The Circle Environmental #1 Site is located at 170 5th Street in downtown Dawson, Terrell County, Georgia. The facility consists of a brick/wood-construction warehouse measuring approximately 120 by 60 feet in size.
USEPA received a request from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to take action at the Site, on September 10, 2007. Reports from the State indicated that the Site is an inactive waste management facility that cleaned oil and solvent tainted wipe rags. The FOSC responded to the faciliy on September 10, 2007, met with local officials, and based upon conditions present at the Site, initiated an Emergency Removal Action.
A total of 536 drums of waste materials were present at the Site. The primary chemicals of concern are tetrachloroethylene, waste oil, and solvent and paint waste.
During this reporting period, EPA maintained 24/7 security at the Site. EPA, START, and ERRS remobilized to the Site on December 3, 2007 to complete the disposal phase of the removal. Between December 3 and 8, 2007 a total of 166 drums of flammable solids were shipped off-site for disposal via fuel recovery. Approximately 80 drums of oily waste were overpacked for disposal and tetrachloroethylene, flammable liquids, and paint wastes were labeled and staged for shipping.
Remaining waste materials will be shipped off-site for disposal beginning the week of December 9, 2007.
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