Five non-NPL superfund sites in Lowndes County

Five superfund sites and many more supposedly cleaned up, all in Lowndes County.

300x241 Perma-fix, in Superfund Sites in Lowndes County, GA, by John S. Quarterman, 9 May 2015 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 James P Rogers Circle, Valdosta, GA 31601. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Perma Fix Explosion because they pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and/or the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes. Perma Fix Explosion is currently registered as an Active superfund site by the EPA. However, it is not on the NPL (National Priorities List), which means the EPA does not consider it one of the nation’s most hazardous waste sites.

Remember the black clouds of smoke back in August 2013? Well, at least it’s not one of the nation’s most hazardous waste sites….

Others in the Active Non-NPL category are:

There are at least twice as many classed as “Archived”, such as this other location of one of the above companies, Itt Thompson Industries Div, Clay Rd, Valdosta, GA 31601,

Itt Thompson Industries Div is a superfund site located at Clay Rd, Valdosta, GA 31601. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Itt Thompson Industries Div because they pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and/or the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes. Itt Thompson Industries Div is currently registered as an Archived superfund site by the EPA and does not require any clean up action or further investigation at this time.

Let’s hope EPA did a better job with all of those than they did with the Seven Out Superfund Site in Waycross.

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