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Permafix of South Georgia

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Smoldering drums at Permafix explosion.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Permafix Explosion<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Smoke in the secondary containment area with Chloroform drums on the left.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Outside of facility entrance, City of Valdosta Police Department and Fire Department. Cardinal direction: west<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7971470971925<br />Longitude: -83.2802939414978<br />Tags:
Evaluating drums in receiving area to determine if they are empty or full.<br />Date Taken: 8/18/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Drums at the receiving area/loading dock after the roof has been removed.<br />Date Taken: 8/18/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7972945516945<br />Longitude: -83.2806587219238<br />Tags:
Drums in secondary containment.<br />Date Taken: 8/17/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Portion of the facility unaffected by the fire with drums intact. Cardinal direction: southeast.<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7974051424226<br />Longitude: -83.280867934227<br />Tags:
Excavators removing the roof and staging drums for evaluation and sampling.<br />Date Taken: 8/18/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7969627787468<br />Longitude: -83.2810771465302<br />Tags:
The drainage pipe and ditch with runoff, at the rear of the facility approximately 10 feet from the fence lining the property. Facing north.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7978701<br />Longitude: -83.2786023<br />Tags:
The dammed tributary located behind a neighboring facility. Absorbent boom are located in the center left of the photo, and the berm/dam in the bottom right corner. Cardinal direction: north.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7966125727265<br />Longitude: -83.2816779613495<br />Tags:
A downstream portion of the tributary behind the neighboring facility showing the absorbent booms and the berm/dam. Cardinal direction: southwest<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.796607964744<br />Longitude: -83.2816725969315<br />Tags:
Bulging and damaged drums within facility<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7971194494482<br />Longitude: -83.2808840274811<br />Tags:
The front entrance to the facility facing west-northwest.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7971839608392<br />Longitude: -83.2802832126617<br />Tags:
Exploded drums and waste within the facility. Frac tank in top right corner. Cardinal direction: east-southeast<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7972023926573<br />Longitude: -83.2809698581696<br />Tags:
Bulging, unlabeled drums.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Inside the facility near the point of explosion. Cardinal direction: south<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7971563131055<br />Longitude: -83.2810878753662<br />Tags:
Area where the incident occurred, showing where the forklift empties the waste drums into the mixing unit.<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7972300403777<br />Longitude: -83.2809913158417<br />Tags:
Area within the facility where the incident occurred. The mixer to accept the 55-gallon drum of waste is shown left center. Cardinal direction: south-southeast<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7972116085649<br />Longitude: -83.2809805870056<br />Tags:
Retainer wall around the area where the incident occurred with frac tank in view. Cardinal direction: south<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7971286653638<br />Longitude: -83.2809269428253<br />Tags:
Area within the facility where the incident first occurred showing the forklift and mixer tank. Cardinal direction: west.<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7972023926573<br />Longitude: -83.2809269428253<br />Tags:
Drum crusher located next to the area where the incident occurred. Cardinal direction: east<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7972392562828<br />Longitude: -83.2810664176941<br />Tags:
Drums and containers unaffected by the incident. Cardinal direction: southwest<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7975618124029<br />Longitude: -83.2809591293335<br />Tags:
Water in the tertiary containment prior to being released.<br />Date Taken: 8/17/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Crushing drums in the secondary containment.<br />Date Taken: 8/17/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Excavators removing the damaged roof of the receiving area.<br />Date Taken: 8/18/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Vac truck operations in the secondary containment.<br />Date Taken: 8/18/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.79702<br />Longitude: -83.2809<br />Tags:
The tributary downstream of nearby railroad tracks, upstream of the confluence with Mud Creek. Cardinal direction: north<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7925758954408<br />Longitude: -83.2760238647461<br />Tags:
A small reach of the tributary, upstream of the confluence. Slight sheen on water surface. <br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7957186199946<br />Longitude: -83.2816565036774<br />Tags:
The confluence of the tributary into Mud Creek. Mud Creek was stained with tannins.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7957186199946<br />Longitude: -83.2816565036774<br />Tags:
Along Mud Creek just downstream of the confluence with the tributary. Slight sheen on the water surface. Cardinal direction: east<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7955066506018<br />Longitude: -83.2816243171692<br />Tags:
Along Mud Creek downstream of the confluence with the tributary. No fish kills observed.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7954882184586<br />Longitude: -83.2817959785461<br />Tags:
The rear of the facility showing the area of the explosion, facing north-northeast<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7968153237359<br />Longitude: -83.2814633846283<br />Tags:
Fence along the rear of the facility where runoff is leaking through the retainer wall where cracks are observed, facing north-northwest<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 30.7978701<br />Longitude: -83.2786023<br />Tags:
