MACALLOY CORPORATION
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC
Superfund Site Profile
Site Contacts
Community Involvement Coordinator
Rosemarie Nelson
[email protected]
(404) 562-8728
Remedial Project Manager
Craig Zeller
[email protected]
(404) 562-8827
Site Location
Street Address:1800 PITTSBURGH AVENUE
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC 29405
Background
The Macalloy Superfund site is located at 1800 Pittsburgh Avenue on a section of the Charleston Peninsula formed by the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers in Charleston, South Carolina. A tidal creek and marsh along Shipyard Creek border the site to the north and east, industrial and commercial land uses border the site to the south, and a CSX rail line borders the site to the west. Union Heights, a neighborhood with low-income and minority residents, is located just west of the site, past a CSX rail line.
From 1941 to 1998, a ferrochromium alloy smelting plant operated ...
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