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Camilla Wood Preserving (CWP)

 
Site Contact:
Leo Francendese
OSC

(francendese.leo@epa.gov)

Site Location:
131 Bennett St
Camilla, GA 31730
 response.epa.gov/camillawoodpreserving

The Site is a former wood preserving facility that ceased operations in early 1991 following a Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) inspection. The facility closed due to inability to comply with RCRA regulations.

EPA conducted its first removal action at this site in 1991 which included stabilization of waste ponds, decommissioning, dismantling, disposing of process equipment and waste streams. It continued with subsequent removal actions through 1995 including adjacent residential property excavations and restorations.

The Site was finalized for National Priority Listing on July 28th,1998. Subsequent Remedial Investigations (RI) have identified a significant pentachorophenol (PCP) groundwater plume that has penetrated the intermediate /upper Floridian aquifer. In addition, high concentrations of carcinogenic polyaromatic hydrocarbons (CPAHs) at or near the site surface that may migrate have been identified as well as dioxin data above residential standards.

On August 10th, 2006, the Superfund Remedial Program referred the Site to the Removal Program for a Removal Site Evaluation. The evaluation was completed on August 21st, 2006. Based on the data presented from the RI and visual site inspection including the propensity of the site to flooding, the Removal Program recommended a high priority removal to provide prompt risk reduction through expedited action.

Construction removal activities began in November 2006.
The Removal Program is coordinating with the Remedial Program's Land Use Initiative. In coordination with a HDQs designated redevelopment contractor, both Programs are working closely with the City of Camilla for community chosen post constructive activity land uses.


