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The Dalles Transformer Oil Spill

 
Site Contact:
Dan Heister
OSC

(heister.dan@epa.gov)

Site Location:
The Dalles Dam Project
The Dalles, OR 00000
 response.epa.gov/DallesOilSpill


Off loading transformer oil into vac truck Roof drain combination room Tail-race side of dam Sorbent pads at expansion joint on Excitation Equiment floor el. 98.5 Generator Floor Buttress and pads on floor of Circuit Breaker Gallery el. 111.5 Sorbents below piping/valves in Pump Gallery el. 129.5 Sorbents on Cable Gallery floor el. 142.5 Sorbents below cable tracks (Control Cable Gallery) el. 142.5 Drain with sorbents in Delta Bus Gallery el. 157.5 Gap between pipe and containment floor from below (Piping Gallery) Open piping hole within containment below Transformer 2 phase B NRC placing sorbents around roof drain Powerhouse Roof Behind Transformer 2 Phase B Powerhouse Roof Drain Behind Transformer 2 Phase B Transformer 2 Phase B Containment Wall Expansion Joint Caulking Expansion Joint in Dam Structure adjacent to Transformer 2 Phase B The Dalles Dam Incident Command Post - Westrick Building Department of Ecology, and NRC Environmental Inspecting Gate Lock near T2B Broken Header Pipe at Transformer 2 Phase B
For additional information, visit the Pollution Report (POLREPS) section.