Selected Report: B-96-1998
| Spill Report Information |
| Spill Number: |
B-96-1998 |
| Report Status: |
Final Report |
| MCD Town: |
BUCKSPORT |
| Local Name: |
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| Primary Responder: |
ROBERT S WHITTIER JR |
| Primary Product: |
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| Subject/Owner: |
SPRAGUE ENERGY - - |
| I. EVENT |
| Spill Info |
| Type: |
Oil Incident |
| Source: |
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| Cause: |
Other - Known Cause |
| Spill Date/Time |
| Spill Date/Time: |
09/29/1997
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| Reporter Type/Detection Method |
| Type: |
Subject/Spiller {2} |
| Method: |
Visual Product |
| Reported Date/Time |
| Reported Date/Time: |
02/17/1998
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| Subject/Spiller |
| Contact: |
SPRAGUE ENERGY
POB 435
SEARSPORT ME 04974
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| Comment: |
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| Primary Responder and Other Employees |
| Contact(s): |
ROBERT S WHITTIER JR (Primary Responder)
TOM MALECK
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| Comment: |
No Further Response Action Expected |
| II. SITE |
| Location |
| Location Type: |
Terminal - Licensed {LI} |
| Name: |
ABANDONED NORTHERN TERMINAL |
| Street Address: |
ROUTE 15 |
| MCD Town: |
BUCKSPORT |
| 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: |
Coastal Water {C}
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| Tanks Involved |
| Tanks Involved: |
NONE
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| III. CLEANUP |
| Product Reported: |
#2 FUEL OIL {02} |
| Products Found/Amount Spilled: |
#2 FUEL OIL {02} - 3000.00 ESTIMATE
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| Material Recovered: |
NONE
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| Recovery/Treatment Method: |
NONE
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| Cleanup DTREE: |
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| Disposal Information: |
soil remediation to be determined |
| IV. NARRATIVE |
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2/17/98 12:15Bill Littlefield of Sprauge Energy in Bucksport called to report a spill situation at their old northern terminal on the Penobscot River just north of Champion Paper. It was reported that an oil spill resurfaced in the area of a recently dismantled above ground storage tank. A "significant" sheen was noted on the river.Inestigation shown that whatever product remained within the old tank's foundation was displaced by the previous evenings rain event. The tanks foundation floor was removed the previous summer. This allowed water to slowly collect in the sandy fill within the foundation pushing the old #2 fuel out into the earthern dike. Since the dike's drain valve was not secure, an unknown amount of fuel was lost to the river. Small quantities of oil was found amongst the rocks at low tide. This was subsequently cleaned up with sorbents by both Sprague and Clean Harbors personnel.Vacuum trucks recovered approximately 1500 gallons of oil both within the dike and the tank foundation area. Soil in the tank foundation was mounded to provide for more volume for rain in turn preventing further overflow. A large amount of product still remained within the fill material. Two weeks later 1300 gallons of fuel was recovered from the foundation.A large remediation project is slated for the area through the VRAP program in Augusta. As of April, it is not known whether the contaminated soil will be heat treated through batching or landfarmed on site. Details of the 1991 spill event are covered under spill "B-623-91".
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| V.ATTACHMENTS |
| None |
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