The Spencer Drum Site is an approximately 17,000 square foot warehouse located in a mixed residential and commercial area in Spencer, Marathon County, WI. The building contains two rooms, a larger room to the north and a much smaller room to the south. The larger room was operated as a mechanic shop from 2012 until December 2014 when the owner suddenly passed away. Prior to 2012, the entire warehouse housed a liquidation company and retail shop, Don Smith Sales. The smaller of the two rooms in the warehouse contained approximately 90 drums in extremely poor condition. Many of the drums were leaking and some were bulging. The drums were reportedly acquired in the 1970s by the liquidation company. Almost all of the drums were unlabeled and there are no records available regarding the contents of the drums. EPA and its crew sampled and characterized the drums the week of November 30, 2015. The waste was repackaged for disposal and shipped off-site the week of January 4, 2016.
