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Albina Fuel

 
Site Contact:
Dan Heister
On-Scene Coordinator

(heister.dan@epa.gov)

Site Location:
1112 West 7th St.
Vancouver, WA 98666
 response.epa.gov/Albinafuel
NRC#: 1071825

An incident involving the release of asphalt oil was reported to NRC at 09:44 a.m. on January 22, 2014 at the Albina Asphalt Terminal 2 facility in Vancouver, Washington. The RP, EPA, and Washington Department of Ecology responded to the scene. The asphalt oil was observed to not have escaped secondary containment and the emergency phase is over. Approximately 203 thousand gallons of asphalt oil was released. Cleanup and recovery operations are in progress and the incident is under control.


Solidifying edge within containment Hot Product within containment Tank #1 source of leak West side of Tank #1 Earthen Berm on south side of Tank Farm Pump truck used to pump of 20 K gallons of spill prior to material cooling and becoming un-pumpable. Before: South side of Tank #1 and containment berm After: Solidified asphalt removed by excavator 1/29/14.
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.