Details of Regulatory Actions
Reportable releases in the past 12 months
October 2009 – A forklift spilled 350 gallons of wastewater onto pavement at our Watkinsville plant. The spill was fully contained and cleaned up.
Southwire reported the following releases in September 2009 as the result of a 500 year flood event at our Carrollton, Georgia facilities:
September 2009 —Release of 500,000 gallons of process cooling water and 20 gallons of plasticizer and lube oil.
September 2009 —Process water leak due to flood (300 gallons discharged). - Read Press Release
September 2009 — A spill of approximately 25 gallons of diesel fuel from a mobile air compressor following the flood. It is estimated that less than 1 gallon of fuel reached surface water. - Read Press Release
April 2009 - Release of approx 20 gallons of copper drawing solution from a damaged container of copper filter paper.
March 2009 - Our Carrollton building wire plant discharged approx 150 gallons of process cooling water to Buffalo Creek due to blockage of a drain line.
February 2009 - The Southwire Carrollton building wire plant discharged approx 2500 gallons of process cooling water to Buffalo Creek due to overflow of a drain line.
January 2009 - Our Stouffville, Canada plant spilled 1050 liters (~280 gallons) of plasticizer onto pavement. The majority of the plasticizer was recovered.
November 2008 – The Southwire Carrollton Building Wire Plant released an estimated 5000 gallons of process water to surface water due to a broken water line.
Letters of Noncompliance (LON) & Notices of Violation (NOV) in the past 12 months
August 2009 – The Southwire Company copper operation received an NOV for a delay in formally notifying of a groundwater seep.
