Athens Grow Green Coalition

Christine Gaston

Spring 2004 Internship

Mission

To promote responsible community development and growth management policies and practices that protect natural resources, prevent sprawl, maintain a healthy economy, and preserve a high quality of life for all in the Athens region.

Committee Work• GreenFest Kickoff event

• Good Development Award

• Elections

• Fundraising

Hazardous Sites in Athens-Clarke

1. Atlanta Gas Light, Foundry Street2. Barnett Shoals at Gaines School3. Dunlap Road/ACC Landfill4. UGA Milledge Avenue Site5. General Time Corporation, Newton Bridge Road6. Georgia Power, Foundry Street7. Loef Company, Old Hull Road8. Oakwood Mobile Home Park/ Athens Grain

Elevators, Jefferson Road9. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Newton

Bridge10. Willow Street Landfill, Foundry Street

*TETRACHLOROETHENE in GROUNDWATER*

Barnett Shoals at Gaines School Road

Barnett Shoals at Gaines School

*TETRACHLOROETHENE in GROUNDWATER*

*VINYL CHLORIDE in GROUNDWATER*Also in groundwater: chromium, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, tetrachloroethene, trichloroethene, beryllium, mercury, 1,1- dichloroethane, dichloromethane, trichlorofluoromethane, benzene, chlorobenzene, chloroethane, 1,1- dichloroethene, trans-1,2-dichloroethene, ethylbenzene, toluene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, acetone, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane

ACC Landfill

*VINYL CHLORIDE in GROUNDWATER*

Dunlap Road

Dunlap Road

*VINYL CHLORIDE in GROUNDWATER*

General Time Corporation a.k.a West Clox

*VINYL CHLORIDE in GROUNDWATER*

Also in groundwater: trichloroethene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane, 1,2,-

dichloroethane, trans-1,2-dichloroethene, dichloromethane, chloroethane, chloroform

*VINYL CHLORIDE in GROUNDWATER*

General Time Corporation

Oakwood Mobile Homes & Athens Grain Elevators

*CARBON TETRACHLORIDE in GROUNDWATER*

Also in groundwater: 1,2-dichloroethane, benzene, chloroform, trichloroethene.

*CARBON TETRACHLORIDE in SOIL*

Oakwood Mobile Home Park

*CARBON TETRACHLORIDE in GROUNDWATER & in SOIL*

Hazardous Site Catalogue

*CARBON TETRACHLORIDE in GROUNDWATER & in SOIL*

Oakwood Mobile Home

Southeastern Terminals

Atlanta Gas Light- Nickel (groundwater) Benzo(a)pyrene (soil)

Georgia Power- Cyanide (soil)

Willow Street Landfill- Lead (soil & groundwater)

Foundry Street Sites

Atlanta Gas Light, Foundry Street

*NICKEL in GROUNDWATER*Also in GROUNDWATER: 2,4-dimethylphenol, o-Cresol, p-Cresol, acenaphthylene, acetone, anthracene, arsenic, barium, benzene, beryllium, bis(20ethylhexyl) phthalate, chromium, copper, dichloromethane, ethylbenzene, fluoranthene, fluorene, lead, naphthalene, nitrobenzene, phenanthrene, phenol, selenium, toluene, chrloroform, xylenes, zinc

*BENZO(A)PYRENE in SOIL*

Also in SOIL: 2,4-dimethylphenol, 2,4-dinitrotoluene, 2,6 dinitrotoluene, o-cresol, p-cresol, acenaphthylene, acetone, anthracene, benzene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(ghi)perylene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, chrysene, dibenzo(a,h)anthracene, dichloromethane, ethylbenzene, fluoranthen, fluorene, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, lead, naphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene, styrene, toluene, xylenes

*CYANIDE in SOIL* Also in SOIL: benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, mercury, chromium, barium, cadmium, benzo(a)pyrene, fluoranthene, pyrene, phenanthrene

Georgia Power, Foundry Street

*LEAD in GROUNDWATER* Also in groundwater: barium, zinc

*LEAD in SOIL* Also in soil: barium, zinc, cadmium, copper, nickel, arsenic, silver, mercury, selenium, benzo(a)pyrene, chromium

Willow Street Landfill

*TRICHLOROETHENE in GROUNDWATER*

Also in groundwater: copper, lead, xylenes, cadmium, zinc, barium, silver

*ANTIMONY in SOIL*

Also in soil: copper, lead, barium, cadmium, zinc, trichlororethene, bis(2-ethylhexyl)

phthalate, silver, pcbs.

