Work to clean up an unauthorized potentially toxic dump site discovered last week at the old Adamsville school in Marlboro County is under way, according to S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control officials.
The old Adamsville school is located in the northern part of Marlboro County, near the North Carolina border. It was last used during the 1988-1989 school year.
DHEC spokesman Adam Myrick said the source and the chemical make-up of the waste remains a mystery.
“We’re still waiting to get some sample results back so we can determine what is in the containers,” he said. “We’re still being careful because we are still dealing with unknowns.”
Right now, Myrick said, the only course of action available is to clean up the mess with the proper precautions and wait for the results.
“The work will continue to remove (the containers)” he said. “That’s what we will be overseeing probably over the next several weeks.”
It will take several weeks to remove all evidence of the illegal dumping from the area, Myrick said.
The source of the waste, however, could be discovered soon, thanks to information DHEC officials have uncovered.
“We’ve got some good information to go forward with, but we’re still looking into things on that front,” Myrick said.
The hazardous materials were scattered throughout the school, which is making clean-up difficult. Myrick said DHEC crews are still finding stashes of waste in the building.
Marlboro County resident and Concerned Citizens for Marlboro County chairman Belvin Sweatt said the discovery of this illegal dumping site has led members of his organization to wonder if it’s linked to the proposed landfill near Wallace his group is protesting.
“Another thing that has us outraged is the dump sites that have recently been investigated by DHEC in Marlboro (County) and the hidden drums that were discovered at the old Adamsville school being handled by (hazardous materials crews),” he said.
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Published: February 20, 2008
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