Closure of the hydrazine facility

Read more about the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) closure of this hydrazine facility.  Hydrazine is a chemical compound used in rocket fuels, and is also used as a precursor for the gas used to trigger automotive airbags after a collision.

This 10-acre production site was constructed in 1959 as a rocket fuel blending facility. The scope of this IRA was completed in two phases.

The primary phase focused on the treatment and disposal of pretreated liquids in tanks used for storage of production waste. The pretreated liquids were transferred to Pond A in January 1992 to await proper disposal.

The secondary phase focused on dismantling and disposal of all above-ground and below-ground structures associated with the hydrazine facility.

The demolition and disposal of all remaining structures was completed in September 1992.

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