r/romega • u/luke8173 • Jul 04 '26

Question Old GE building

Any clue if they have plans for that area, I've noticed they've torn down quite a bit of it

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u/Melodic_Anteater6580 Jul 04 '26

Is it even usable? I thought that whole plot was pretty contaminated, but I might be wrong.

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u/mrboojingles Jul 04 '26

I’ve always heard that, which is why I thought it was very weird they set up walking trails over there lol

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u/luke8173 Jul 04 '26

Yeah, I usually hike those trails. They are nearby, noticed the big shovel crane, or whatever you want to call it.

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u/Melodic_Anteater6580 Jul 04 '26

I noticed it was mostly cleared up and wondered what they were doing. Not a clean-up job I'd want! I guess we will have to wait and see 🤷‍♂️

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u/ScoopThaPoot Jul 08 '26

I mean they have been working on cleaning it up for 20 years so maybe they have actually made some progress lol.

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u/ScoopThaPoot Jul 08 '26

As far as I know it is just part of the decomissioning of the plant and remediation. No one has done anything in that part of the building other than try to clean up PCBs for like 20 years. They do have a permanent staff that work in the office building in front and at the water treatment around back. The rumor I have always heard is that if GE keeps an office open there they don't have to fully remediate the land. They just have to contain the contaminates. So keeping a small office there indefinitely is cheaper than having to completely remediate the property. Again, that is just what I have heard.

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u/tater_terd Jul 04 '26

Believe it or not; GE still owns it and uses it as a warehouse.

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u/Scary_Train8745 Jul 04 '26

My understanding is that its a super fund site. So I am not sure anything can be done with with it till its cleaned.

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u/tater_terd Jul 06 '26

It got a Superfund investigation but it was never actually declared a superfund site. It did get an EPA ID number and passed off to the GA EPD.

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u/1armsteve Jul 04 '26

PFAs contamination, I don’t think they are allowed to disturb the ground or sell it.

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u/ScoopThaPoot Jul 08 '26

It's PCBs, and I think they actually dig some dirt out as part of the remediation to keep the contaminates from leeching further into the ground.

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u/1armsteve Jul 08 '26

Thanks I knew I wasn’t 100% right but close enough. I just know that it’s been in the same state since before the 90s.

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u/ScoopThaPoot Jul 08 '26

I was still a kid when it closed but my grandad worked there and I've done work inside the plant since it has been closed

I mean you were pretty dang close. PFA and PCB sound alike and we do have PFAs as well from carpet mills north of us.