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Wolftever Creek Tote

 
Site Contact:
David Andrews
OSC

(andrews.david@epa.gov)

Site Location:
5030 Hunter Rd.
Ooltewah, TN 37363
 response.epa.gov/WolfteverCreekTote
NRC#: 938451

The Collegedale Fire Department found an unlabeled/unmarked chemical tote, approximately 30% full of opaque brown liquid on the bank of Wolftever Creek near 5030 Hunter Road, Ooltewah, Tennessee (outside Chattanooga). The tote is abandoned and lodged in washed timbers on the north bank of the creek. Flooding (from last years rainy season in the Fall may have carried the tote to its current location. The incident was referred to TDEC who then referred it to EPA. OSC David Andrews and ERRS was deployed to address the incident.


R-1 & R-2 Response Vehicles getting checked out.... Phone Duty Officer (Rick Jardine) dispatching R-2 (OSC D. Andrews) ERRS Response Manager (Jake Jones) exploring the Wolftever Creek and in-search for the tote on the north bank... ERRS RM shaking his boots after exploring Wolftever Creek... Operations setting up outside the tree-line bordering Wolftever Creek (south-bank). Undocumented Canadian Geese taking a break on the retention pond next to the Wolftever Creek southern tree-line. Transferring product from tote to poly-drum. Transfer operations from the tote to poly drum. Moving small volumes of waste across the creek via poly-drum. Not done yet.... Now for moving drum up the south bank... What is this stuff??? Opaque Brown Liquid without any characteristic odor... Droplets on the lid... Some translucence (in small volumes such as a drop...) Inside the tote to identify residues... Empty tote escorted across the creek... One more tier of the bank and we're done... Tote to the south side of the creek.... Yea!!!! We're Done !!!! Dehydration box covered Frame for cover over dehydration pit. Uncovered view of waste in dehydration pit. Last drum next to dehydration pit. Tight shot of product in evaporation pit. Another angle (facing SW) of pit & drum....
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