In response to NRC Report #894615, and at the request of NCDENR, FOSC Rhame mobilized with an EPA START contractor to Reidsville, Caswell County, NC to the incident involving the discovery of multiple dumped drums off of a logging road near a unnamed creek. The unnamed creek is a tributary to Country Line Creek which is a tributary to Farmer Lake Reservoir, a public water supply for the town of Yanceyville NC. According to Caswell County Emergency Management, the drums contain, what appears to be, paint waste (one drum contains, what appears to be waste oil) and a 250 gallon tote of an unknown substance.
The drums were discovered by the property owner along a logging road that accesses their property. The property owner then notified the County Emergency Services. The property is used for agricultural purposes (tree farm). The property is not fenced (unrestricted) and has a unnamed creek that runs adjacent to the property that is a tributary to Country Line Creek which is a tributary to Farmer Lake Reservoir, a public water supply.
Six 55-gallon drums were discovered clustered around one 250-gallon chemical tote off of a private dirt road on the property, used by loggers to harvest pine trees. The drums had holes cut in the lids and were knocked over spilling paint onto the ground. The chemical tote was open and contained an oil/paint mixture. The chemical tote was intact and did not appear to have spilled material onto the ground. Some of the released material was migrating toward the southern portion of the site. The spill incident occurred approximately 300 meters to the north of County Line Creek which is a tributary to Farmer Lake Reservoir, a public water supply for the town of Yanceyville NC. The containers were overpacked, saturated soils were excavated and placed in 55 gallon drums. All containers were transported to Eastern Environmental, characterized and properly disposed of.
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