United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region IV
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
From:
Glenn Adams

To:
Matt Taylor, EPA Region 4

Subject: 

Final PolRep
Univar Sulfuric Acid
2145 Skyland Ct, Norcross, GA
Latitude: 33.9164000
Longitude: -84.2289000


POLREP No.:
1
Site #:
Reporting Period:
05/31/05
D.O. #:
Start Date:
5/31/2005
Response Authority:
CERCLA
Mob Date:
5/31/2005
Response Type:
Emergency
Demob Date:
6/1/2005
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
6/1/2005
Incident Category:
Removal Assessment
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
 

Site Description

A failed valve caused approximately 6000 gallons of 93% sulfuric acid to leak at the Univar facility in Norcross, Georgia.  Facility is located in an industrial park. Although secondary containment captured the majority of the material; approximately 100 gallons breached the containment and entered a storm drain and drainage ditch, contaminating approximately 0.25 mile of a drainage ditch.  Some material accumulated in a gated culvert before the facilty closed the gate valve that connected the storm drain discharge to the culvert and drainage ditch.  Some material was released into the water contained in the drainage ditch. The contaminated portion of the drainage ditch is still on the facility property.                                


Current Activities

Univar responded to the spill and hired a response contractor.  In the initial 12 hours after the spill was discovered, Univar recovered approximately 4000 gallons of the spilled sulfuric acid.

FOSC Glenn Adams responded to ensure PRP response is appropriate.


Planned Removal Actions

The facilty plans to continue to pump off the material and neutralize it in an on site waste water treatment facilty.


Estimated Costs *
  Budgeted Total To Date Remaining % Remaining
Extramural Costs
Intramural Costs
 
Total Site Costs $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0.00%

* The above accounting of expenditures is an estimate based on figures known to the OSC at the time this report was written. The OSC does not necessarily receive specific figures on final payments made to any contractor(s). Other financial data which the OSC must rely upon may not be entirely up-to-date. The cost accounting provided in this report does not necessarily represent an exact monetary figure which the government may include in any claim for cost recovery.


response.epa.gov/univar

POLREP #1 Last Updated 6/14/2006