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Heron Creek Middle School Mercury Spill

 
Site Contact:
Chris Russell
FOSC

(Russell.Chris@EPA.GOV)

Site Location:
6501 West Price Boulevard
North Port, FL 34291
 response.epa.gov/HeronCreekMiddleSchoolHg
NRC#: 1007351

On March 29, 2012, a student at Heron Creek Middle School broke a Sling Psychrometer in a science classroom. The teacher isolated the spill and evacuated the room. The Sarasota County School Board contracted a cleanup contractor to perform removal operations on the evening of March 29, 2012.
On March 30, 2012, EPA Region 4 Florida Outpost OSC Chris Russell was advised of the spill. At the request of FDEP Bureau of Emergency Response Personnel, OSC Russell mobilized to the site to provide oversight of cleanup operations.


Wash down of science room. Science classroom. Sling Psychrometer case. Heating and Venting operations. Desks removed from the science room. Heron Creek Middle School Mercury Response Heron Creek Middle School Mercury Spill Response. Heron Creek Middle School.
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.