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National Petroleum Packers

 
Site Contact:
Jeffery Crowley
OSC

(crowley.jeffery@epa.gov)

Site Location:
3501 Gribble Rd
Stallings, NC 28104
 response.epa.gov/NPP



The former National Petroleum Packers Site operated as a recycler of antifreeze and other glycol related waste products from 1993 to 1998 when a slow-down in business forced the facility to shut down. During the operational history of NPP, the facility process approximately 60,000 liters of waste glycol daily.

The NPP Site is located at 3501 Gribble Road, Stallings, Union County, North Carolina (35.0847089 latitude, -80.6782999 longitude). The Site is approximately 2.9 acres in size and consists of 29 ASTs, three buildings (one warehouse and two storage sheds), along with other various sized containers.

ERRB completed a fund-lead time critical removal action at the property at the Site on February 15, 2011.


Aerial of Site Ground View of Site Rusting ASTs (filled with waste glycols) Various drums of process wastes More drums of process wastes More drums of process wastes Degrading Processing Unit Expired Laboratory Reagents START performing Level B Sampling inside warehouse Rusting AST Leaking or overfilled drum. Leaking valve from an AST. Drums found on site. Another rusting AST. Rusting AST. To the left is what appeared to be some sort of mixing tank. Tanker trailer on site. Damaged retaining wall around ASTs Pad area around distillation unit. AST covered by weeds. Monitoring well on site. Access point to the site. State of drums on site Drums containing unknown liquids. Leaking drums inside the warehouse. Leaking AST outside the building (notice stain on ground below tank). Drum that was holding incompatible materials. ERRS and START preparing to sample ASTs Jars and bottles located in the chemical storage lab. Drums being prepared for hazcatting. View of the three largest ASTs onsite, each is approximately 30,000 gallons. Drums being segregated into like constituents. Aerial image of the site from atop one of the ASTs. Containment area full of pollen and algae being purged. ERRS mixing flammable material in a drum to later be disposed of at an approved facility. The drum was bonded and grounded during mixing. Air monitoring was conducted during the process. ERRS collecting product from Tank #28. ERRS collecting product from Tank #33 W. ERRS used a pressure washer to break up approximately one foot of solid material at the bottom of the tank. ERRS contractors connecting hoses from tanker truck to an AST for pumping. Truck being loaded with drums for disposal. Chemicals in the lab being processed for packaging. Demolition of ASTs Random Site photo as of 12/9/10. Demolition of tnaks. Demolition of ASTs on-site. Demolition of glycol recycler Sunrise at Site Sludge from Tank 1 Mixing of sludge with cotton trash Top of tank 1 Mixing of cotton trash with sludges More mixing Image of where ASTs 2 & 3 used to be. Cotton trash bails delivered to the site. Tank 11 being demolished. TT-1 being demolished. Pieces of scrap metal being decontaminated. Image of T-22 before demolition. Scrap metal being loaded for off-site recycling. Image of T-30 before demolition. S & L assisting in moving TT-3 to the solidifying area. Image of TT-3 during demolition. Warehouse -post cleanup Lab -post cleanup Chemical Storage Area - post cleanup Warehouse -post cleanup Warehouse -post cleanup Looking toward former AST farm. Pallets being stored in shed. Former location of tanks 31 and 18 Former diatomite storage area. Main AST Farm - post cleanup
For additional information, visit the Pollution Report (POLREPS) , Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.