The Cannon Road Drum Site (formerly Social Circle Cotton Mill) is located at 148 Cannon Road in the city of Social Circle in Walton County, Georgia. The site coordinates, as measured from the front entrance to the property, is N 33.65252 Latitude by W 83.72062 Longitude. The site is bordered on the south and west by residential homes and on the north and east by a railroad and an overgrown field, respectively. Many of the old mill houses along the western and southern sides of the site are still occupied.
The Social Circle Cotton Mill operated at the site from 1901 until 1982. The mill manufactured bed sheeting made from 35% cotton and 65% polyester. During its peak the mill employed 225 workers. In April 1994, the mill's main structure was severely damaged by fire. Less than half of the 3-story brick structure remains standing today. There are also several support buildings for the mill in varying stages of decay on the 3.84-acre site.
The site was referred to EPA by the city of Social Circle. Records indicate the property has been leased for various types of business use. The most recent tenant used the property to store several thousand containers of mixed hazardous substances. The bulk of the materials appears to have been procured from Department of Defense surplus. In 1997, the containers were abandoned at the site when business operations ceased at the property.
The abandoned substances include resins, adhesives, mercury amalgam, cleaning solvents, paint thinners and some unknowns. Incompatible containers of hazardous substances are commingled together and vary in size, type and degree of degradation. Evidence of vagrant trespass and vandalism was observed during EPA's December 2006 reconnaissance of the site.
Air monitoring continued at the Cannon Road Drum site from February 21 to February 24, and from February 26 to February 28, 2006. During this period ERSS continued segregation activities in the main storage area and in Bay B of Building 1. This consisted of consolidating all loose containers in Bay 2 of building 1. The field drum logs and the electronic drum inventory are being updated to reflect these additions. Currently Bay A, located in the northern portion of Building 1 is being used to store non-hazardous trash from Bay B and C. Bay B is being used to store flammable materials and for segregating loose commercial products into waste streams..
ERSS field technicians logged and numbered pallets staged in Bay B of Building 1 Also, new drum logs were produced for 55 gallon drums and over packs used for bulking hazardous chemicals onsite. Information collected included drum/container type, size and condition. Any information present on specific chemical constituents or manufacturer name and address was also recorded.
ERSS continued bulking hazardous commercial products. These products include the following materials, mecuric nitrate 0.5 N solution, chloroform, liquid and solid scale remover, aircraft surface cleaning fluid, and flammable paints and resins. The empty containers are being placed in polyethylene lined cubic yard boxes and allowed to dry. ERSS performed bulking activities in full face APR’s equipped with organic vapor cartridges. START conducted air monitoring of the breathing zone and headspace of the product containers during bulking activities.
To date the following waste streams have been identified onsite.
Waste Aerosols, flammable, 2.1, UN1950
Waste Adhesives, 3, UN1133, PG II
Waste Flammable Liquids, 3 UN1933, PG II
Waste Petroleum distillates, n.o.s., 3, UN1268, PG II
Waste Paint related materials, n.o.s., 3 UN1263, PG II
Waste Paint related materials, n.o.s., 8, UN3066, PG II
Waste Resin solution, 3, UN1866, PG II
Waste Amines, flammable, corrosive, n.o.s, 3, UN2733, PG II
Waste Amines, liquid, corrosive, flammable n.o.s, 3, UN2734, PG II
Waste Amines, liquid, corrosive, n.o.s., 8, UN2735, PG II
Waste Amines, solid, corrosive, n.o.s., 8, UN3259, PG II
Waste Flammable liquids, toxic, n.o.s., 3, UN1992, PG II
Waste Corrosive Liquids, basic, organic, n.o.s., 8, UN3267, PG II
Waste Isocyanates, flammable, toxic, n.o.s., 3, 6.1, UN2478, PG II, -inhalation hazard,
Waste Isocyanates, toxic, flammable, n.o.s., 6.1, 3 UN3080, PG II,
Waste Isocyanates, toxic, n.o.s., 6.1, UN2206, PG II,
Waste flammable solids, organic, n.o.s., 4.1, UN1325, PG II
Non hazardous solid materials
ERSS will continue segregation and bulking activities In Bay B of Building 1. ERSS chemists will begin hazard categorizations of representative samples of commercial products and unknown containers. START will continue air monitoring of the perimeter and work areas, site documentation, researching MSDS information, and managing drum inventory.
ERSS will continue segregation and bulking activities In Bay B of Building 1. ERSS chemists will begin hazard categorizations of representative samples of commercial products and unknown containers. START will continue air monitoring of the perimeter and work areas, site documentation, researching MSDS information, and managing drum inventory.
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