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Sugar Creek Oil Well

 
Site Contact:
Jeff Lippert
On-Scene Coordinator

(lippert.jeffrey@epa.gov)

Site Location:
Township Road 93
Woodville, OH 43469
 response.epa.gov/sugarcreekoilwell
NRC#: 1007177

An orphaned crude oil well located in a Woodville, OH farm field is overflowing, leaking onto the ground and into a drain tile. The drain tile is discharging oil into Sugar Creek, which is a tributary to the Portage River. OSC Lippert responded to the scene and activated ERRS and START. ERRS has mobilized a vac truck and has begun to remove the oil from the well and the drain tile. START is conducting air monitoring.


Riser placed over the well casing. Sugar Creek upstream of the drainage tile discharge into the the creek Drain tile discharging oil to Sugar Creek. Vacuum truck in postion to begin vac operation, located at the drainage tile discharge point into the Sugar Creek Oil spilled in Sugar Creek. Oil spilled in Sugar Creek Oil moving down Sugar Creek Containment boom in Sugar Creek. Absorbent boom downstream in Sugar Creek.
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.