A release of #6 fuel oil was discovered on Monday morning at Success Village in Bridgeport, CT. Approximately 1500 gallons of fuel oil spilled as a result of a broken fuel line in the boiler room. Much of the oil was expelled from the building by a sump pump into a storm drain that discharges to the Yellow Mill River and eventually to Long Island Sound. The release was not reported to CTDEP until Tuesday. The CTDEP notified the National Response Center and report # 945050 was passed to EPA Region 01 at 1645 hrs yesterday. CTDEP John Aceto reported that the facility had a similar release approx 18 months ago and has not addressed the inadequacies in the boiler room drainage system. A cleanup contractor has been hired by CTDEP to address the oil in the storm drain and the Yellow Mill River. Although the release is within the USEPA jurisdiction, the USCG Sector LIS also responded because the Yellow Mill River discharges to LIS.
CTDEP requested EPA assistance for Wednesday morning. OSC Pasquerella is responding to the incident.
