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	1/16/2004

Horse Pen Creek Watershed Watch

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These full drums of chemicals (about a dozen) mysteriously showed up on the corner of Battleground and Horse Pen Creek earlier this week and were still sitting scattered around on this vacant lot late Friday. When I asked the women manning at the desk at the Sheriff station in nearby Bur-Mil park, I was told the location was in the city limits now and I should call the Greensboro police if I wanted to pursue things. Since I was late for dinner and we are only at Code Yellow, I dropped the matter.

I figure there are 3 possibilities here:

1) This is prep for some road work like painting lines.

2) Someone has saved some money on having to haul away some unwanted liquid that falls under the broad hazardous waste laws.

3) Evil-doers have discovered the easiest way to prep for a chemical/biological attack is to just leave things out in plain sight and count on the apathy of a disinterested public for cover.

Though, 2) would ordinarily be a strong possibility I would think the length of time these have sat there indicates 1) must be the most probable explanation. drumid If I am correct though, I am really ticked. Because; here is the ONLY label that is on any of these drums. Nothing on google for this string of numbers but, the hazmat site does list chemical #1118 as Brake Fluid. I can tell you that the OSHA boys who issue $1000 fines for not having bottles of Windex or WD-40 properly labeled in your factory would not go for this. ---Especially since some of the drums on the site are also being stored tipped over on their side.

11:01:54 PM

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