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1. Introduction
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1.1 Background
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Removal Action |
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9/14/2010 |
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9/14/2010 |
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1.1.1 Incident Category
Oil Pollution Act (OPA) crude oil spill of approximately 30 barrels.
1.1.2 Site Description
On Tuesday,
Sept 14th 2010, TDEC Oil and Gas' Jeff Patton reported a significant
oil spill along an unnamed creek to the Wolf River east of Byrdstown,
Tennessee. Upon inspection the OSC found that approximately 20 - 30 barrells
(700 gallons) of crude oil had leaked from a storage tank along
Moodyville Road.
The crude oil has leaked into a limestone
formation under the storage tanks and into a fresh water spring leading
to the creek. The oil lease is operated by Ohio Kentucky Oil
Corporation of Lexington, Kentucky and they have assumed responsibility
for the spill. The OSC continues to coordinate the response clean up effort with the responsible party, Ohio Kentucky Oil and TDEC's Jeff Patton. Ohio Kentucky Oil's Chief Operations Officer, John Spalding has committed to clean up the spill
along the 400 yard stretch of the creek before it enters the Wolf River.
1.1.2.1 Location
The oil spill is located along Moodyville Road approximately 2 miles east of Byrdstown, Tennessee. The spill was contained to an unnamed creek to the Wolf River east of Dale Hollow Lake in Pickett County.
1.1.2.2 Description of Threat
Approximately 20-30 barrels of crude oil leaked from a storage tank battery along Moodyville Road east of Byrdstown, Tennessee to a fresh water spring and unnamed creek to the Wolf River and Dale Hollow Lake watershed area of Pickett County, Tennessee.
1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results
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2. Current Activities
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2.1 Operations Section
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2.1.1 Narrative
On Wednesday, April 13th, the OSC and TDECs Jeff Patton again inspected Ohio Kentucky Oil's clean up efforts along the unnamed creek to the Wolf River. Recent heavy rains in the area had apparently recharged the limestone aquifer and a significant flow of water (approx 100 gallons per minute) from the spring was noted. Oil saturated boom was still staged along the upper areas of the spring near the Jones home, but no oil could be seen coming from the spring.
The OSC contacted Ohio Kentucky Oils Operations Director, John Spalding and informed him that his contractors needed to maintain the boom and pads along the spring and creek until the spring could be deemed free of oil. Simply allowing time and significant spring rain and aquifer flow to flush the spring of oil is the preferred method to avoid an extensive excavation effort for this limited amount of oil.
On Friday, April 22nd, Ohio Kentucky Oil's clean up crews once again arranged to switch out boom and conduct clean up measures along the 200 yard stretch of spring downgradient of the Jones home.
The OSC met with the property owner, Mr. Jackie Jones. He continues to be concerned about the time required to flush the crude oil from his spring.
2.1.2 Response Actions to Date
2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs)
2.1.4 Progress Metrics
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2.2 Planning Section
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2.2.1 Anticipated Activities
2.2.1.1 Planned Response Activities
2.2.1.2 Next Steps
EPA and TDEC Oil will continue to monitor the spring and clean up efforts by the RP.
.2.2 Issues
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2.3 Logistics Section
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2.4 Finance Section
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2.5 Other Command Staff
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2.5.1 Safety Officer
2.6 Liaison Officer
2.7 Information Officer
2.7.1 Public Information Officer
2.7.2 Community Involvement Coordinator
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3. Participating Entities
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3.1 Unified Command
3.2 Cooperating Agencies
The OSC continues to coordinate clean up efforts and oversight with TDEC's Jeff Patton.
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4. Personnel On Site
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5. Definition of Terms
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6. Additional sources of information
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7. Situational Reference Materials
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