The Site is located at 901 Francis Street, Waycross, Georgia. The past operational history of the site involved the storage and treatment of industrial waste water. Most of the tanks are full of waste water from the operation. The tanks are located adjacent to a public road in an area frequented by area residents and workers. Before the start of EPA's action some of the tanks were uncovered and overflowing. Access to the Site is unrestricted.
EPA arrived on-scene to reduce the threats posed by the Site through the following actions:
Emergency stabilization of the secondary containment and the tanks which have been observed to be overflowing;
Sampling of waste from tanks and secondary containment to determine the specific nature of the contents;
Bulking of waste materials and disposal off site;
Determination of the extent of sludge and soil contamination and disposal off-site;
Movement and/or removal of tanks to allow for the safe clean-up of the Site.
During the week of 28-JAN-05, EPA arrived on-scene to stabilize the leaking tanks of waste and overflowing secondary containment. Approximately 60,000 gallons of waste water was pumped to 3 temporary tanks.
After procurement of off-site disposal facilities, EPA remobed to the Site on 28-MAR-05 to remove all pumpable waste from the facilty's tanks. Approximately 280,000 gallons of waste water has been shipped off-site for disposal to date.
On 04-APR-05, drums of waste found on-site were sampled in anticipation of disposal off-site.
Off-site disposal of pumpable waste to continue.
All tanks will be temporarily covered to prevent further accumulation of rainwater mixed with the sludge remaining in the tanks.
Three of the four temporary tanks found outside of temporary containment during EPA's initial assessment will be deconned and released to the tanks' owner. One tank cannot be deconned due to the large quantity of sludge. Each tank held approximately 20,000 gallons of waste water.
Drummed waste will be disposed of off-site pending results of analysis.
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