Selected Report: A-593-2005
| Spill Report Information |
| Spill Number: |
A-593-2005 |
| Report Status: |
Final Report |
| MCD Town: |
THOMASTON |
| Local Name: |
THOMASTON |
| Primary Responder: |
ROBERT J WILLIAMS |
| Primary Product: |
HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL - SPECIFIED IN REPORT {79} - 0.00 UNKNOWN
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| Subject/Owner: |
DRAGON CEMENT - - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER |
| I. EVENT |
| Spill Info |
| Type: |
Hazardous Material Incident |
| Source: |
Other Source |
| Cause: |
Corrosion - Piping |
| Spill Date/Time |
| Spill Date/Time: |
12/02/2005
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| Reporter Type/Detection Method |
| Type: |
Citizen Complaint {3} |
| Method: |
Visual Product |
| Reported Date/Time |
| Reported Date/Time: |
12/03/2005
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| Subject/Spiller (Potential Responsible Party) |
| Contact: |
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER-DRAGON CEMENT
PO BOX 191
THOMASTON ME 04861 USA
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| Comment: |
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| Other Contact |
| Contact: |
ANN THAYER-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER-DRAGON CEMENT
PO BOX 191
THOMASTON ME 04861 USA
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| Comment: |
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| Primary Responder and Other Employees |
| Contact(s): |
ROBERT J WILLIAMS (Primary Responder)
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| Comment: |
No Further Response Action Expected |
| II. SITE |
| Location |
| Location Type: |
Business - Industrial {ID} |
| Name: |
DRAGON CEMENT |
| Street Address: |
RT 1 |
| MCD Town: |
THOMASTON |
| Local Name: |
THOMASTON |
| State/Province: |
ME |
| Spill Point |
| Spill Point: |
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| Wells and Media Affected |
| Wells Affected: |
0 Wells Impacted/ 0 Wells At Risk
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| Media Affected: |
Inland Surface Water {I}
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| Tanks Involved |
| Tanks Involved: |
NONE
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| III. CLEANUP |
| Product Reported: |
HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL - SPECIFIED IN REPORT {79} |
| Products Found/Amount Spilled: |
HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL - SPECIFIED IN REPORT {79} - 0.00 UNKNOWN
Additional Product Description - calcium sulfate
(Primary Product) |
| Material Recovered: |
NONE
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| Recovery/Treatment Method: |
NONE
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| Cleanup DTREE: |
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| Disposal Information: |
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| IV. NARRATIVE |
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12/3/05 1215 - Ron Huber, Executive Director of Pennobscot Bay Watch, reported through State Police dispatch that the Dragon Cement Plant in Thomaston had a foamy beige colored liquid running down into a drainage ditch. He indicated to me that it was staying on the Dragon property but was running to the quarry pit pond. I told him that I would look into it on Monday and get back to him.I received a call from Aaron Dumont (DEP) Monday morning asking about the reported run off at Dragon. He reported that he had contacted Dragon and they thought it was run off from their reclaim clinker pile and that it did flow into the quarry pit pond. Aaron was going to arrange to go to the site on Tuesday.Aaron went to Dragon Tuesday with Richard Heath (DEP). Ann Thayer of Dragon Cement showed them the area. The pH of the run off was close to 13 and was running into the quarry pit pond. Dragon said that the pit had a pH of 8 and they used the pit water in their process. The run off was found to be coming from the reclaim clinker pile run and getting to the storm drain system and breaking through the ground down into the quarry. The run off is a calcium sulfate precipitate from the reclaim.Ann Thayer in an email explained that they had capped the drainage pipe coming from the reclaim storage area to stop the run off.Since the run off went into the quarry which was pumped back into the process no recovery or clean up was required.No further action expected.
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| V.ATTACHMENTS |
| None |
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