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May 2010 Tennessee Floods

All POL/SITREP's for this site May 2010 Tennessee Floods
Nashville, TN - EPA Region IV
POLREP #2 		Printer Friendly  |   PDF
 
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
POLLUTION/SITUATION REPORT
May 2010 Tennessee Floods - Removal Polrep

EPA Emergency Response

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Region IV
Subject: POLREP #2
May 2010 Tennessee Floods

Nashville, TN
Latitude: 36.0991230 Longitude: -86.7587600

To:
From: Jeffery Crowley, On-Scene Coordinator
Date: 5/6/2010
Reporting Period: 5/5/2010

1. Introduction
  1.1 Background
   
Site Number:      Contract Number:  
D.O. Number:      Action Memo Date:  
Response Authority: CERCLA/OPA    Response Type: Emergency
Response Lead: EPA    Incident Category: Removal Action
NPL Status: Non NPL    Operable Unit:
Mobilization Date: 5/3/2010    Start Date: 5/4/2010
Demob Date:      Completion Date:  
CERCLIS ID:    RCRIS ID:
ERNS No.:    State Notification: 5/2/2010
FPN#:    Reimbursable Account #:


1.1.1 Incident Category

Flooding Caused by excessive rain.

For information Site Description, Location, Description of Threat, and Previous Assessment Activities, please refer to the previous POLREPs.
2. Current Activities
  2.1 Operations Section
   

2.1.1 Narrative

CurrentlyEPA is coordinating with TEMA, FEMA, and TDEC to conduct recon and asoperations become more safe, further assessment can be conducted.


2.1.2 Response Actions to Date

Duringthis reporting period EPA divided into two assessment teams.  One team,led by OSC Garrard, conducted recon in areas of WesternNashville.  The other, led by OSC Crowley, conducted recon ineastern and downtown Nashville,TN.  The following facilitieswere inspected:

BulkTerminal (FRP) Facilities Inspected:

  • Motiva – 1717 61st Street - Facility experienced no issues
  • Cumberland Terminals – 7260 Centennial Blvd - Facility experienced no issues
  • Magellan – 1441 51st Ave and 1609 63rd Ave - Facilities only experienced minor flooding due to rain
  • BP – 1409 51st Avenue - Minor flooding within diked areas, should be operational 5/6/10
  • Citgo – 720 South 2nd Street - Major flooding from River. Unable to assess due to flooding. Crews were pumping out diked areas.  Need to reassess.
  • Lion Oil – 90 Van Buren Street - Major flooding.  One tank (700 bbls) was floating, but has set down. There is some sheening outside dike walls, most likely from a nearby facility.
  • Marathon Nashville Terminal – 5 Main Street - Major flooding.  One floating tank has since set down.  Will need to pump out diked areas once water recedes.
  • Marathon Asphalt Terminal – 930 Young Street - Operational.  Minor flooding from neighborhood..

Other Facilities Inspected:

Nashville ElectricalServices – James Ave

·        Approximately700 gallon used oil spill and 10,000 diesel tank floating

·        Boomdeployed downstream – meeting with RP 5/6/10 to discuss cleanup

 

Parman Energy – Cockrill Bend Blvd

·        Diesel ASTsand Lubricants – multiple oil spills located on the property, beginning cleanupactivities

 

January Oil – In vicinity of Lion Oil (waste oil recycler) –further assessment needed due to flooding.EPA will reassess with USCG 5/6/10

 

Exxon Bulk Terminal Facility – Tank 15 floating 6-8 inches,tank should be on the foundation by 20:00 tonight. Once the tank is on ground,they will begin pumping out secondary containment

 

Cave Road industrial park – various facilities for furtherassessment, including transportation company (Trimax) and cement sealantcompany (Clemons)

 

Advanced Plating – Large chrome electroplating facilitylocated in downtown Nashville.  Unable to assess due to flooding.  EPA and USCG will assess today by boat.
  2.2 Planning Section
    EPA will continue to assess damages in the impacted areas and as more intelligence is gathered, the scope of the response can be directed.  Flood waters are beginning to recede in Nashville and further assessment can be directed there.  However, areas downstream of Nashville (Cheatam and Montgomery Counties in particular) will remain above flood stage for several more days.

As for this operational period, EPA will reassess Parman Energy and Nashville Electric Services.  EPA and USCG will also conduct boat operations in areas of downtown that were inaccessible during the previous operational period.
  2.3 Logistics Section
    No information available at this time.
  2.4 Finance Section
    No information available at this time.
  2.5 Other Command Staff
    No information available at this time.
3. Participating Entities
  3.1 Unified Command
Currently, TEMA is acting as the lead agency on this response and EPA is assisting TDEC in response actions.

3.2 Cooperating Agencies
4. Personnel On Site
  2 EPA OSCs
3 START
5. Definition of Terms
  No information available at this time.
6. Additional sources of information
  No information available at this time.
7. Situational Reference Materials
  No information available at this time.

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