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Sykesville Oil Spill

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Sykesville, MD - EPA Region III
POLREP #53 		Printer Friendly  |   PDF
 
On-Scene Coordinator - Charlie Fitzsimmons, OSC 7/15/2010
Time-Critical - Removal Action Pollution Report (POLREP) #53
Pollution Report (POLREP) #53
Site Description
See previous POLREPS.

Current Activities
During this reporting period approximately 1 gals of oil and 18 gals of contaminated water were retrieved.  The new updated totals are now as of June 30, 2010: 4,559 gals of oil and 52,011 gals of contaminated water retrieved.

No problems were encountered during this reporting period.

Next Steps
Oil adsorbent socks were placed in Sumps C and D in lieu of
further recovery by hand bailing, pumping or enhanced vacuum
recovery. Subsequent measurement of product in Sumps A, B, C,
or D occurring during the month will also receive scrutiny for
additional full scale extraction events.

The next quarterly monitoring event will be in April, 2010.