The site is located at 5800 Ainger Road in Olivet, Eaton County, Michigan 49076 in a mixed residential/agricultural area. Coordinates for the Site are 42.48222 degrees north and -84.93531 degrees west. The site is a triangular-shaped property with only northeast, south and west property boundaries. It is approximately one acre in size and bordered by Ainger Road to the west with vacant land on the opposite side of the road. Residential properties border the site to the south, railroad tracks to the northeast.
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (formerly MDNRE) became aware of conditions at the site which required attention, including potentially uncontrolled waste, and requested assistance from the United States Environmental Protection Agency Emergency Response Branch (U.S. EPA). A complaint was received at the Barry-Eaton Health Department regarding abandoned drums on the property. Having few resources, the Barry-Eaton Health Department referred the complaint to MDNRE. After numerous requests to the owner for clean up of the abandoned drums failed, MDNRE contacted U.S. EPA for assistance with removal and disposal of the drums from the site.
U.S. EPA conducted an assessment at the site and discovered uncontrolled hazardous wastes in unlabeled 55-gallon drums and smaller containers in an abandoned wooden trailer. U.S. EPA collected three liquid samples from three of the 55-gallon drums on-site. Laboratory analysis confirmed the presence of characteristically hazardous waste in one of the drums that had a flash point of 115 degrees Farenheit.
U.S. EPA documented unrestricted site access in many areas and visual evidence of trespassing throughout the property. Access to the site is unrestricted due to no perimeter fencing. There is a residential property adjacent to the site with playground equipment less than 50 feet away.
The PRP has volunteered to conduct the removal of the drums.
