Iowa Flooding Response

EPA helping retrieve orphan containers in Iowa

EPA Region 7 is teaming up with the Iowa DNR and National Guard to identify and retrieve orphan drums and tanks and household hazardous wastes that were swept away by flood waters in Iowa. Orphan drums and tanks are potentially hazardous, and will be collected and transferred to a temporary storage location for further evaluation before being sent to a landfill, scrap yard or hazardous waste facility for final disposal. Pictured is EPA On-Scene Coordinator Randy Schademann (right) helping collect drums floating in the Cedar River just south of Cedar Rapids.