ML20207B411

Forwards Completed Questionnaire Re 860604 Oil Spill

ML20207B411
Person / Time
Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	07/14/1986
From:	Marshall B VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.)
To:	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
References
NUDOCS 8607170484
Download: ML20207B411 (7)

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July 14, 1986 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III Emergency Response Section (3HW22) 841 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 Re: 011 Spill Questionnaire VA 86205 6/4/86 - North Anna Power Scation Gentlemen:

Attached is the completed form submitted to this office on June 17, 1986 by Mr. Thomas I. Massey on the above referenced oil spill.

If you have any questions or desire additional information, please contact us.

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B. M. shall Manager Water Quality Attachment GRK/mbs 1

cc: Mr. W. L. Kregloe, SWCB (enclosure)

' Dr. J. Nelson Grace, USNRC, Docket No. 50-338/50-339(enclosure)

Mr. Harold R. Denton, USNRC, Docket No. 50-338/50-339 (enclosure)/ l Mr. M. W. Branch, USNRC, Docket No. 50-338/50-339(enclosure)  !

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Gentlemen:

This of fice has received notification that your facility discharged oil or hazardnus materials in quantities that may be harmful, in violation of Section 311(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amend-ments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(3). You are hereby requested to submit to EPA the following information:

(a) Time and date of discharge:

0830 hours0.00961 days <br />0.231 hours <br />0.00137 weeks <br />3.15815e-4 months <br />, June 4, 1986 (b) Material (s) discharged:

light lubricating oil (c) Description of the vehicle or facility from which the material was discharged (i.e., pipeline, tank, well, etc.):

oil / water separator (d) Name and address of the owner / operator of the vehie.le or facility describcd above in (c):

Virginia Electric and Power Company Attention: Mr. B. M. Marshall, Water Quality Dept.

P. O. Box 26666 Richmond, Virginia 23261

-(e) Name and address of the operator of the vehicle or facility described above in (c) and, if different from (d) above, describe the relationship between the owner and operator (i.e., employee, subcontractor, lessee, etc.):

see (d) above

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u (f) Location of the discharge, including county and state:

The discharae canal from North Anna Power Station.

Louisa County, Virginia (g) Quantity of material discharged from the facility or vehicle:

less than 1 quart (h) Did the material enter into any water (YES or NO): Yes Did the material enter into any sewer (YES or NO): No (1) If YES, describe the first water reached and the location of this water:

__The discharge canal leadinq to Lake Anna (2) State the quantity of material reaching the water described above in (h)(1):

f less than 1 quart (3) State the quantity of material reaching the shoreline of the water described above in (h)(1) which did not reach the water:

unknown (4) Was the water described above in (h)(1), at the time of the spill, a tributary of, or physically connected to, any part or tributary of a riverine, hydrological or creek system? (YES or NO): ves (5) If the answer to (h)(4) is YES, describe or name the waterwaya to which the waters in (h)(1) connect or flow:

Lake Anna and the North Anna River (6) If the answer to (h)(4) is NO, does the water described above in (h)(1) periodically connect with or flow into any tributary or part of any riverine, hydrological or creek system? If YES, describe the flow and connection:

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(i) Did the material cause any film,' sheen, discoloration or irri-descent appearance on the adjoining shorelines of, or. surface of, any water described above in (3), (4), (5) or (6)? If YES, describe:

A barely visible sheen was observed behind a permanently deployed boom atiNPDES Outfall 004.

(j) Did the material cause any sludge or emulsion to be. deposited on the adjoining shorelines of, or beneath the surface of, the waters described above in (3), (4), -(5) or. (6)? If YES, describe:

No (k) Does the facility have.a NPDES Permit? YES or NO: Yes (1) Did the discharge violate any applicable water quality standards, e.g., NPDES? If YES, describe:

To the best of our knowledge, no water auality standards

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were violated. No analytical data was obtained.

