ML18141A495
| ML18141A495 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 02/02/1984 |
| From: | Taylor J VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.) |
| To: | U.S. COAST GUARD, TRANSPORTATION, DEPT. OF |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8402140383 | |
| Download: ML18141A495 (3) | |
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Vepco VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23261 CERTIFIED MAIL RE1'URNRECEIPT RE~~ESTED Commander Fifth Coast Guard District 431 Crawford Street Portsmouth, Virginia 23705 Attention: Collection Clerk
Dear Sir:
February 2, 1984 Thts wl 11 acknowledge receipt of Captain T. L. Wedgewood 1s letter of December 30, 1983.
We have decided to pay the specified $50e00 assessed penalty and have enclosed a check for that amount.
The payment of the assessed penalty shoulld fn no way be considered an admission that a discharge of oil from the Surry Power Station interfered with the beneficial uses of navlg.:ible waters or resulted In damage to public or private property or indigenous shellfish, fish or wildlife.
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Thi'* 1 s to C'i.mfl rrs th.: recent ol l spl 11 ~t our Surry Pcw1.!r St~t!on th.:it "'H previously reporte,1 by telephone to th~,t3ff of the St.ate Wat-*r Control f)oard.
On the rtornlr.g of Octob*~r 31, 1363. station pe;$On"o 1 dh~OVQl'll\\d a sr~::d 1 sh~~n of oi 1 tn the st:ntlon',s cool tns wat~r dhchar,ai~ canal.
1h:a mt3jodty of th~ ot l wus entrapp~J ~y tha contahu;;,~nt bo~ th.at h p~~anently toi~plQY~d acro:n the dhchar~e c:::r:a1.
A v~ry s~all qwant I ty of oil e!!cape~j the containment t)oQ~ cue to curr~nt and wav~ action. The 011 was pr0i&pt1y,~moved with ~bsorbont material.
The sour<.a of the ol 1 h bel fovad to h;ive been thEl 1.inh 1 'rurbhHt
&ul1Jlni! sump. lhh sui;;p, which ha, an oil sklr.:,e:.er* 7 hau. Jevolo~d problei'-i.S wlth Its control switches such th~t the 51.;i?!? p~'!)) would not ~utetr,1atlcally ~1~ when th~ hivel In the sump re.?icmi-1 a cerofn hei!;iht. To te::..~perarl 1y handle this sl tui\\tlon, ao opar1.ttor w~s GHign.ad to ~llonltor ahd ecntrol thG operation of thit pu..;.p.
"fhroq;h ov;arsi1;ht~ th';) op,erot-or.allw~d the s~:np to be pumped too low th,:r~by ~~usln~ tho skim of ol I on tM uurfaca to be p~ip~d into the yard 1frain i,Jhlch ent'l!ra the c:an~l i:21 NPtiES Outfa1 I 002..
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To prev~nt this nttuatlon fra;; r~~urrlrn;, ~ Priority Malnt$naace ~eport to repal r 1:~1e f auhy lev-3} swl tch was prct:.i"">t1y h:$~d nnd the Sl#ltch1as went
- repalrod, lmportant1-,, bec£1"1:S& of tha pret.1pt i!lctlon by st2tlon par9oonel In r:.:...o*,dnJ th;.: ot l frcr;. the can:tl and the small a;:r.ount of ol 1 hwolved. we did not: ob;;crve nor clo \\>lC anticipate lJflY ~dveraa e~vfron:11ental* Jeyact to fbht
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If you h~v~ any questions regarding this lncl<lent, pleese let us knew.
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B. \\.I. Easley Vary truly yours, Oy*i"inal Si~ed By
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