Selected Report: B-556-2004
| Spill Report Information |
| Spill Number: |
B-556-2004 |
| Report Status: |
Final Report |
| MCD Town: |
SEARSPORT |
| Local Name: |
SEARSPORT |
| Primary Responder: |
ROBERT RANDALL |
| Primary Product: |
CORROSIVE {73} - 1100.00 ESTIMATE
|
| Subject/Owner: |
GENERAL ALUM & CHEMICAL CORP - - |
| I. EVENT |
| Spill Info |
| Type: |
Hazardous Material Incident |
| Source: |
Storage Unit - Aboveground Storage Tank |
| Cause: |
Accident - Human Error |
| Spill Date/Time |
| Spill Date/Time: |
10/14/2004
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| Reporter Type/Detection Method |
| Type: |
Subject/Spiller {2} |
| Method: |
Visual Product |
| Reported Date/Time |
| Reported Date/Time: |
10/14/2004
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| Subject/Spiller (Potential Responsible Party) |
| Contact: |
GENERAL ALUM & CHEMICAL CORP
PO BOX 436
34 KIDDER PT RD
SEARSPORT ME 04974 USA
|
| Comment: |
|
| Other Contact |
| Contact: |
NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER
WASHINGTON DC 20593-0001 USA
|
| Comment: |
|
| 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: |
34 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
|
| Media Affected: |
|
| Tanks Involved |
| Tanks Involved: |
NONE
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| III. CLEANUP |
| Product Reported: |
HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL - SPECIFIED IN REPORT {79} |
| Products Found/Amount Spilled: |
CORROSIVE {73} - 1100.00 ESTIMATE
Additional Product Description - 50% sodium hydroxide
(Primary Product) |
| Material Recovered: |
NONE
|
| Recovery/Treatment Method: |
NONE
|
| Cleanup DTREE: |
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| Disposal Information: |
Material was all contained on a concrete floor, pumped up, and will be recycled on site. |
| IV. NARRATIVE |
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This office received a call at 0830 on 10/14/04 from Peter Goodwin (GAC Chemical Corporation; Searsport) reporting a hazardous chemical spill at their facility. He stated that approximately 1100 gallons of 50% sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) has been spilled inside the Sodium Aluminate plant during the night. All of the material was contained on a concrete floor and was being pumped up. There were no drains or State waters involved in this incident. Upon investigation, it was found that maintenance personnel had been cleaning out an above ground storage tank inside the building during the previous day and have left a drainage valve open on the tank, because the job was not finished. Around 0130 as luck would have it, a delivery was made to the tank, which commenced to drain onto the concrete floor, unbeknown to anyone at the facility. The spill was not discovered until personnel started to arrived at work early this morning. Plans are to recover all of the spilled material and reuse it in their process. Proceeding to Searsport, I met with Mr. Goodwin and went over the situation with him. Everything appeared to be pretty much as he reported it. I was shown the location of the tank truck unloading rack, the storage tank inside the building, and the path that the sodium hydroxide had taken along the concrete floor. It did not appear that any of the chemical had migrated out of the building. As I was leaving the facility, US Coast Guard personnel were just arriving to do their investigation.CONCLUSION: See Mr. Goodwin's spill report (attached) for additional information.REC: File report.
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| V.ATTACHMENTS |
| Attachment Type |
Description |
| Paper Attach |
General Alum & Chemical Corp - Spill Report |
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