Hepaco prepares for Level B entry to sample unknown drums.<br />Date Taken: 8/19/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
START uses HazMat ID and HazCat kit to determine if sampled drum contains isocyanate.<br />Date Taken: 8/19/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Drums on receiving pad, staged for sampling.<br />Date Taken: 8/20/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Hepaco prepares for Level B entry to sample unknown drums.<br />Date Taken: 8/20/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Hepaco begins overpacking known/marked chloroform drums to remove them from the unknown drum area.<br />Date Taken: 8/20/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Hepaco overpacks bulging Chloroform drums. their labels remained intact during the fire.<br />Date Taken: 8/21/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Hepaco screens the tertiary water with teh FID.<br />Date Taken: 8/21/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
EPA collects water quality parameters prior to PermaFix discharging per their permit.<br />Date Taken: 8/21/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
EPA deploying AreaRae air monitors.<br />Date Taken: 8/21/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Hepaco removing sludge from the receiving area pad.<br />Date Taken: 8/21/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Hepaco operating the vac truck in Level C due to concentration increases on the southwest portion of the site.<br />Date Taken: 8/21/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Operations Meetings occurred twice daily at 10 am and 5 pm and included all UC participants.<br />Date Taken: 8/21/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
START measures vapors with the PID during removal at the receiving area pad.<br />Date Taken: 8/21/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Hepaco cleaning the receiving area pad.<br />Date Taken: 8/22/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
START and Hepaco complete a bench scale test of the solidification process.<br />Date Taken: 8/22/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Air monitoring during drum crushing and removal activities.<br />Date Taken: 8/22/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:

Smoldering drums at Permafix explosion. Permafix Explosion Smoke in the secondary containment area with Chloroform drums on the left. Outside of facility entrance, City of Valdosta Police Department and Fire Department. Cardinal direction: west Evaluating drums in receiving area to determine if they are empty or full. Drums at the receiving area/loading dock after the roof has been removed. Drums in secondary containment. Portion of the facility unaffected by the fire with drums intact. Cardinal direction: southeast. Excavators removing the roof and staging drums for evaluation and sampling. The drainage pipe and ditch with runoff, at the rear of the facility approximately 10 feet from the fence lining the property. Facing north. The dammed tributary located behind a neighboring facility. Absorbent boom are located in the center left of the photo, and the berm/dam in the bottom right corner. Cardinal direction: north. A downstream portion of the tributary behind the neighboring facility showing the absorbent booms and the berm/dam. Cardinal direction: southwest Bulging and damaged drums within facility The front entrance to the facility facing west-northwest. Exploded drums and waste within the facility. Frac tank in top right corner. Cardinal direction: east-southeast Bulging, unlabeled drums. Inside the facility near the point of explosion. Cardinal direction: south Area where the incident occurred, showing where the forklift empties the waste drums into the mixing unit. Area within the facility where the incident occurred. The mixer to accept the 55-gallon drum of waste is shown left center. Cardinal direction: south-southeast Retainer wall around the area where the incident occurred with frac tank in view. Cardinal direction: south Area within the facility where the incident first occurred showing the forklift and mixer tank. Cardinal direction: west. Drum crusher located next to the area where the incident occurred. Cardinal direction: east Drums and containers unaffected by the incident. Cardinal direction: southwest Water in the tertiary containment prior to being released. Crushing drums in the secondary containment. Excavators removing the damaged roof of the receiving area. Vac truck operations in the secondary containment. The tributary downstream of nearby railroad tracks, upstream of the confluence with Mud Creek. Cardinal direction: north A small reach of the tributary, upstream of the confluence. Slight sheen on water surface. The confluence of the tributary into Mud Creek. Mud Creek was stained with tannins. Along Mud Creek just downstream of the confluence with the tributary. Slight sheen on the water surface. Cardinal direction: east Along Mud Creek downstream of the confluence with the tributary. No fish kills observed. The rear of the facility showing the area of the explosion, facing north-northeast Fence along the rear of the facility where runoff is leaking through the retainer wall where cracks are observed, facing north-northwest Hepaco prepares for Level B entry to sample unknown drums. START uses HazMat ID and HazCat kit to determine if sampled drum contains isocyanate. Drums on receiving pad, staged for sampling. Hepaco prepares for Level B entry to sample unknown drums. Hepaco begins overpacking known/marked chloroform drums to remove them from the unknown drum area. Hepaco overpacks bulging Chloroform drums. their labels remained intact during the fire. Hepaco screens the tertiary water with teh FID. EPA collects water quality parameters prior to PermaFix discharging per their permit. EPA deploying AreaRae air monitors. Hepaco removing sludge from the receiving area pad. Hepaco operating the vac truck in Level C due to concentration increases on the southwest portion of the site. Operations Meetings occurred twice daily at 10 am and 5 pm and included all UC participants. START measures vapors with the PID during removal at the receiving area pad. Hepaco cleaning the receiving area pad. START and Hepaco complete a bench scale test of the solidification process. Air monitoring during drum crushing and removal activities.