United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region IX
POLLUTION REPORT


Date:
Thursday, June 26, 2008
From:
Robert Wise

Subject: 

Cleaning of Tanks
Greka Energy Zaca Lease Davis Tank Battery 2008 Spill
5017 Zaca Station Road, Los Olivos, CA
Latitude: 34.7265878
Longitude: -120.1471478


POLREP No.:
15
Site #:
Reporting Period:
D.O. #:
Start Date:
1/5/2008
Response Authority:
OPA
Mob Date:
1/6/2008
Response Type:
Emergency
Demob Date:
 
NPL Status:
Non NPL
Completion Date:
 
Incident Category:
Removal Action
CERCLIS ID #:
Contract #
RCRIS ID #:
Reimbursable Account #
FPN#
E08903
  

Site Description

See POLREP #1

On June 23, 2008, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department lifted the stop work order on the Zaca Lease allowing Greka to resume operations.


Current Activities

OSC Wise dispatched two U.S. Coast Pacific Strike Team (PST) members to conduct oversight of the restart of the Zaca Lease.  This was done becaused in 2006 after the cleanup of the December 2005 spill, Greka had a number of small spills when they were brining the lease back up on-line.  PST will be on-site until early July 2008.


Next Steps

1.  Cleaning and removal of the last tank.
2.  Restoration of the Firestone Winery Property
3.  Submittal of the final report


Key Issues

On June 6, 2008, Greka's contractor, American Integrated Services notified OSC Wise via e-mail that the temporary storage tanks at the site were all cleaned.  On June 10, 2008, Greka notified OSC Wise via e-mail that they were arranging for the removal of the cleaned tanks.  On June 25, 2008, OSC Wise and START were on-site at Zaca and observed a single temporary storage tank from the cleanup on-site.  When the inside of the tank was examined, it was discovered that the tank contained at least 1' of oil sludge.  This contradicts the two e-mails previously recieved by OSC Wise.

OSC Wise directed Greka to have that tank cleaned and removed no later then June 27, 2008.  In addition, OSC Wise directed Greka to remove the plastic and debris from the two tank storage areas on the Firestone Winery property and grade the area smooth, also by June 27.


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