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Provo Residential Mercury Spill

 
Site Contact:
Craig Giggleman
OSC

(giggleman.craig@epa.gov)

Site Location:
1187 W 3100 N
Provo, UT 84601
 response.epa.gov/ProvoResidentialMercurySpill

On November 27, 2017, the Utah Department of Environmental
Quality requested assistance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 to address a release of an unknown amount of mercury spilled inside a residence in Provo, UT. The incident occurred on November 23, 2017, when children were playing with a mercury-in-glass thermometer.

On November 28, 2017, an EPA Region 8 On-Scene-Coordinator and Emergency Response and Removal Services contractor responded to the request and initiated an emergency removal at the site. This removal action was completed on November 30, 2017.