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Fox Street Oil Spill

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Red Line - boundary of former Budd Company Yellow Line - Spill from #6 tank<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
View of part of former Budd Company facility (tank is on opposite side of the building) <br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Tank that was vandalized <br />Date Taken: 7/17/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 40.00955<br />Longitude: -75.1722166666667<br />Tags:
Oil in secondary containment <br />Date Taken: 7/19/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 40.0119666666667<br />Longitude: -75.1732333333333<br />Tags:
Oil seepting from fill area below tank into drainage swale <br />Date Taken: 7/21/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 40.0132666666667<br />Longitude: -75.1753333333333<br />Tags:
CSX contractor vacuuming oil out of storm sewer manholes on CSX property <br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Oil in first manhole on CSX property closest to tank <br />Date Taken: 7/18/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 40.0089333333333<br />Longitude: -75.17275<br />Tags:
CSX contractor vac truck pumping oil out of manhole <br />Date Taken: 7/18/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 40.0089333333333<br />Longitude: -75.17275<br />Tags:
Boom in drainage swale <br />Date Taken: 7/18/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 40.0095<br />Longitude: -75.1718<br />Tags:
Drainage swale showing oil <br />Date Taken: 7/18/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 40.0116<br />Longitude: -75.1739<br />Tags:
One of two Schuylkill River outfalls <br />Date Taken: 7/21/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 40.0074333333333<br />Longitude: -75.1945666666667<br />Tags:
Another Schuylkill RIver outfall <br />Date Taken: 7/21/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 40.0083166666667<br />Longitude: -75.1986666666667<br />Tags:
Manhole showing oil after a rainfall event on 7/29/13<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Boom placed by CSX contractor where storm sewer resurfaces (no oil observed or minimal)<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Containment measures along drainage swale<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
#6 oil along tracks. AST at former Budd plant is on this side of tracks. This culvert is "downstream" of three manhole covers downstream of AST. <br />Date Taken: 8/30/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
A little further down from culvert past the manholes on AST side of the tracks. <br />Date Taken: 8/30/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
#6 oil in drainage swale along RR tracks downstream of manholes and culvert. Previous to this date, oil reportedly was not seen this far downgradient. Source? Oil caught in pipe below ground and released after yesterday's rain? <br />Date Taken: 8/30/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
#6 oil further downstream in the drainage swale. Oil was observed in the swale until a point where it went underground back under the tracks and into a short tunnel (about 1/3 mile from the AST). <br />Date Taken: 8/30/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
#6 oil further downstream in drainage swale <br />Date Taken: 8/30/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
This culvert is on the opposite side of the RR tracks where the swale goes underneath and soon enters a short tunnel. Point is about 1/3 mile from the AST. <br />Date Taken: 8/30/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Oil in drainage leading from culvert in last photo. This drainage will go under a short tunnel and will utlimately dump into the city's storm drain where it will enter the Schuylkill River at a recreational location. <br />Date Taken: 8/30/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Location where surface drainage discharges into the underground city storm system. This point is roughly 3/4 mile from the Schuylkill River and is a confined space. Essentially it is the furthest drainage point accessible by walking from the AST <br />Date Taken: 8/30/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Manhole #3 monitored by CSX <br />Date Taken: 8/30/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Different type of oil, appears to be #2, on opposite side of tracks from AST. CSX laid mulch on top to help bind it. Source unknown. <br />Date Taken: 8/30/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Oil on opposite side of tracks (#2 ?) after agitating mulch used to bind it. Oil source unknown. <br />Date Taken: 8/30/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:





Red Line - boundary of former Budd Company Yellow Line - Spill from #6 tank View of part of former Budd Company facility (tank is on opposite side of the building) Tank that was vandalized Oil in secondary containment Oil seepting from fill area below tank into drainage swale CSX contractor vacuuming oil out of storm sewer manholes on CSX property Oil in first manhole on CSX property closest to tank CSX contractor vac truck pumping oil out of manhole Boom in drainage swale Drainage swale showing oil One of two Schuylkill River outfalls Another Schuylkill RIver outfall Manhole showing oil after a rainfall event on 7/29/13 Boom placed by CSX contractor where storm sewer resurfaces (no oil observed or minimal) Containment measures along drainage swale #6 oil along tracks. AST at former Budd plant is on this side of tracks. This culvert is A little further down from culvert past the manholes on AST side of the tracks. #6 oil in drainage swale along RR tracks downstream of manholes and culvert. Previous to this date, oil reportedly was not seen this far downgradient. Source? Oil caught in pipe below ground and released after yesterday's rain? #6 oil further downstream in the drainage swale. Oil was observed in the swale until a point where it went underground back under the tracks and into a short tunnel (about 1/3 mile from the AST). #6 oil further downstream in drainage swale This culvert is on the opposite side of the RR tracks where the swale goes underneath and soon enters a short tunnel. Point is about 1/3 mile from the AST. Oil in drainage leading from culvert in last photo. This drainage will go under a short tunnel and will utlimately dump into the city's storm drain where it will enter the Schuylkill River at a recreational location. Location where surface drainage discharges into the underground city storm system. This point is roughly 3/4 mile from the Schuylkill River and is a confined space. Essentially it is the furthest drainage point accessible by walking from the AST Manhole #3 monitored by CSX Different type of oil, appears to be #2, on opposite side of tracks from AST. CSX laid mulch on top to help bind it. Source unknown. Oil on opposite side of tracks (#2 ?) after agitating mulch used to bind it. Oil source unknown.