U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
POLLUTION/SITUATION REPORT
BP Terminal Indianapolis - Removal Polrep

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Region V
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Subject:
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POLREP #5
Progress PolRep
BP Terminal Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Latitude: 39.8027163 Longitude: -86.2160273
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To:
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From:
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Shelly Lam, On-Scene Coordinator
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Date:
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2/16/2012
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Reporting Period:
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January 16 - February 15, 2012
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1. Introduction
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1.1 Background
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Site Number: |
Z5K6 |
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Contract Number: |
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D.O. Number: |
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Action Memo Date: |
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Response Authority: |
OPA |
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Response Type: |
PRP Oversight |
Response Lead: |
PRP |
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Incident Category: |
Removal Action |
NPL Status: |
Non NPL |
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Operable Unit: |
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Mobilization Date: |
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Start Date: |
11/14/2011 |
Demob Date: |
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Completion Date: |
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CERCLIS ID: |
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RCRIS ID: |
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ERNS No.: |
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State Notification: |
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FPN#: |
E11504 |
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Reimbursable Account #: |
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1.1.1 Incident Category
Manufacturing/processing/maintenance - oil and gas storage
1.1.2 Site Description
The BP Indianapolis Terminal (the Site) has operated as a petroleum storage and distribution facility since 1941. The Site consists of an administrative building, service garage, petroleum distribution rack, miscellaneous warehouse and pumping station sheds, oil/water separator, underground storage tanks (UST) and aboveground storage tanks (AST), which contain gasoline, diesel, ethanol, furnace oil, and heating oil. AST capacity ranges from 672,000 to 3,360,000 gallons, with a total capacity exceeding 18,000,000 gallons.
1.1.2.1 Location
The Site is a 41-acre bulk terminal located at 2500 North Tibbs Avenue in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, 46222. Site coordinates are 39.8027163 latitude and 86.2160273 longitude. The Site is bordered by commercial property to the north; shopping plaza to the northeast; Ferguson Industrial Plastics Division and a fire station to the east; undeveloped property to the south; and Little Eagle Creek to the west.
1.1.2.2 Description of Threat
Environmental investigations conducted by BP and its consultants documented that there are petroleum-related groundwater impacts from benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes (BTEX), methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), naphthalene, ethanol, and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) including benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, chrysene, dibenz(a,h)anthracene, and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene beneath the Site. Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (LNAPL) has been found in a shallow aquifer beneath the Site and at seeps along Little Eagle Creek.
1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results
BP has been conducting sampling, monitoring, and cleanup at the Site since 1988. Data collected by BP shows that BTEX, MTBE, and PAHs have been found across the Site and in Little Eagle Creek as free and dissolved-phase product.
BP’s Semi-Annual Groundwater Report for the facility dated July 2010 documented that LNAPL continued to be detected in certain on-Site wells and dissolved phase compounds were as high as 23,900 micrograms per liter (ug/L) for benzene in monitoring well DHW-69; 58,200 ug/L for toluene in monitoring well DHW-72; 2,410 ug/L for ethylbenzene in DHW-55; 9,720 ug/L for xylenes in DHW-72; 262 ug/L for MTBE in DHW-54; and 1,150 ug/L for naphthalene in DHW-55. As of February 24, 2010, monitoring well DHW-96, adjacent to Little Eagle Creek, had a benzene concentration of 4,250 ug/L.
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2. Current Activities
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2.1 Operations Section
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2.1.1 Narrative
The Site was previously in the Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). IDEM referred the Site to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on December 13, 2010. On November 14, 2011, EPA executed an Administrative Order by Consent (AOC) under Section 311 of the Clean Water Act. The AOC requires BP to implement removal measures to prevent migration of petroleum hydrocarbon impacted groundwater into Little Eagle Creek.
2.1.2 Response Actions to Date
BP conducted the following activities during the reporting period:
- Continued fine-tuning the treatment system;
- Started up the treatment system on January 18, 2012. During startup activities, the carbon vessels were determined to be the source of short system run times and high operating pressures. BP reconfigured carbon vessels to run three lead vessels in parallel (instead of one lead/lag series pair) to mitigate backpressure on the transfer pump downstream of the air stripper sump. This reconfiguration was determined to be successful based upon greater system run times and lower operating pressures across the system;
- On February 9, 2012, the treatment system compressor was discovered to have power loss. Compressor was uninstalled and transported to local mechanic for repairs;
- Collected monthly treatment system samples;
- Conducted aquifer testing January 25 through February 1, 2012;
- On January 31, 2012, BP submitted QAPP, SAP, and HASP revisions with wet signatures;
- Conducted semi-monthly operation and maintenance (O&M) of LNAPL recovery system installed at DHW-110;
- Conducted semi-monthly manual LNAPL recovery and related breathing zone monitoring;
- On February 5, 2012, BP responded to a discharge of petroleum-contaminated groundwater from the treatment system. The system was shut down, the site was secured, and recovery of discharged groundwater was conducted. BP is conducting a root-cause analysis (RCA) investigation and will provide the results to EPA under separate cover in an incident summary report which will be submitted to EPA on February 17, 2012;
- On February 6, 2012 BP notified EPA of a discharge of petroleum-contaminated water from the treatment system;
- On February 8, 2012, BP submitted a post-incident monitoring plan for the treatment system discharge, based upon February 7, 2012 discussions with EPA's On-Scene Coordinator (OSC). BP will continue to conduct post-incident sampling, including soil, groundwater, and surface water, as conditionally approved by EPA in the letter dated February 9, 2012. Un-validated analytical results will be shared with the OSC upon receipt;
- On February 10, 2012, BP requested an extension of the deadline for continuous system operation from February 12 to a later date, based upon the conclusions of a root-cause analysis of the treatment system failure;
- On February 10, 2012, EPA's Office of Regional Counsel, in consultation with the OSC, confirmed that the BP's deadline extension request was acceptable. BP will provide EPA a revised schedule and start-up deadline by February 17, 2012;
- On February 12, 2012, Stantec submitted Investigation Work Plan per paragraph V.31 of the Order; and
- On February 14, 2012, manual LNAPL recovery was conducted on DHW-110. Three gallons of LNAPL were recovered.
