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Sykesville Oil Spill

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Sykesville, MD - EPA Region III
POLREP #12 - Continuation of work 		Printer Friendly  |   PDF
 
On-Scene Coordinator - Charlie Fitzsimmons 7/26/2005
Emergency - Removal Action Pollution Report (POLREP) #12
Pollution Report (POLREP) #12
Site Description
Refer to previous polreps.

Current Activities
During this reporting period the Responsible Party's contractor, ERM Inc., continued weekly oil extraction activities.  During this reporting period recovery events occurred on 7/5, 7/11, 7/13 and 7/14.   The total liquids extracted thru 7/14 includes 14,988 gals of contaminated water and  2,840 gals of fuel oil.  Weekly and now semi-weekly extraction events will continue.  

ERM retrieved the Beacon soil gas collectors (50 total) on July 21, 2005 for lab analysis.

No other activity was performed during this reporting period.

Planned Removal Actions
Continuance of oil removal activities and completion of soil gas survey analysis as well as geophysical survey.