ML20135A697

NPDES Noncompliance Notification:On 961119,spill of Fuel Oil Occurred Into Discharge Canal.Caused by Personnel Error. Deployed Permanent Boom Across Canal & Vendor Spill Unit Assisted W/Remaining clean-up

ML20135A697
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	11/26/1996
From:	Brindemour P, Scace S CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER CO., NORTHEAST UTILITIES SERVICE CO.
To:	Hegener W CONNECTICUT, STATE OF
References
D10532, NUDOCS 9612040009
Download: ML20135A697 (3)

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W /3 i November 26,1996 l D10532 Mr. William D. Hegener - f Oil and Chemical Spill Section Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT %106-5127 i !

Dear Mr. Hegener:

j Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company i Oil Snill Renort .

On November 19,1996 at 12:45 p.m., a spill of approximately one gallon of #2 fuel oil occurred into the discharge canal at Connecticut Yankee. A maintenance procedure was being performed ]

on the fuel oil lines that supply the house heating boilers. Personnel pumped a portion of the oil  ;

and water waste from the boiler pipe trench into a nearby equipment drain. The worker assumed  !

that the drain went to an oil / water separator. However, this particular drain discharges to the main discharge canal. The release of the oil was mitigated by quick discovery of the spill, and the very low discharge canal flow.

l In addition to the permanent boom across the canal, plant spill personnel immadia'aly deployed I another boom to contain the spill. Absorbent pillows were immediately used to contain and remove floating oil. On the morning of November 20th, a vendor spill unit arrived on site to assist with the remaining clean-up.

Mr. Neil Torrez of the CT DEP, Mr. Finkbeiner of the Natior.al Response Center, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission were all noti 6ed immediately aRer the spill was identified on Novenhr 19,1996.

To prevent a similar event, the plant has clearly labeled the equipment drain as leading directly to the canal and to prohibiting any waste from being discharged into it.

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Should you have any questions, please call Mr. Paul Jacobson, at (860) 665-3617.

Very truly yours, l

t CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY CALL S. E. 5fcace  !

Director-Nuclear Engineering Programs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk .

Washington, DC 20555  !

Michael Harder CT Department ofEnvironmental Protection 79 Elm Street .

Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Michelle DiNoia CT Department of Environmental Protection ,

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10. CLEAN.UP AND OTHER INFORMATiON:

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