{"id":6548,"date":"2013-11-05T20:11:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T01:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=6548"},"modified":"2013-11-05T20:21:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T01:21:21","slug":"ga-epd-hazardous-site-10645-brooks-county-piscola-creek-withlacoochee-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/ga-epd-hazardous-site-10645-brooks-county-piscola-creek-withlacoochee-river.html","title":{"rendered":"GA EPD Hazardous site 10645: Brooks County, Piscola Creek, Withlacoochee River"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nBrooks County has a hazardous waste site:\r\na closed landfill a few miles southeast of Quitman,\r\nabout a mile from Piscola Creek,\r\nand less than four miles from the Withlacoochee River.\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"parcel<\/a>\r\n

\r\nThis Georgia EPD Hazardous site 10645 on Johson Short Road and\r\nSR 333 (also known as Washington Street and Madison Highway)\r\n\r\n\"Map:<\/a>\r\nwas presumably why we find this in\r\n\r\nCities, Counties to receive money for landfill cleanup<\/a>\r\nby Lindsay Helton for AccessNorthGa.com 17 October 2006:\r\n

\r\nBrooks County Board of Commissioners Brooks $150,890.42\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nAccording to the Brooks County Tax Assessor database,\r\n\r\nparcel 0096 0003<\/a> is owned by the City of Quitman,\r\nwhile Brooks County owns\r\ntwo little slivers to the west and east (096 0001B and 096 0004A)\r\nand a triangle acrosss Johnson Short Road to the south,\r\nparcel 096 0016<\/a>.\r\n

\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nPS: Owed to John Horton.\r\n

\r\n
\r\nGEORGIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION\r\nHAZARDOUS SITE INVENTORY<\/td>\r\nSite Number<\/td>\r\n10645<\/b><\/a>\r\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\nSITE NAME:\r\n<\/td>\r\n\r\nQuitman - SR 333 Landfill<\/a>\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n
\r\nLOCATION:\r\n<\/td>\r\nSR - 333Quitman, Brooks County, GA 31643\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n
\r\n<\/td>\r\nLatitude 30°\r\n45 ’\r\n  7 " N\r\n<\/td>\r\nLongitude 83 ° 32 ’ 51 " W\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n
\r\nACREAGE\r\n<\/td>\r\nPARCEL NUMBER\r\n<\/td>\r\nDATE LISTED\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n
\r\n35\r\n<\/td>\r\n096 0003\r\n<\/td>\r\n1\/24\/2001\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n
\r\n3.48\r\n<\/td>\r\n096 0001B\r\n<\/td>\r\n1\/24\/2001\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n
\r\n16.5\r\n<\/td>\r\n096 0016\r\n<\/td>\r\n1\/24\/2001\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n
\r\n5.5\r\n<\/td>\r\n096 0004A\r\n<\/td>\r\n1\/24\/2001\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n
\r\nLAST KNOWN PROPERTY OWNER:\r\nBrooks County\r\nP. O. Box 272\r\nQuitman, GA  31643\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

\r\nSTATUS OF CLEANUP ACTIVITIES:Cleanup activities are being conducted for source materials and groundwater.  

\r\nCLEANUP PRIORITY: The Director has designated this site as a Class IV

\r\nGA EPD DIRECTOR’S DETERMINATION REGARDING CORRECTIVE ACTION:\r\nThe Director has determined that this site requires corrective action.\r\n

\r\nREGULATED SUBSTANCES RELEASED, AND THREATS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT POSED  BY THE RELEASE:\r\nThis site has a known release of Vinyl chloride in groundwater at levels exceeding the reportable quantity.  No human  exposure via drinking water is suspected from this release.  The nearest drinking water well is less than 0.5 miles from  the area affected by the release.  

\r\nREGULATED SUBSTANCES:\r\nSubstance Name<\/b>\r\nGW[checked for every one of these substances] Soil<\/b>\r\nAcetone\r\nAntimony\r\nBarium\r\nBenzene\r\nChlorobenzene\r\nChromium\r\nCis-1,2-Dichloroethene\r\nDiethyl phthalate\r\nLead\r\nMercury\r\nSelenium\r\nTetrachloroethene\r\nTrichloroethene\r\nVinyl chloride\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

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