United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region IV
POLLUTION REPORT



Date:
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
From:
Glenn Adams

To:
Terry Stilman, EPA Region 4

Subject: 

First and Final PolRep
GRU-Deerhaven Oil Spill
10001 NW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL
Latitude: 29.7606000
Longitude: -82.3967000


POLREP No.:
1
Site #:
Reporting Period:
D.O. #:
Start Date:
6/5/2006
Response Authority:
OPA
Mob Date:
6/5/2006
Response Type:
Emergency
Demob Date:
6/6/2006
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
6/6/2006
Incident Category:
Removal Assessment
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
Reimbursable Account #
FPN#
 

Site Description

Approximately 25,000 gallons of  number 6 fuel oil was released from the over-flow line of a 2.4 million gallon tank into the secondary containment at the Gainesville Regional Utility's Deerhaven Generating Station.  Due to possible "human error" approximately 10,000 to 12,000 gallons of that oil was released into the Utility's storm water system.  Approximately 13,000 gallons of oil was recovered from the secondary containment and another 2,900 gallons was recovered from the storm water system.  The oil has contaminated soil and water along approximately 1/2 mile of a drainage ditch within the Utility's property.  The release has been secured with earthen dams and collection pits and cleanup is underway.  The oil and water mixture is being recovered and the soils will b excavated along the ditch.  No oil left the Utility's property and Turkey Creek has not been impacted.


Current Activities

Containment of the spill was accomplished with earthen dams and collection pits.  Free product was recovered from the secondary containment (approximately 13,000 gallons) and approximately 3,000 gallons of product was recovered from the storm water system and collection pits of 05 June 2006.  Grubbing has been done to get access to the drainage ditch and heavy equipment has been staged.


Planned Removal Actions

Recovery of product and contaminated water will continue.  Excavation of contaminated soils will be done.  The excavated soils will be staged onsite with wet soils going it dewatering boxes.  The contaminated soils will be sampled and then transported for thermal treatment.  Restoration of the impacted ditches and land will be done.


Next Steps

Florida Department of Envionmental Protection and the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department will continue to provide oversight of the cleanup.


Key Issues

The drainage ditch which flows to Turkey Creek was heavily impacted, but no contamination reached Turkey Creek nor off site of the property.


Estimated Costs *
  Budgeted Total To Date Remaining % Remaining
Extramural Costs
Intramural Costs
 
Total Site Costs $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0.00%

* The above accounting of expenditures is an estimate based on figures known to the OSC at the time this report was written. The OSC does not necessarily receive specific figures on final payments made to any contractor(s). Other financial data which the OSC must rely upon may not be entirely up-to-date. The cost accounting provided in this report does not necessarily represent an exact monetary figure which the government may include in any claim for cost recovery.


response.epa.gov/GRUDeerhaven

POLREP #1 Last Updated 6/8/2006