The Seedhouse Road Drum (Site), located in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina is a vacant, undeveloped 46-acre land parcel situated on the east side of Seedhouse Road, approximately three miles northeast of the intersection of Interstates 40 and 77. The site was historically used as a farm but is currently unoccupied and is covered with forest, grass, and scrub. Local citizens have reported that the site owners allegedly allowed the disposal of 55-gallon drums on the property during the late 1960s. In January 2010 Region 4 Remedial Branch received additional information from neighboring property owners of the Site specifying the location of the buried drums on the Site property. In February 2010 the Region 4 Remedial Branch referred the Site to ERRB to conduct a Removal Site Evaluation (RSE).
ERRB tasked the Science and Ecosystem Support Division (SESD) to conduct a geophysical survey to delineate possible burial locations on the Site. ERRB also tasked the Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) to provide field personnel and equipment necessary to perform Removal Site Evaluation (RSE) activities on the Site property. The general purpose of this RSE is to collect information on current site conditions which will identify the nature and extent of contamination and determine the need for federal intervention under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980 as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986. The data gathered during the field investigation will assist in determining whether site-attributable contaminants have been released into the environment at levels that pose a threat to human health and the environment. The results of the April RSE and follow-up geological survey are outlined in the RSE POLREP.
