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Long Creek WWTP Mercury Spill

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Long Creek WWTP Plant, Albemarle, North Carolina<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
WWTP operator reported a spill of approximately 15 lbs of mercury in a second floor storage area.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Accumulated mercury was stored in a hazardous material storage area in the northwest corner of the second floor. Mercury was stored in a plastic 3.5 gallon bucket which developed a leak, spilling liquid mercury on the concrete floor<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Spill mercury was observed around the bucket and on the surrounding floor.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
START screened the area around the spilled mercury with a Lumex mercury vapor analyzer. The highest observed level was 8,000 nanograms per cubic meter.<br />Date Taken: 3/17/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:

Long Creek WWTP Plant, Albemarle, North Carolina WWTP operator reported a spill of approximately 15 lbs of mercury in a second floor storage area. Accumulated mercury was stored in a hazardous material storage area in the northwest corner of the second floor. Mercury was stored in a plastic 3.5 gallon bucket which developed a leak, spilling liquid mercury on the concrete floor Spill mercury was observed around the bucket and on the surrounding floor. START screened the area around the spilled mercury with a Lumex mercury vapor analyzer. The highest observed level was 8,000 nanograms per cubic meter.