(m) Does the Facility currently have a RCRA Permit or under Interim Status:

No (n) Date and time of discovery that the discharge was entering the waterways:

June 4, 1986 at 0830 hours0.00961 days <br />0.231 hours <br />0.00137 weeks <br />3.15815e-4 months <br /> (o) Describe in detail what actually caused the discharge:

No specific event could be identified as the cause of the small sheen. The source of the oil was the oil / water separa' tor which handles' flow from station sumus.

(p) Describe anylobserved damage to animal life or vegetation:

None was observed.

W (q) Describe steps taken to contain and clean up the spilled material and mitigate environmental damage:

. Station oorsonnel used absorbent Dads to remove the sheen from the water's surface.

(r) List the federal and state agencies, if any, to which the owner or operator reported the discharge. Show the agency, its location, the date and time of notification and the official contacted:

National Response Center, Washington, D.C. , June 6,1986 at 1355 hours0.0157 days <br />0.376 hours <br />0.00224 weeks <br />5.155775e-4 months <br /> (P.O. Brown)

State Water Control Board (SWCB), Valley Regional Office, June 6, 1986 at 1350 hours0.0156 days <br />0.375 hours <br />0.00223 weeks <br />5.13675e-4 months <br /> (Mac Sterret)

(s) List the state and local officials who were on-scene at the spill during or after clean up:

l None (t) List the names and addresses of persons believed to have knowledge of the facts surrounding this incident:

E. W. Harrell. Station Manaaer North Anna Power Station P. O. Box 702 Mineral. Virainia 23117 (u) List the type of oil and total storage capacities at the facility for any oil related products. Describe the storage tanks at the facility, e.g. , above ground, underground, e' tc. :

See attached sheet.

(v) Describe action taken or proposed to prevent a recurrence of this type of spill:

Due to the nature of this incident, no specific oreventative action was taken.

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e (w) Does the f acility have a Spill Prevention Control and Counter-measure (SPCC) Plan certified and implemented in accordance with 40 CFR 112?

YES or NO: Yes (x) List any other information you wish to bring to the attention of the federal government:

None The above information should be mailed to:

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION III EMERGENCY RESPONSE SECTION (3HW22) 841 CHESTNUT STREETS PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107 If you cannot answer this letter by JUL 181986 , or if there are any questions on this matter, you may call Carol Oleksiak at (215) 597-0496.

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I hereby' ce'rtily the above to be true and accurate to the best of

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. t Locatinn of Oils - North Anna Power Sta tion Oo' cra tions Fuel Oil - No. 2 1

5,000 bbi storage tank (210,000 gal) Above ground .

2 50,000 gallon storage tank 4

Below ground 7,000 gallon day tanks .

D iesel Generator Room Maximum Storage Capacity 315,000 gallons Average D'aily Usage 6,000 gallons Average Daily Received .-

6,000 gallons . .

1 250 gallon fire pump-tank Within Service trathe pump house 1

270 gallon fire pump-tank Vithin Warchouse Mo. 5 pump house .

Lubricatino Oi1 2 16,000 gallon storage tank

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Wi thin Turbine Building 2 14,000 gallon storage tank Within Turbine Building 2 2,000 gallon storage tank Vithin Turbine Suilding 2 200 gallon storage tank Within Turbine Building Maximum Storage Capacity 64,000 gallons '

Gasoline (Outside security fence - Adjacent .

to Warehouse fio. 2)

'1 3f00 gallon tank (regular) ..

Below ground 1

1,000 gallon tenk (unleaded) Below ground Transfer ers 4

18 MVA Station transformers Cooling water intake structure S

330 MVA Main station transformers .

North side of Turbine Building 6

15 MVA Station service trans-formers fjorth side of Turbine Building ,

Location of 01Is - North Anna Unit 1 Cons truction sc .

Fuel Oil - Olesel

'l 7,500 gallon tank (fuel depot) 2elow ground 1

7,500 gallon tank (Warehouse No. 1) Selow ground Gaso1ine 1

10,000 gallon tank (fuel depot)

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