2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs)
EPA executed Docket No. V-W-11 C-984, an AOC with BP on November 14, 2011.
2.1.4 Progress Metrics
Below is a schedule of items included in the AOC:
Milestone |
Date Due |
Date Done |
Effective Date (ED) |
11/14/2011 |
11/14/2011 |
LNAPL Recovery, Quarterly Creek & MW Sampling |
11/14/2011 |
11/14/2011 |
Contractor Notification |
11/21/2011 |
11/21/2011 |
Project Coordinator Notification |
11/21/2011 |
11/21/2011 |
HASP Submittal |
12/6/2011 |
12/6/2011 |
QAPP Submittal |
12/6/2011 |
12/6/2011 |
Health and Safety Plan (HASP)/Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) Approval |
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1/5/2012 |
HASP/QAPP Revisions |
1/13/2012 |
1/13/2012 |
LNAPL Recovery, Creek Sampling Locations Notification, Quarterly MW Sampling |
1/27/2012 |
1/27/2012 |
Creek Sampling Location Approval |
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Monthly Creek Sampling |
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On-Site Construction |
12/14/2011 |
9/00/11 |
Construction Complete |
2/12/2012 |
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Investigation Work Plan |
2/12/2012 |
2/12/2012 |
Investigation Complete |
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Investigation Report |
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Investigation Report Approval |
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Removal Work Plan |
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Removal Work Plan Approval |
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Removal |
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Final Report, 60 days after removal is complete |
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Quarterly Sampling Report |
2/19/2012 |
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Progress Reports, 15th of every month |
2/15/2012 |
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2.2 Planning Section
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2.2.1 Anticipated Activities
The following sections discuss planned response activities and next steps.
2.2.1.1 Planned Response Activities
BP will:
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Continue to provide oversight and documentation support to OSC;
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Continue post-incident monitoring and analytical results reporting to OSC;
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Conduct Little Eagle Creek monthly surface water sampling;
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Continue to optimize pump and treat system in anticipation of re-start; and
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Repair of damaged carbon vessels.
2.2.1.2 Next Steps
BP will continue collecting surface water and groundwater samples until the treatment system is operational again.
2.2.2 Issues
See Response Actions to Date, Section 2.1.2.
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2.3 Logistics Section
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Not applicable (NA)
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2.4 Finance Section
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No information available at this time.
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2.5 Other Command Staff
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2.5.1 Safety Officer
EPA has approved BP's HASP. BP will conduct all environmental work at the Site under the HASP.
2.6 Liaison Officer
NA
2.7 Information Officer
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2.7.1 Public Information Officer
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2.7.2 Community Involvement Coordinator
NA
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3. Participating Entities
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3.1 Unified Command
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3.2 Cooperating Agencies
IDEM
Marion County Public Health Department
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4. Personnel On Site
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The OSC was on-Site on February 7, 2012.
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5. Definition of Terms
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AOC |
Administrative Order by Consent |
AST |
Aboveground Storage Tank |
BTEX |
Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes |
ED |
Effective Date |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
FPN |
Federal Project Number |
HASP |
Health and Safety Plan |
IDEM |
Indiana Department of Environmental Management |
LNAPL |
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid |
MTBE |
Methyl teriary butyl ether |
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Not Applicable |
O&M |
Operation and Maintenance |
OSC |
On-Scene Coordinator |
PAH |
Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons |
PolRep |
Pollution Report |
PRP |
Potentially Responsible Party |
QAPP |
Quality Assurance Project Plan |
RCA |
Root-Cause Analysis |
ug/L |
micrograms per liter |
UST |
Underground Storage Tank |
VRP |
Voluntary Remediation Program |
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6. Additional sources of information
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6.1 Internet location of additional information/report
Additional information can be found at www.epaosc.org/bpterminalindy.
6.2 Reporting Schedule
The OSC will submit the next Pollution Report (PolRep) on or about March 15, 2012.
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7. Situational Reference Materials
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NA
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