Loef Company=OmniSource

OmniSource

*TRICHLOROETHENE in GROUNDWATER*

*ANTIMONY in SOIL*

OmniSource

*TRICHLOROETHENE in GROUNDWATER*

*ANTIMONY in SOIL*

Westinghouse Electric Corp.= Power Partners

*LEAD* in SOIL

Also in Soil: Chromium, Zinc, Flouranthene, Benzo(a)anthracene, barium, zylenes, arsenic, antimony, ethylbenzene

Power Partners

*LEAD* in SOIL

PowerPartners & Athens Soccer Scouts

Partnership

*LEAD* in SOIL

Paradise Boulevard

UGA site on Milledg

e Avenue

LEAD in GROUNDWATER

Also in groundwater: barium, mercury, zinc, dichloromethane, 1,2 dichloroethane, chloroform, naphthalene, 1,2-dichloropropane, tricholoethene, benzene, methyl isobutyl ketone, 1,1,2,2,-tertrachloroethane, tetrachloroehtene, xylenes, dichloroethylene, carbon tetrachloride.

*LEAD in GROUNDWATER*

UGA Site

UGA Site

*LEAD in GROUNDWATER*

Middle Oconee through Botanical Gardens

BibliographyAgency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry. (2004, April). Minimal Risk Levels for Hazardous Substances. www.atsdr.cdc.gov.mrls.html

 

Brownly, David. Telephone Interview (EPD Compliance Officer for General Time Corporation and Barnett Shoals site). 14 April 2004.

 

Brownly, David. Telephone Interview (EPD Compliance Officer for General Time Corporation and Barnett Shoals site). 27 April 2004.

 

County must come to grips with issues over sewer leaks. (4 January 2004.) Athens Banner-Herald.

 

Crotty, Patrick. “Spill worst on record in Athens.” Athens Banner-Herald. 18 August 2003.

 

Crotty, Patrick. “Fuel spill business unfinished.” Athens Banner-Herald. 26 August 2003.

 

Gallentine, Shana. “Waste cleanup moving along.” Athens Banner-Herald. 9 October 2000.

 

Gallentine, Shana. “The old home place.” Athens Banner-Herald. 7 April 2001.

 

Gallentine, Shana. “Willow Street clean-up begins.” Athens Banner-Herald. 25 June 2001.

 

Georgia Environmental Protection Department of Natural Resources. (2004, April). www.state.ga.us/dnr/environ/

 

Georgia Environmental Protection Division Hazardous Site Response Program. 1994 February 10.

Guidance Manual for the Reportable Quantities Screening Method.

 

 

Shearer, Lee. “UGA to unveil waste cleanup project.” Athens Banner-Herald. 2 December 2000.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Consultants discuss plan for hazardous waste landfill.” Athens Banner-Herald. 5 December 2000.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Search for answers.” Athens Banner-Herald. 30 December 2001.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Area contamination under EPA’s microscope.” Athens Banner-Herald. 30 December 2001.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Fund raid may slow cleanups.” Athens Banner-Herald. 1 June 2003.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Cancer probe to continue, but direction unclear.” Athens Banner-Herald. 13 June, 2003.

 

Shearer, Lee. “More tests on way for Pittard water.” Athens Banner-Herald. 27 June 2003.

 

Shearer, Lee. “On Pittard, no clues to cancer so far, but plenty of frustation.” Athens Banner-Herald. 21 August 2003.

 

Shearer, Lee. “New tests come up dry again.” Athens Banner-Herald. 1 October 2003.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Cancer mystery still haunts Pittard Road.” Athens Banner-Herald 13 October 2003.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Athens may lose thousands in grants to clean up area.” Athens Banner-Herald. 28 January 2004.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Water releases into the Oconee ruled ‘serious.’” Athens Banner-Herald 12 March 2004.

 

Thompson, Jim. “Cleanup continues at contaminated downtown site.” Athens Banner-Herald. 13 July 2000.

