Chrome Plating is located at 5491 Powder Springs Road, Austell, Georgia. On September 24, 2009, this area experienced high flood waters reaching the roof of the facility as evidenced by water marks and a drum on the roof of the building. Sweetwater Creek is adjacent to the property. The site includes two open warehouses and an office trailer, which were severely damaged by the flood. Outside of the warehouses there are two concrete pits, one circular and one rectangular, both containing liquid. These pits are believed to be part of the facility’s waste water treatment system.
Due to addtional heavy rains on site and sample results showing that hexavalent chromium exists in sediments within the facility and in the soils around the facility of up to ~30,000ppm (3%) additional ER activities have been required prior to any additional removal activities
ERRS
-ER personnel loaded three trucks (estimated total of 38 tons) with construction and demolition debris for transportation and disposal.
-ER personnel placed plastic sheeting over doorways and openings of the plating building to contain dust during cleaning operations.
-ER personnel scraped, swept, and pressure washed the floor inside the plating building to remove dust and debris contaminated with hexavalent chromium; the following provides a summary of wastes generated from these activities:
-6 drums of solids
-10 drums of waste water from pressure washing activities
START
-START conducted air monitoring and sampling activities using three DataRAMs and personal air sampling pumps.
-Particulate monitoring using the DataRAMs has indicated no readings above action levels
-Three air samples, which are listed below, were collected on 11-30-09 and were shipped for hexavalent chromium analyses:
-One collected from ER personnel working outside the building during site setup and removal of construction and demolition debris
-One collected from ER personnel working inside the building during scraping and sweeping activities; and
-One collected from the front of a business located across the parking area from the site
Using XRF and known migration pathways, ER will continue with removal of soils and additional cleaning of sediments within the facility.
Referral to EPA's removal program
Heavy Rains
Extremely high amounts of hexavalent chromium in sediments and soils
Trespassers and vandalism
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