brunswick wood preserving

PERRY LANE ROAD

The 84-acre site is located in Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia. Railroads border the site to the east and west, Perry Lane Road borders the site to the north and residences and wooded areas border the site to the south. Burnett Creek, a tidally influenced stream, is located on the western end of the site. Public and private wells near the site draw water from the deeper aquifer. From 1958 until 1991, a wood treatment facility operated at the site. Operations included the three major types of wood treating: creosote, pentachlorophenol (PCP) and chromium/copper/arsenic (CCA). American Creosote Company constructed the facility between 1958 and 1960 and then sold it shortly afterward. Escambia Treating Company acquired the facility in 1969. Brunswick Wood Preserving Company continued operations until 1991. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulated the site at the time of a major spill of diesel fuel in 1989. In 1991, the State of Georgia completed a RCRA Facility Investigation Report shortly before the facility caught on fire and ceased operations. In 1997, EPA listed the site on the NPL.