U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

HTTPS

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock () or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Lion Oil Magnolia Spill (FPN E13610)

 
Site Contact:
Mark Hayes
Environmental Engineer, OSC

(hayes.mark@epa.gov)

Site Location:
Lion Oil Magnolia Facility
Magnolia, AR 71753
 response.epa.gov/lionoilmagnoliaspill
NRC#: 1040525

On 9 March 2013 EPA was notified by the National Response Center (NRC) of a 1500 barrels (bbls) crude oil spill at the Lion Oil Trading & Transportation, Inc. facility located in Magnolia, Columbus County, Arkansas (NRC #1040525). The responsible party (RP), Lion Oil Trading & Transportation, Inc., reported that the spill occurred from a failure in their suction pump, which transports crude oil from the tank battery to a underground 12 inch transmission line that is monitored with a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. The discharged oil filled a containment pond before flowing down gradient and impacting approximately 1 ½ miles of Little Cornie Bayou Creek. The RP dispatched personnel and deployed booms and vacuum (vac) trucks at various impacted areas to initiate recovery operations. On 9 March 2013 the EPA Federal On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) and Superfund Technical Assessment Response Team (START) arrived on site to investigate the spill and RP's response actions.


Pit east of oil release was dug for to gain access to decommissioned piping for removal at LOTT transmission station was filled with released oil. RP skimming released oil from dug pit west of tranmission station. Oil releaese at the LOTT transmission station. The release of oil was caused from a 12-inch underground pipe west of blue suction pump. Released oil traveled south to a tile pipe. Removal of damaged pipe from the sucker pump. Released oil traveled east from the tramission station to a retention pond. Off-loading port at 1003 AST. RP is using 1003 AST onsite to off-load recovered oil and water from the spill. Off-loading ports at 1003 AST. North detention pond water being pumped to unnamed creek to flush creek and Beaver Pond area. Piping from north detention pond water being pumped to unnamed creek to flush creek and Beaver Pond area. Retention pond east of transfer station was designed to capture released oil. Some small pools of oil remain in the retention pond after three days of skimming oil and water. An over-fill pipe from the retention pond released oil off site property south into the Little Cornie Bayou. Little Cornie Bayou downstream and up stream from Large Culvert. Released oil found East Southeast of site released in a naturally dammed area (Beaver Dam). The oil settled in a shallow and fanned area before coming back together into a formed creek channel. Released oil found East Southeast of site released in a naturally dammed area (Beaver Dam). The oil settled in a shallow and fanned area before coming back together into a formed creek channel. Released oil found East Southeast of site released in a naturally dammed area (Beaver Dam). The oil settled in a shallow and fanned area before coming back together into a formed creek channel. RP contractor cutting underbrush to clear access paths to Beaver Dam area. Initial operations at the Beaver Dam location. Hard boom at downstream area. Two roller skimmers at downstream end of Beaver Dam cleanup area. RP contractors racking, cleaning, and bagging containated debris at Beaver Dam. Little Cornie Bayou downstream from Big House Road and up stream from Large Culvert. Little Cornie Bayou upstream of the small culvert near WIER 1 location. Little Cornie Bayou downstream of the small culvert near WIER 1 location. WIER 1 located downstream built the day of the release to capture oil. WIER is made of earthen material with 8-inch pipes to release clear water and trap oil upstream. After breach on 03/10/13 during rain event, WIER 2 was rebuilt. The WIER was reforced with earthen soil for more support. VAC truck at WIER 1 skimming oil and transfering to frac tank at location. VAC truck at WIER 1 skimming oil. RP personnel monitoring roller skimmer at WIER 1. Frac tank stagged and placed in secondary containment at WIER 2 for oil collection. Doodle Bugging utilized at WIER 2 location to skim and collect released oil. RP personnel installing road mats to gain access from large VAC trucks at WIER 2. RP personnel installing road mats to gain access from large VAC trucks at WIER 2. Long reach forklift used in installing road mats to reach WIER 2 location. Road mats leading to WIER 2 location. Doodle Buggy at WIER 2 skmming oil upstream. Hard boom placed in section of creek between WIER 1 and WIER 2 to capture any oil released from WIER 1 prior to reaching WIER 2. Boom area upstream of WIER 2. Hard boom upstream from WIER 2 location holding oil from reaching the WIER. WIER 2 located downstream of WIER 1 to capture any remaining sheen or residue from the oil release. WIER 2 location. WIER 2 location. Hard boom placed North of Columbia Road 34 as a precaustion for inclimate weather coming through the area on 03/10/13. Hard and soft boom at CR 34 colvert. Soft boom downstream at CR 34 culvert. Command Center and Stagging area NE of Beaver Dam and east of LOTT transmission station. Staged rolloff box at Cammand Center/stagging area for containated debris.
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.