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Romie Lane Drum Site

 
Site Contact:
Kenneth Rhame
OSC

(rhame.kenneth@epa.gov)

Site Location:
266 Romie Lane
Rocky Mount, NC 27801
 response.epa.gov/RomieLaneDrumeSite
NRC#: 980885

EPA received a report from NC DENR RCRA of a residential property that has five tractor trailers with approximately 200 to 400 drums of unknown material, one trailer is leaking. One tractor trailer had been moved to different residential/farm property located in Tarboro NC that contained five drums of Pottassium FerroCyanide.


Trailers 3,4 and 5 Trailer 2 Trailer 1 Sodium methylate Drums of sodium methylate before overpacking. ERRS pumping drum liners of acid into fresh poly drums Drums staged outside of T-3 Drums of xylene from T-1 ERRS sampling drums from T-3 Liquid seeping from trailer 5. Bulging drum labeled butyl acetate. Various solvents from trailer 1 Over-packing fiber drums Sampling drums from trailer-3 Drums staged after removal from Trailer-3 Boxes labeled 1-Butyl Hydroperoxide Drums with exterior corroded, leaving only poly liner. Drum labeled Proprionic Anhydride Trailer #3 after removing side to access drums. Acid Transfer Transferring Material Stain on Ground from Leaking Trailer Leaking Trailer Drums in 3rd Semi Trailer Drums in 2nd Semi Trailer Drums in Semi Trailer
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.