United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region X
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Thursday, March 10, 2005
From:
Michael Szerlog

To:
Steve Heaton, IDEQ - LUST Program
Miguel Bella, USCG

Subject: 

Progress
Ashton Texaco Oil Release
363 Highway 20, Ashton, ID
Latitude: 44.0750000
Longitude: -111.4600000


POLREP No.:
22
Site #:
Z0A3
Reporting Period:
2/27/05 - 3/10/05
D.O. #:
64-10-17
Start Date:
2/14/2005
Response Authority:
OPA
Mob Date:
2/14/2005
Response Type:
Demob Date:
2/24/2005
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
IDR000201400
Reimbursable Account #
Z0A3
FPN#
E03012
 

Site Description

See polrep number 1.


Current Activities

**** Sunday, February 27, 2005. (ERRS subcontractor DAL-1)  No work.

**** Monday, February 28, 2005. (ERRS subcontractor DAL-1) DAL measured product levels inside of the 1,000 gallon storage tank, collected totalizer readings from the groundwater treatment system, and collected oil and groundwater depth readings in all on- and off-site wells.  Amout of oil recovered since the groundwater pumps were installed - 340 gallons.  Total oil recovered for the site is 540 gallons.

**** Tuesday, March 1, 2005. (ERRS subcontractor DAL-1)  DAL measured product levels inside of the 1,000 gallon storage tank.  Amout of oil recovered since the groundwater pumps were installed - 397 gallons.  Total oil recovered for the site is 597 gallons.

**** Wednesday, March 2, 2005. (ERRS subcontractor DAL-1)  DAL measured product levels inside of the 1,000 gallon storage tank, collected totalizer readings from the groundwater treatment system, and collected oil and groundwater depth readings in all on- and off-site wells.  Amout of oil recovered since the groundwater pumps were installed - 455 gallons.  Total oil recovered for the site is 655 gallons. Water samples were collected and submitted to a commercial laboratory to check water quality parameters of the groundwater treatment system's effluent.  

**** Thursday, March 3, 2005 (ERRS subcontractor DAL-1)  No work.

**** Friday, March 4, 2005. (ERRS subcontractor DAL-1)  DAL measured product levels inside of the 1,000 gallon storage tank, collected totalizer readings from the groundwater treatment system, and collected oil and groundwater depth readings in all on- and off-site wells.  Amout of oil recovered since the groundwater pumps were installed - 498 gallons.  Total oil recovered for the site is 698 gallons.  Note:  System shut down due to low level alarm in the equilization tank.  DAL adjusted the flowrate per discussion with START engineer.  System back up and operational.

**** Saturday, March 5, 2005. (ERRS subcontractor DAL-1) DAL measured product levels inside of the 1,000 gallon storage tank, collected totalizer readings from the groundwater treatment system, and collected oil and groundwater depth readings in all on- and off-site wells.  Amout of oil recovered since the groundwater pumps were installed - 571 gallons.  Total oil recovered for the site is 771 gallons.  DAL also cleaned the oil detection probes on the oil recovery pumps.

**** Sunday, March 6, 2005 (ERRS subcontractor DAL-1) DAL measured product levels inside of the 1,000 gallon storage tank, collected totalizer readings from the groundwater treatment system, and collected oil and groundwater depth readings in all on- and off-site wells.  Amout of oil recovered since the groundwater pumps were installed - 686 gallons.  Total oil recovered for the site is 886 gallons.

**** Monday, March 7, 2005  (ERRS subcontractor DAL-1) DAL measured product levels inside of the 1,000 gallon storage tank, collected totalizer readings from the groundwater treatment system, and collected oil and groundwater depth readings in all on- and off-site wells.  Amout of oil recovered since the groundwater pumps were installed - 730 gallons.  Total oil recovered for the site is 930 gallons.

**** Tuesday, March 8, 2005 (ERRS subcontractor DAL-1)DAL measured product levels inside of the 1,000 gallon storage tank, collected totalizer readings from the groundwater treatment system, and collected oil and groundwater depth readings in all on- and off-site wells.  Amout of oil recovered since the groundwater pumps were installed - 760 gallons.  Total oil recovered for the site is 960 gallons.

**** Wednesday, March 9, 2005 (ERRS subcontractor DAL-1)DAL measured product levels inside of the 1,000 gallon storage tank, collected totalizer readings from the groundwater treatment system, and collected oil and groundwater depth readings in all on- and off-site wells.  Amout of oil recovered since the groundwater pumps were installed - 787 gallons.  Total oil recovered for the site is 987 gallons.  Water samples were collected and submitted to a commercial laboratory to check water quality parameters of the groundwater treatment system's effluent.  

**** Thursday, March 10, 2005 (ERRS subcontractor DAL-1)DAL measured product levels inside of the 1,000 gallon storage tank, collected totalizer readings from the groundwater treatment system, and collected oil and groundwater depth readings in all on- and off-site wells.  Amout of oil recovered since the groundwater pumps were installed - 802 gallons.  Total oil recovered for the site is 1002 gallons.  ERRS subcontractor Emerald Petroleum pumped approximately 792 gallons of gasoline/diesel and transported it off site for recycling (approximately 60 gallons remained inside the tank).


Planned Removal Actions

- Monitor effluent levels and change out Carbon Units as appropriate.
- Pump out 1,000 gallon AST as needed.
- Operate groundwater depression and oil recovery systems.


Next Steps

***** Install overhead powerline.
***** Transfer treatment system power connection from Texaco Sign to new overhead powerline.  
***** Continue to collect water quality samples of the effluent.
***** Continue operation and maintenance plan for the product and groundwater systems.
***** Replace Carbon Units per water quality sample results.

EPA will operate these systems for another 6 months and then re-evaluate.


Key Issues

The power company was not able to install overhead powerline.  EPA used the power from the Texaco sign as an interim measure until the line is run.

B&D Texaco reported that they did not receive insurance coverage through the Petroleum Storage Tank Fund and will be filing for bankrupcy.


Disposition of Wastes


Waste Stream Quantity Manifest # Disposal Facility
Gasoline/Diesel  792 gallons  Bill of Lading  Recycled by Emerald Petroleum in Salt Lake City, Utah 


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