medley farm drum dump

SC HIGHWAY 18

The 62-acre site is located at 887 Burnt Gin Road (Highway 72) in a rural area five miles south of Gaffney in Cherokee County, South Carolina. The site includes an approximately 7-acre area where parties had placed drums and other containers of chemical wastes. Formerly used for farming, this area is now grass-covered. Homes, undeveloped land and agricultural areas surround the site. A residence belonging to the former owner borders the site to the west, between the site and Burnt Gin Road (Highway 72). The site’s broader surroundings include a mix of agricultural and rural residential land uses. From 1973 to 1978, parties used part of the site to store drums of chemical wastes. In 1983, EPA and SCDHEC investigated the site and found more than 5,300 buried and leaking drums and 15-gallon containers of wastes. EPA and SCDHEC also identified six unlined lagoons containing 70,000 gallons of contaminated rainwater and 2,100 cubic yards of contaminated soil and waste. In 1989, EPA listed the site on the NPL. The site is not in use. A gate controls access to the site property.

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