HILLSBORO, Mo. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently removed more than 30 abandoned steel and plastic 55-gallon drums filled with liquid waste – including bulk acids, flammable liquids and ethylene glycol, which is most commonly used in antifreeze – from a property west of Hillsboro.
Kellen Ashford, press officer with the EPA, said the agency was notified about the abandoned drums and on July 25, an on-scene coordinator was deployed to oversee the removal of the drums.
Ashford said someone who lives near the property noticed an unknown truck entering and leaving the property and notified the owner.
The owner alerted the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, which inspected the property and alerted the EPA.
According to a written statement from the EPA, the drums, which had been dumped there, had puncture holes and nearby soil was stained, “indicating the drums may have been drained on the property.”
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