleanup and controls
- The remedy excavated and consolidated affected soil, sediment, debris, and waste into an engineered on-site cell with treatment, leachate controls, and a soil cap.
- Groundwater and surface-water treatment, wetland restoration, inspections, monitoring, an environmental easement, and land and groundwater restrictions support the long-term remedy.
Then and now
The site today
Deletion from the federal Superfund list and Class 4 state status mean the remedy was constructed and is being managed; they do not mean the capped waste or long-term obligations disappeared.
Atlas connections
Connected places
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FMC Middleport production and Dublin Road disposal
The Middleport manufacturing facility and Dublin Road landfill share a documented pesticide-production and waste-disposal history, but each has its own boundary, remedy, and present-day obligations.
The Middleport plant manufactured pesticides; releases and deposition led to separate facility and off-site cleanup areas.
Pesticide-production waste landfillFMC Dublin Road LandfillDublin Road received residues and other waste associated with the Middleport operation from 1933 through 1968.