 

United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2004 April). US EPA Integrated Risk Information System. www.epa.gov/iris/subst/index.html

 

UGA commended for innovative approach to toxic waste cleanup. (26 December 2000.) Athens Banner-Herald.

 

 

 

 

Gurr, Stephen. “Farmer wins land dispute.” Athens Banner-Herald. 21 March 2002.

 Gurr, Stephen and Shana Gallentine. “Landfill neighbors denounce pollution as ‘environmental racism.’” Athens Banner-Herald. 23 March 2001.

 

McEleheney, Jill. Personal Interview. 26 March 2004.

 

McEleheney, Jill. Telephone Interview. 27 April 2004.

 

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. (2004 April). Chemical Carcinogens. www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/odisweb/ca_hsfs.htm

 

Penny, Elizabeth. Telephone Interview (EPD Compliance Officer for Oakwood Mobile Home Park site). 15 April 2004.

 

Rash of cancer cases in one neighborhood needs investigating. (16 March 2003.) Athens Banner-Herald.

 

Reuland, David. Telephone Interview (EPD Compliance Officer for Atlanta Gas Light, Georgia Power, and Willow Street Landfill sites). 19 April 2004.

 

Shearer, Lee. “UGA waste site costs could soar.” Athens Banner-Herald. 10 November 1999.

 

Shearer, Lee. “UGA believes state will OK cleanup plan.” Athens Banner-Herald. 11 November 1999.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Are plants the answer to toxic waste cleanup?” Athens Banner-Herald. 22 November 1999.

Stephen and Shana Gallentine. “Landfill neighbors denounce pollution as ‘environmental racism.’” Athens Banner-Herald. 23 March 2001.

 

McEleheney, Jill. Personal Interview. 26 March 2004.

 

McEleheney, Jill. Telephone Interview. 27 April 2004.

 

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. (2004 April). Chemical Carcinogens. www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/odisweb/ca_hsfs.htm

 

Penny, Elizabeth. Telephone Interview (EPD Compliance Officer for Oakwood Mobile Home Park site). 15 April 2004.

 

Rash of cancer cases in one neighborhood needs investigating. (16 March 2003.) Athens Banner-Herald.

 

Reuland, David. Telephone Interview (EPD Compliance Officer for Atlanta Gas Light, Georgia Power, and Willow Street Landfill sites). 19 April 2004.

 

Shearer, Lee. “UGA waste site costs could soar.” Athens Banner-Herald. 10 November 1999.

 

Shearer, Lee. “UGA believes state will OK cleanup plan.” Athens Banner-Herald. 11 November 1999.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Are plants the answer to toxic waste cleanup?” Athens Banner-Herald. 22 November 1999.

 

Shearer, Lee. “UGA to unveil waste cleanup project.” Athens Banner-Herald. 2 December 2000.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Consultants discuss plan for hazardous waste landfill.” Athens Banner-Herald. 5 December 2000.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Search for answers.” Athens Banner-Herald. 30 December 2001.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Area contamination under EPA’s microscope.” Athens Banner-Herald. 30 December 2001.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Fund raid may slow cleanups.” Athens Banner-Herald. 1 June 2003.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Cancer probe to continue, but direction unclear.” Athens Banner-Herald. 13 June, 2003.

 

Shearer, Lee. “More tests on way for Pittard water.” Athens Banner-Herald. 27 June 2003.

 

Shearer, Lee. “On Pittard, no clues to cancer so far, but plenty of frustation.” Athens Banner-Herald. 21 August 2003.

 

Shearer, Lee. “New tests come up dry again.” Athens Banner-Herald. 1 October 2003.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Cancer mystery still haunts Pittard Road.” Athens Banner-Herald 13 October 2003.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Athens may lose thousands in grants to clean up area.” Athens Banner-Herald. 28 January 2004.

 

Shearer, Lee. “Water releases into the Oconee ruled ‘serious.’” Athens Banner-Herald 12 March 2004.

 

 

 

 

Thompson, Jim. “Cleanup continues at contaminated downtown site.” Athens Banner-Herald. 13 July 2000.

 

United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2004 April). US EPA Integrated Risk Information System. www.epa.gov/iris/subst/index.html

 

UGA commended for innovative approach to toxic waste cleanup. (26 December 2000.) Athens Banner-Herald.