12-11-07 Aerial of Site and to the East A general view of the 320 Cat 320C track excavator, loading drip track zone soil into the MT 36 Articulating Moxy haul truck. Note the poles and ties that were uncovered and will be removed from the excavation area and disposed of. View of the Kobelco SK210 Track Excavator loading the Moxy Articulating Dump Truck with poles from the drip track area. General view, looking East, shows the flooded drip track excavated area after yesterday's rain. Link Belt Mini-Excavator and Cat 320 Excavator, excavating relief channels for drainage. View looking North of the 8' x 120' vessel and site as the Cat D5 Dozer removes vegetation in preperation to move the vessel to the remedial site that is located just across Thomas Street to the West. Looking Southeast, view of the Cat 320 and the Kobelco SK210 lifting the West end of the vessel and setting it into the bed of the Moxy Dump Truck. Looking South, another general view of the vessel as it is slowly being moved across the road and into the remedial yard. Looking South as the Kobelco SK210 Excavator with the grappler continuing with the loading of the roll-off dumpsters. General view of the various stockpiles of poles at the Northeast section of the site. View looking West as the Cat D5 Dozer spreads the backfill material. The Ingersol Rand Roller Compactor is following and compacting the spread material. Typical view of the Cat 320 Excavator pulling up poles from the drip track excavation site. Overall view of the backfilling operation, rolling out of the Geo-Fabric and the removal and stockpiling of the poles and ties. View looking Northeast as the Cat 320 Excavator works on the demolition of the old sawmill building. Drip Track Stockpile Pole barn #1 going down. View of the welder using the Plasma Welder (Air Arc), continuing to cut pressure vessel into manageable sections. Looking South at the site of demolished pole barn # 2 as a Moxy Articulating Dump Truck arrives to be loaded with scrap metal from the # 2 pole barn. View looking South of pole barn # 3 as it is being pushed over. View of Brian Lenihan, the princepal scientist, for Dant Environmental Inc. making minal adjustment on the air monitor unit Looking west along the ditch alignment that is located next to the drip track zone, as the Cat D-6 dozer begins to fill it in with its berm material. Typical view as a crewmember pressure washes a section of the pressure vessel in the decontamination pit. Looking northeast, as the contractor's crew begins with the installation of the construction fencing on the east side of Thomas Street at the Old Camilla Tank Site. View of pole barn #4 being pushed over with the Kobelco excavator Another view of pole barn #4, on the ground Looking northeast as the Kobelco SK 210 excavator, with grappler jaws, finishes pushing down pole barn #7 General view looking north, showing pole barns #6 and #7 debris and pole barn #8 remaining to be demolished Looking south from top of the covered stockpile, at the remaining pole barn #8. Looking southwest as the general clean up is being done south of the drip track zone area. Looking west from the top of the covered contaminated stockpile, at the drip track zone, as the contractor begins working on building a stockpile of backfill material that will be used to backfill the southwestern zone area. View of one of the turtles that surfaced during the pumping of water from the south ditch. Another one of the local inhabitant that surfaced during the pumping operation of the south ditch. Looking south from the edge of the drip pad zone at the clean up of the pole barn area. Redevelopment Coordination meeting with the City of Camilla's city manager, Mike Scott, CMC Contruction project manager, Rick Hollingsworth, and EPA's OSC, Leo Francendese Aerial Photo of Site View looking south, at the Kobelco excavator removing brush from the east drainage ditch which will be cleaned out and reshaped later. General view of the captured alligator General view of the captured alligator before it was loaded into a trailer to be relocated off site. Looking east at the Moxy articulating dump truck as it dumps a load of contaminated material in the second stockpile. The Kobelco SK210 excavator, with grappler jaws, continues with the stockpiling of debris. – View from the south ditch bank looking north, showing the Cat 320 excavator excavating pole barn #3 zone. Foreground shows staked off area for pole barn #4 zone. Looking south along the west ditch at the Cat 320 excavator as it loads one of the Moxy articulating dump truck with contaminated material from the Southwestern Zone General view of 26 turtles that were released downstream of the Albany Hydro electrical power plant on the Flint River, near Albany. Looking southwest, general view of the old scale house. Roll off dumpster in place to receive lumber as the building is being demolished. View of the Komatsu excavator with the grappler jaws pulling down the last section of the old scale house. View of the site visit with the contractor, the city's consulting Engineer, the city's electrical supervisor, a worker for the water department, and the water department supervisor Looking south at the Cat 320 excavator as it excavates the Southwestern Zone, and loading the Moxy articulating dump truck with the excavated material. yellow bellied sliders snapping turtle View of Camilla's consulting engineering surveyors setting up to begin the lay out for the propsed soccer fields General view of a Cat 325 long reach boom (60') excavator which is to be used to clean the ditches. Looking east along the south ditch, the Cat 325 excavator loads the Moxy articulating dump truck with material from a berm on the ditch bank. General view of a scrap metal compactor. Scrap metal is placed into the hopper and then the metal is compressed into bales. Note the grappler jaws removing on of the bales of metal. View looking west from the southeast corner along the south ditch, as the Cat 320 excavator continues to load the Moxy articulating dump truck as an EPA/OSC observes the operation. View of the EPA/OSC displays one of many snapper turtles that were recovered and relocated. Looking south as the surveyors lay out the locations and alignment for the future RV utility hook up View of the scrap metal clean up operation as the Kobelco excavator feeds scrap metal to the compactor operator Looking west, as the contractor begins to burn the piles of brush and debris with the Camilla Fire Department on stand by while this operation is being done. Looking north at the various piles of brush that are to be burnt. Looking south along the north/south ditch after the Cat 325 long reach excavator scraped the material from the invert and sides of the ditch. View looking west as the Cat 320excavator, excavates additional contaminated material between the north/south ditch and the drip track zone at the north ditch crossing. View looking east at the load of 1-1/2 View looking south down the north/south ditch after the Cat 325 excavator had removed approximately 3 feet of additional contaminated material from the invert of the ditch. General view of a labor beginning the grubbing and brush removal for the walking trail in the north wooded section of the western remedial site, starting at the office building. General view looking north up the north/south ditch after the Cat 325 excavated the additional 3 feet of contaminated material from the invert of the ditch. View looking east up the east/west ditch in the eastern section of the remedial site., showing the vegetation that has already started to grow on the slope. General view looking east at the trail head at the western entrance to the walking trail Looking southeast, as the Cat D-6 dozer builds and grades the western soccer field. Looking west down the south ditch as the Cat 325 excavator continues to remove additional contaminated material from the invert of the ditch. View looking east at the south haul road from Thomas street as a dump truck leaves the site after dumping a load of crusher run road base material. General view looking west at the progress of the construction of the soccer field and parking area. General view looking southwest at the general area south of the soccer fields. General view of the clean up operation around the office building removing overgrowth with the mini-excavator and skid steer. view of the Kobelco SK210 excavator with grappler jaws removing the brush that was cleared from the walking trail. Looking west down the south ditch as the Cat 325 excavator begins the backfill the ditch to grade. Project manager operating the remote controled sheepsfoot
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