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Sharpsburg Junkyard

 
Site Contact:
Alyssa Hughes
FOSC

(hughes.alyssa@epa.gov)

Site Location:
211 Roy Rd
Sharpsburg, GA 30277
 response.epa.gov/sharpsburgjunkyard
NRC#: 970959

At approximately 5:00 pm on March 23rd, Telephone Duty Officer received NRC Report #970959 filed by Georgia Environmental Protection Division Duty Officer indicating that several containers of unknown chemicals were discovered by local firefighters when they responded to the scene to extinguish a fire that appeared to emanate from a fire pit on-site. Firefighters were successfully able to extinguish the fire, but unable to contain approximately 10,000 gallons of runoff from the firefighting operations. Telephone duty officer dispatched responder Alyssa Hughes to address the unknown chemicals discovered at the Site.


Facing south towards unnamed lake. ERRS staging drums to enable accessibility START sampling drums in Level B PPE Facing southwest over waste pile. Drum staging area is in the bottom left corner of photo. drums staged at entrance to property looking south solid wsate in junkyard drums staged around trailer
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.