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Austell Derailment

All POLREP's for this site Austell Derailment
Austell, GA - EPA Region IV
POLREP #1 - Initial/Final POLREP 		Printer Friendly  |   PDF
 
On-Scene Coordinator - Chris Russell 1/7/2007
Emergency - Removal Assessment Pollution Report (POLREP) #1
Start Date: 1/5/2007 Completion Date: 1/5/2007
Site Description
At approximately 1430 hours on 5 JAN 07, a Norfolk Southern Railroad train derailed 4 cars in Austell, GA.  One of the derailed cars contained hydrogen peroxide (35% concentration) which leaked from a vent on top, at a rate of 0.25 gallons a minute.  Norfolk Southern Railroad hired a cleanup contractor to mitigate the release. OSC Russell was dispatched to the scene to oversee cleanup operations.


Current Activities
Hepaco, Inc, was hired by Norfolk Southern Railroad to contain and mitigate the release.  The contaimnent and mitigation of the release was completed on 01/05/07.

Planned Removal Actions
None

Next Steps
NFA

Key Issues
None