{"id":13091,"date":"2015-05-09T20:27:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T00:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=13091"},"modified":"2015-05-09T20:31:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T00:31:08","slug":"five-non-npl-superfund-sites-in-lowndes-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/five-non-npl-superfund-sites-in-lowndes-county.html","title":{"rendered":"Five non-NPL superfund sites in Lowndes County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFive superfund sites and many more supposedly cleaned up,<br \/>\nall in Lowndes County.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"503x404 Perma-fix, in Superfund Sites in Lowndes County, GA, by John S. Quarterman, 9 May 2015\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=13090\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;float:right\" alt=\"300x241 Perma-fix, in Superfund Sites in Lowndes County, GA, by John S. Quarterman, 9 May 2015\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/f2bcc7616db75757c9ec644c244feb85.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nHomefacts has a web page on<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.homefacts.com\/environmentalhazards\/Georgia\/Lowndes-County.html\"><br \/>\nLowndes County, GA Environmental Hazards Report<\/a>, which includes<br \/>\nsome you probably knew about, such as<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.homefacts.com\/environmentalhazards\/Georgia\/Lowndes-County\/Valdosta\/Superfund-Perma-Fix-Explosion-Gad093380814.html\"><br \/>\nPerma Fix Explosion, 1612 James P Rogers Circle, Valdosta, GA 31601<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\n<p>\nPerma Fix Explosion is a superfund site located at 1612 James P<br \/>\nRogers Circle, Valdosta, GA 31601. The Environmental Protection<br \/>\nAgency (EPA) identifies sites such as Perma Fix Explosion because<br \/>\nthey pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and\/or<br \/>\nthe environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous<br \/>\nwastes. Perma Fix Explosion is currently registered as an Active<br \/>\nsuperfund site by the EPA. However, it is not on the NPL (National<br \/>\nPriorities List), which means the EPA does not consider it one of<br \/>\nthe nation&#8217;s most hazardous waste sites.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nRemember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/valdosta-fire-department-responds-to-chemical-fire-with-support-of-mutual-aid.html\"><br \/>\nthe black clouds of smoke<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p> back in August 2013?<br \/>\nWell, at least it&#8217;s not one of the nation&#8217;s most hazardous waste sites&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\nOthers in the Active Non-NPL category are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.homefacts.com\/environmentalhazards\/Georgia\/Lowndes-County\/Valdosta\/Superfund-Extol-Corporation-Ga0000202838.html\"><br \/>\nExtol Corporation, 108 Toombs Street, Valdosta, GA 31601<\/a><\/p>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.homefacts.com\/environmentalhazards\/Georgia\/Lowndes-County\/Valdosta\/Superfund-Southern-Bag-Company-Gan000410996.html\"><br \/>\nSouthern Bag Company, 910 River Street, Valdosta, GA 31601<\/a><\/p>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.homefacts.com\/environmentalhazards\/Georgia\/Lowndes-County\/Valdosta\/Superfund-Valdosta-Gas-Company-Atlanta-Gas-Light-Gad984306068.html\"><br \/>\nValdosta Gas Company Atlanta Gas Light, Albetore Lane (abbator Lane), Valdosta, GA 31601<\/a><br \/>\n(I&#8217;d guess that&#8217;s really Abattoir Lane, as in slaughterhouse, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Abattoir+Ln,+Valdosta,+GA+31601\/@30.8239967,-83.2892093,17z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88ee672f215bd621:0x8a364e602825c9e6\">off of Miller Street south of W. Savannah Avenue<\/a>, next to the railroad tracks.)<\/p>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Abattoir+Ln,+Valdosta,+GA+31601\/@30.8239967,-83.2892093,17z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88ee672f215bd621:0x8a364e602825c9e6\"><br \/>\nItt Thompson Industries Division, 611 James P Rogers Dr, Valdosta, GA 31601<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nThere are at least twice as many classed as &#8220;Archived&#8221;, such as<br \/>\nthis other location of one of the above companies,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.homefacts.com\/environmentalhazards\/Georgia\/Lowndes-County\/Valdosta\/Superfund-Itt-Thompson-Industries-Div-Gad003301983.html\"><br \/>\nItt Thompson Industries Div, Clay Rd, Valdosta, GA 31601<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\n<p>\nItt Thompson Industries Div is a superfund site located at Clay Rd,<br \/>\nValdosta, GA 31601. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)<br \/>\nidentifies sites such as Itt Thompson Industries Div because they<br \/>\npose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and\/or the<br \/>\nenvironment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes.<br \/>\nItt Thompson Industries Div is currently registered as an Archived<br \/>\nsuperfund site by the EPA and does not require any clean up action<br \/>\nor further investigation at this time.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nLet&#8217;s hope EPA did a better job with all of those than they did with<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?s=waycross\">the Seven Out Superfund Site in Waycross<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five superfund sites and many more supposedly cleaned up, all in Lowndes County. Homefacts has a web page on Lowndes County, GA Environmental Hazards Report, which includes some you probably knew about, such as Perma Fix Explosion, 1612 James P Rogers Circle, Valdosta, GA 31601, Perma Fix Explosion is a superfund site located at 1612 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,50,478,479,55],"tags":[8706,8701,8702,12,7,8772,6916,8773,6,8727],"class_list":["post-13091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-epa","category-solid-waste","category-trash","category-water","tag-environment","tag-georgia","tag-lake","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-solid-waste","tag-superfund","tag-trash","tag-valdosta","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13091"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13095,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13091\/revisions\/13095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}