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Glascock County Maintenance Yard Spill

All POL/SITREP's for this site Glascock County Maintenance Yard Spill
Gibson, GA - EPA Region IV
POLREP #1
Initial
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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
POLLUTION/SITUATION REPORT
Glascock County Maintenance Yard Spill - Removal Polrep
Initial Removal Polrep

EPA Emergency Response

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Region IV

Subject: POLREP #1
Initial
Glascock County Maintenance Yard Spill

Gibson, GA
Latitude: 33.2431518 Longitude: -82.6081201


To:
From: Jordan Garrard, FOSC
Date: 9/17/2013
Reporting Period:

1. Introduction
  1.1 Background
   
Site Number:      Contract Number:  
D.O. Number:      Action Memo Date:  
Response Authority: OPA    Response Type: Emergency
Response Lead: PRP    Incident Category: Removal Action
NPL Status: Non NPL    Operable Unit:
Mobilization Date: 9/14/2013    Start Date: 9/14/2013
Demob Date:      Completion Date:  
CERCLIS ID:    RCRIS ID:
ERNS No.:    State Notification:
FPN#: E13431    Reimbursable Account #: Z4WN

1.1.1 Incident Category
Emergency

1.1.2 Site Description
The spill occured for a fuel dispenser at the county road maintenance yard.  The spill occurred from a underground product line, which travelled underground and began to discharge along the side cut of a drainage ditch. 

1.1.2.1 Location
788 School Circle
Glascock, Ga

1.1.2.2 Description of Threat
Diesel fuel entering a drainage ditch which discharges into Rocky Comfort Creek.

1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results

2. Current Activities
  2.1 Operations Section
    2.1.1 Narrative

A diesel fuel was observed entering into a drainage ditch for the side wall of the drainage ditch which drained into Rocky Comfort Creek. The diesel fuel is thought to be coming from a subsurface spill which occurred from a underground product line at the fuel dispensers. Approximately 300 ft of the drainage ditch was excavated, two underflow dams were constructed in the drainage ditch, along with 7 vertical recovery wells were installed upgradient of drainage ditch. Approximately 75 gallons of fuel was recovered from the wells and underflow dams on Sept 15. Recovery operations will continue for some time. GAEPD responders were on scene and will continue to oversee remediation activities. OSC demobilized on Sept 15th.


2.1.2 Response Actions to Date

Approximately 300 ft of the drainage ditch was excavated, two underflow dams were constructed in the drainage ditch, along with 7 vertical recovery wells were installed upgradient of drainage ditch. Approximately 75 gallons of fuel was recovered from the wells and underflow dams on Sept 15. The RP will continue to monitor the underflow dams and the vertical recovery wells daily and collect recovered product.  Recovery operations will continue for some time.

2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs)
Glascock County Government
Glascock County, Ga

2.1.4 Progress Metrics


Waste Stream Medium Quantity Manifest # Treatment Disposal
           
           
           


  2.2 Planning Section
    2.2.1 Anticipated Activities
RP will continue to collect product recovered from the vertical recovery wells. 

2.2.1.1 Planned Response Activities

2.2.1.2 Next Steps

2.2.2 Issues

  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
Glascock County EMA
GA EPD
USEPA

3.2 Cooperating Agencies
GA EPD

4. Personnel On Site
  No information available at this time.

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.