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Stafford UST Oil Spill

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Oil Spill 009 2.jpg<br />Date Taken: 12/10/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Excavated tank after it was cleaned Site Photo 12/10/2009
Oil Spill 031.jpg<br />Date Taken: 12/11/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Another hole found on the tank (oppositve end from fill pipe) Site Photo 12/11/2009
Oil Spill 028.jpg<br />Date Taken: 12/11/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Small hole in tank (directly below the fill pipe) Site Photo 12/11/2009
Oil Spill 030.jpg<br />Date Taken: 12/11/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Small hole observed along tank seam (#2) Site Photo 12/11/2009
Oil Spill 029.jpg<br />Date Taken: 12/11/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Hole observed along tank seam. Site Photo 12/11/2009
Oil Spill 005.jpg<br />Date Taken: 12/10/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Tank grave. Based upon the color of the fuel oil in the grave, it appears that the released material was all new. There was no evidenced of weathered commercial fuel (color will degrade with time). Site Photo 12/10/2009
Oil Spill 008.jpg<br />Date Taken: 12/10/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: View from the side of the building next to the tank grave - looking at the interceptor trench being dug. Immediately beyond the excavator is the retaining wall for the Middle River. Site Photo 12/10/2009
Oil Spill 001.jpg<br />Date Taken: 12/10/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Double layer of boom (sorbent/soft boom - white; and hard river boom - yellow) in the Middle River adjacent to the incident. Site Photo 12/10/2009
Oil Spill 011.jpg<br />Date Taken: 12/10/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Sheening along the retaining wall of the Middle River adjacent to the release. Site Photo 12/10/2009
IMG_0937.JPG<br />Date Taken: 12/12/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Boom in the Middle River - 10F temperatures were causing ice to form behind the layers of boom. See the red stain - caused by the dye that is placed in commercial heating oil. Site Photo 12/12/2009
IMG_0930.JPG<br />Date Taken: 12/11/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Recovery Well installation Site Photo 12/11/2009
IMG_0925.JPG<br />Date Taken: 12/11/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Oil recovery wells being installed in the interceptor trench (adjacent to the retaining wall of the Middle River) Site Photo 12/11/2009
IMG_0934.JPG<br />Date Taken: 12/12/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Recovery Well being brought back to grade Site Photo 12/12/2009
IMG_0939.JPG<br />Date Taken: 12/14/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: View of the recovery wells - this picture shows the exact area of operations (very confined - bounded by building on the left, Middle River on the right, and the 18" sewer main that goes right through the middle). Site Photo 12/14/2009