Selected Report: B-32-2000
| Spill Report Information |
| Spill Number: |
B-32-2000 |
| Report Status: |
Final Report |
| MCD Town: |
SEARSPORT |
| Local Name: |
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| Primary Responder: |
CLEVE LECKEY |
| Primary Product: |
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| Subject/Owner: |
GENERAL ALUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION - - |
| I. EVENT |
| Spill Info |
| Type: |
Hazardous Material Incident |
| Source: |
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| Cause: |
Mechanical Failure - Valve |
| Spill Date/Time |
| Spill Date/Time: |
01/20/2000
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| Reporter Type/Detection Method |
| Type: |
Subject/Spiller {2} |
| Method: |
Visual Product |
| Reported Date/Time |
| Reported Date/Time: |
01/20/2000
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| Subject/Spiller |
| Contact: |
GENERAL ALUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION
KIDDER POINT ROAD
SEARSPORT ME 04974
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| Comment: |
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| Primary Responder and Other Employees |
| Contact(s): |
CLEVE LECKEY (Primary Responder)
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| Comment: |
No Further Response Action Expected |
| II. SITE |
| Location |
| Location Type: |
Business - Industrial {ID} |
| Name: |
GENERAL ALUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION |
| Street Address: |
KIDDER POINT ROAD |
| MCD Town: |
SEARSPORT |
| Local Name: |
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| State/Province: |
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| 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: |
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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} - 50.00 ACTUAL
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| Material Recovered: |
Unspilled Product {VP} - 10000.00 gals. ACTUAL
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| Recovery/Treatment Method: |
Pumps {B}
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| Cleanup DTREE: |
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| Disposal Information: |
50 G of spilled solution recycled to the process |
| IV. NARRATIVE |
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On 1/20/00, 1400 hours Alex Horth of General Alum & Chemical Corporation reported a release of Alum solution from a valve on their low iron alum tank. The solution is 49% solids and it solidified when it landed on the cold ground. In order to stop the release by removing ten thousand gallons of the solution. The fifty gallons that hit the ground was scraped up, treated and returned to the process. The EPA RQ for this chemical is 5000 # of dry chemical. The 50 G of 49% solution is way under that amount.
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| V.ATTACHMENTS |
| None |
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