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Flex-A-Form Drum Site Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina

Discovery (or, OSC being nosy)  Found while conducting cleanup at another site in Anderson – American Screw and Rivet  Is cyanide used in making Biodiesel?  Referred Site to South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)  After DHEC Site walk, site was referred to ERRB as an Emergency Response

Significant Facts  Site is located 50ft from I-85 and 10ft from a public road.  Significant runoff into two nearby creeks which feed Lake Hartwell – USACE  Arsenic in surface soils as high as 2,000 mg/kg, EPA established Removal Action Level is 40 mg/kg  Arsenic found in creek

Early Days  Bomb Scare  Meetings with locals and state emergency officials  Contingency Plan  DHEC Mobile Lab  Criminal Investigation  Press Conference with State and Sherriff’s Office  Media Interest

LET’S HAVE A LOOK OUTSIDE

BUILDING 1

BUILDING 2

BUILDING 3

CLEANUP SHOTS

Waste Streams  Acids  Flammables  Acid Chlorides  HHW  Acid Oxidizer Chloride  Neutral Chlorides  Acid Oxidizer Rinse  Acid Solids  Arsenic floor sweep  Bases  Base Solids  Biodiesel

Challenges  Unknowns – slow going – Shock sensitive, air reactive, radioactive chemicals  Heat – over 90 since we started  Lack of rain  Creek  Nature – snakes, poison ivy, wasps, gophers  Arsenic EVERYWHERE!!!  Wait for it……

And We Found Cadmium! • Drainage pipe that led from the building to a septic tank • Soils surrounding the septic tank failed TCLP test for Cd. • Cd contaminated soil will be treated with Free Flow stabilizing agent at a rate of 3 to 5%. • Cost per ton of Free Flow around $275.

To date  Hazcatted over 950 containers  Bulked over 7,955 gallons (liquid) and 5,395 gallons (solid) of materials  Excavated over 7,500 cu yds of As and Cd contaminated soil removed  Demolition of buildings 1 and 2

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