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Flat Rock Creek Drums

 
Site Contact:
Jennifer Polk
On Scene Coordinator

(polk.jennifer@epa.gov)

Site Location:
4223 N MLK Jr Blvd
Tulsa, OK 74106
response.epa.gov/flatrockcreekdrums
NRC#: 1411880

On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, EPA received a National Response Center report regarding three sites of abandoned 55-gallon steel drums near Flat Rock Creek in Tulsa, OK. EPA performed a site evaluation and inventory of the three locations.  A total of 109 drums were found in various damaged states with some unknown contents leaking.

As part of the site evaluation, EPA conducted perimeter air monitoring at each site.  EPA monitored for oxygen, lower explosive limits, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, and Volatile Organic Compounds.  All perimeter air monitoring readings throughout the assessment remained below detection limits.  Following the inventory, EPA built containment around each drum site to combat stormwater pollution and runoff.  EPA will continue to work with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and Cherokee Nation as we determine our next steps.

 

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