Selected Report: B-57-2010
| Spill Report Information |
| Spill Number: |
B-57-2010 |
| Report Status: |
Final Report |
| MCD Town: |
SEARSPORT |
| Local Name: |
SEARSPORT |
| Primary Responder: |
ANDREA L LASSELLE |
| Primary Product: |
SULFURIC ACID {72} - 400.00 ESTIMATE
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| Subject/Owner: |
GAC - - |
| I. EVENT |
| Spill Info |
| Type: |
Hazardous Material Incident |
| Source: |
Storage Unit - Aboveground Storage Tank |
| Cause: |
Overfill |
| Spill Date/Time |
| Spill Date/Time: |
02/03/2010
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| Reporter Type/Detection Method |
| Type: |
Subject/Spiller {2} |
| Method: |
Visual Product |
| Reported Date/Time |
| Reported Date/Time: |
02/03/2010
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| Subject/Spiller (Potential Responsible Party) |
| Contact: |
GAC
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): |
ANDREA L LASSELLE (Primary Responder)
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| Comment: |
No Further Response Action Expected |
| II. SITE |
| Location |
| Location Type: |
Business - Industrial {ID} |
| Name: |
GAC |
| Street Address: |
KIDDER POINT RD |
| MCD Town: |
SEARSPORT |
| Local Name: |
SEARSPORT |
| 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: |
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| Tanks Involved |
| Tanks Involved: |
NONE
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| III. CLEANUP |
| Product Reported: |
SULFURIC ACID {72} |
| Products Found/Amount Spilled: |
SULFURIC ACID {72} - 400.00 ESTIMATE
(Primary Product) |
| Material Recovered: |
Mixed Liquid Media {MM} - 750.00 gals. ESTIMATE
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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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On 2/3/10, the day tank containing 30 % sulfuric acid with a pH of 2 was overfilled due to human error. Product was being transferred from the large holding tanks to the smaller day tank. The day tank was located outdoors with fully functioning secondary containment. When I arrived on scene a crew was busy pumping the acid from the secondary containment. There were no vapor hazards and respirators were not necessary.GAC representative, Peter Goodwin explained that they would pump the acid into 330 gallon plastic totes and bring them to be used in a non-food grade process. They also began neutralizing the inside of the containment with soda ash. Then they began to rinse down the walls and floor of the secondary containment. We began testing the pH of the water as it made it's way down to the sump pump. This weaker acid was also pumped into totes and taken to be used in a different chemical process. The secondary containment was flushed with water and soda ash until the rise water was neutral.
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| V.ATTACHMENTS |
| None |
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