Selected Report: B-434-2002
| Spill Report Information |
| Spill Number: |
B-434-2002 |
| Report Status: |
Final Report |
| MCD Town: |
SEARSPORT |
| Local Name: |
SEARSPORT |
| Primary Responder: |
ROBERT RANDALL |
| Primary Product: |
SULFURIC ACID {72} - 150.00 ESTIMATE
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| Subject/Owner: |
GENERAL ALUM & CHEMICAL CORP OF NEW ENGLAND - - |
| I. EVENT |
| Spill Info |
| Type: |
Hazardous Material Incident |
| Source: |
Land Transportation - Tank Truck |
| Cause: |
Overfill |
| Spill Date/Time |
| Spill Date/Time: |
08/20/2002
|
| Reporter Type/Detection Method |
| Type: |
Subject/Spiller {2} |
| Method: |
Visual Product |
| Reported Date/Time |
| Reported Date/Time: |
08/20/2002
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| Subject/Spiller (Potential Responsible Party) |
| Contact: |
GENERAL ALUM & CHEMICAL CORP OF NEW ENGLAND
PO BOX 436
KIDDER POINT RD
SEARSPORT ME 04974 USA
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| Comment: |
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| Primary Responder and Other Employees |
| Contact(s): |
ROBERT RANDALL (Primary Responder)
|
| Comment: |
No Further Response Action Expected |
| II. SITE |
| Location |
| Location Type: |
Business - Industrial {ID} |
| Name: |
GENERAL ALUM & CHEMICAL CORP |
| Street Address: |
KIDDER POINT RD |
| MCD Town: |
SEARSPORT |
| Local Name: |
SEARSPORT |
| State/Province: |
ME |
| Spill Point |
| Spill Point: |
|
| Wells and Media Affected |
| Wells Affected: |
0 Wells Impacted/ 0 Wells At Risk
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| Media Affected: |
|
| Tanks Involved |
| Tanks Involved: |
NONE
|
| III. CLEANUP |
| Product Reported: |
SULFURIC ACID {72} |
| Products Found/Amount Spilled: |
SULFURIC ACID {72} - 150.00 ESTIMATE
(Primary Product) |
| Material Recovered: |
Spilled Product {SP} - 0.00 UNKNOWN
|
| Recovery/Treatment Method: |
Pumps {B}
Treatment in Place {I}
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| Cleanup DTREE: |
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| Disposal Information: |
Free product recovered with pump & recycled back into system. Contaminated soil neutralized with soda ash and hauled to Pine Tree Landfill in Hampden for disposal. |
| IV. NARRATIVE |
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This office received a call at 1450 on 8/20/02 from Peter Goodwin (GAC Chemical Corp.; Searsport) reporting a hazardous chemical spill at their facility. He stated that approximately 100 to 150 gallons of sulfuric acid were spilled around 1415 today while they were in the process of unloading a tank truck at their alum reactor plant. The cause was due to a valve that had been left open on the system. That allowed some of the acid to flow back into the truck and out through the rupture disc. All of the material was contained on hot top and soil in the loading/unloading area. After closing the valve, personnel immediately diked the area off and began recovery. They pumped up as much of the liquid as possible for recycling and neutralized the rest with soda ash. Plans now are to dig up the contaminated soil along the edge of the asphalt, neutralize it, and transport it to the Pine Tree Landfill in Hampden for disposal. There were no drains or State waters involved in the incident.REC: File report.
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| V.ATTACHMENTS |
| Attachment Type |
Description |
| Paper Attach |
GAC - Facility Spill Report |
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