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Superfund Site Information Page - Ward Transformer, Morrisville, NC

Ward Transformer in the News
Ward Transformer Cleanup The EPA has committed to a plan for cleaning up PCB contamination that has moved downstream of the former Ward Transformer industrial facility near Raleigh Durham International Airport. This downstream area is referred to as Operable Unit 1 (OU1), and includes portions of Little Brier Creek, Brier Creek, Brier Creek Reservoir, Lake Crabtree, and Lower Crabtree Creek (see map below).

EPA Proposed Cleanup Plan Fact Sheet	Ward Transformer Cleanup Alternatives At A Glance

Map showing the Ward Transformer Superfund Site and the effected areas downstream.	Ward Transformer Superfund Site History. Also available as a PDF
Catch and Release from UNC SRP on Vimeo. The UNC Superfund Research Program worked with UNC journalism students to produce this 30 second public service announcement about PCB contamination in local waterways and why it is important to catch and release every time you fish. Created with support from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Superfund Research Program (Grant#P42ES005948)
Protecting Our Water: PCB Contamination at Ward Transformer from UNC SRP on Vimeo. This is a short documentary that introduces the history, extent, and health risks associated with the PCB contamination at the Ward Transformer Superfund Site in Morrisville, NC, and downstream. Created by the UNC Superfund Research Program with grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Superfund Research Program (Grant#P42ES005948)
Latest Updates EPA has begun physical cleanup activities and continues working to control human exposures to PCBs. Check out the Ward Transformer Superfund Site Progress Profile on EPA's website for more information on the next steps. Learn more about EPA's overall Superfund cleanup process.
Related Documents (all PDF files, file size in parentheses.) Agency for Toxic Stubstances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Public Health Assesment for Ward Transformer, Raleigh, North Carolina (564 kb) ATSDR Fact Sheet on Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) (30 kb) State of North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services: Lake Crabtree and Brier Creek Fish Consumption Advisory (85 kb) Wake County Brochure Summer 2006 - Lake Crabtree and PCBs: What you should know (446 kb) Ward Transformer Superfund Site graphic from News & Observer, 2005 (7860 kb) Reprinted by permission of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina. (Judson Drennan) July 3, 2005 EPA Five Year Review Process in the Superfund Program, April 2003 (695 kb)