reasor chemical company

NC 132

The 25-acre site is located at 5100 North College Road (Hwy 132) in Castle Hayne, New Hanover County, approximately 13 miles north of Wilmington, North Carolina. The site is located near the intersection of Hwy 132 and Kings Castle Road. Dense woods cover the site. Site features include areas that formerly housed an extraction unit, a refinery, distillation units, a burning area for copper and plastic, a pipe shop area, 10 tank cradles, and a former drum disposal area. A gate controls access to the site’s driveway. The site is not fenced. Commercial and industrial land uses border the site to the south, an elementary school borders the site to the north, Prince George Creek borders the site to the southeast and residences border the site to the west. From 1959 until 1972, Reasor Chemical Company produced turpentine, resin, pine oil and related compounds from pine tree stumps at the site. In 1969, most operations at the site ended. The company removed equipment and demolished several buildings. In 1972, a fire destroyed remaining on-site structures. In 2002, EPA listed the site on the NPL. Following cleanup activities, the local government rezoned the formerly industrial site for residential land uses. Surrounding properties are expected to be rezoned for commercial and residential land uses. The site property is currently vacant. However, the site can support residential, recreational and ecological reuses.

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