Message regarding chemical fumes in Milledgeville

Dear Campus Community:

We are aware of the chemical company fumes emanating from the Conyers area plant since Sunday, and today because of wind shifts and the low cloud cover over Milledgeville and Baldwin County, the smell of chlorine has been detected in our area. Nevertheless, we have no information from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) or the Baldwin County Emergency Management Agency, both of which we are in contact with, that concentrations of the leaking gases are of such a level in our area as to be hazardous.

If you have respiratory issues, please use your own discretion about staying indoors as much as possible. When the cloud cover moves out – which is forecast for this afternoon – the smell is expected to dissipate in our area. If we get any new information from GEMA or our local emergency management officials, we will share it with you immediately.

Sincerely, 

Cathy Cox

President