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.
EPA, ERRS and the USCG-GST onsite. USCG-GST providing safety and contractor monitoring.
Waste Water removal and sampling of drums and small tanks continue.
Approximately 292,000 gallons of waste water has been shipped off-site for disposal to date.
All three frac tanks used by EPA to temporarily hold waste water have been deconned and returned to Baker tanks. Three out of the four frac tanks initailly found on-site have been emptied of waste water and returned to Baker tanks. One frac tank has approximately five feet of hardened sludge and remains on-site.
All drums and small tanks have been sampled and haz-catted. Disposal samples have been submitted for laboratory analysis. Disposal to be determined by the results of the analytical.
Four 5,000 gallon poly tanks of material used by Seven Out for the treatment of waste water have been sampled and submitted to the original chemical supplier for possible return of the product.
The Site was demobbed on April 13, 2005 to await the results of analysis.
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