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04-02-590369
ENBRIDGE SPILL
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| Activity Type / Status |
Jurisdiction |
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SPILL
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CLOSED
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DNR RR |
| Address |
Municipality |
| HOLMES RD SW CORNR OLD AIRPORT |
GINGLES TN |
| PLSS Description |
Latitude (WGS84) |
Longitude (WGS84) |
Google Maps |
RR Sites Map |
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SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 14, T47N, R04W
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46.5542545 |
-90.823629 |
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| Additional Location Description |
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SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF OLD AIRPORT RD AND HOLMES
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| Additional Activity Details |
Acres |
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UNKNOWN
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| Facility ID |
PECFA No. |
EPA ID |
Start Date |
End Date |
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2022-08-03
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2022-08-15
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Characteristics
Above Ground
Petrol Tank
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Drycleaner |
EPA
NPL Site
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EPA
Superfund
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PECFA Funds
Eligible
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PFAS |
ROW Impact |
Sediments |
Underground
Petrol Tank
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WI DOT
Site
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Site Files
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records, as well as lab data, may not be included. Additional
records associated with the site may or may not be accessible
through an open records request through DNR or another state
agency (see Jurisdiction above).
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documents that were available at the time the scanned paper or
electronic file was uploaded. Records withheld by the
department due to confidentiality, attorney-client privilege,
and other sensitive records, as well as lab data, may not be
included. Additional records associated with the site may or
may not be accessible through an open records request through
DNR or another state agency (see Jurisdiction above).
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Date |
Code |
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File |
Comment |
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2022-08-15
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11
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Spill Activity Closed
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2022-08-15
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6
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Spill Activity Transferred to ERP Activity
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02-02-590370
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2022-08-03
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1
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Spill Incident Occurred
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2022-08-03
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5
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Notification of Hazardous Substance Spill
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Details
Spill Details
| SERTS Spill ID |
Spill Occurred Date/Time |
Spill Reported Date/Time |
| 20220803NO02-1 |
2022-08-03 1200 |
2022-08-03 1908 |
| Description of Incident/General Comments |
| 8.3.2022 - 13:36 – JP RECEIVED A CALL FROM WARDEN LYNNA MARTIN. SHE HAD BEEN NOTIFIED BY ASHLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY ENBRIDGE REGARDING CONTAMINATION ADJACENT TO LINE 5 PIPELINE SOUTH OF ASHLAND.
8.3.2022 - 13:41 - JP CALLED THE ENBRIDGE EMERGENCY LINE. THEY SAID THAT CONTRACTORS HAD IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION WHILE WORKING ON LINE. SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS AND NOTIFIED ENBRIDGE EMERGENCY LINE. DID NOT FEEL THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR LEAK, LIKELY CONTAMINATED SOIL ADJACENT TO THE PIPELINE. NORMAL PROCEDURE TO NOTIFY LOCAL EMS. WILL CONTACT JP WHEN ENBRIDGE PERSONNEL ARE ONSITE.
8.3.2022 - 15:48 - ROSS PETERSON (RP), CALLED JP. SAID THAT ENBRIDGE PERSONNEL AND CONSULTANTS WERE ONSITE. WERE EXCAVATING SOIL, SAW NO EVIDENCE OF A LEAK IN THE PIPELINE, BUT THEY WOULD REPORT IT IF THEY IDENTIFIED A LEAK. PIPELINE WAS STILL SHUTDOWN AND THEY WOULD BEGIN TO INCREASE PRESSURE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A LEAK.RP SAID THAT THE LINE WAS LINE 5 AND CARRIED EITHER CRUDE OIL OR LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS.
8.3.2022 - JP CONTACTED DO 16:13 - OCSC
8.2.2022 - JP SENT E-MAIL TO SIGNIFICANT SPILL
8.3.2022 - 17:01 - JP RECEIVED CALL FROM TREVOR NOBLE. SAID THAT CHRISTINE HAAG AND TREVOR DISCUSSED ENBRIDGE REPORTING CONTAMINATION AS A SPILL, ASKED JP TO CONTACT ENBRIDGE AND RECOMMEND THAT THEY REPORT A SPILL.
8.3.2022 - 17:12 - JP CONTACTED RP, SAID THAT HE WOULD CONTACT SUPERVISORS AND LIKELY REPORT.
8.3.2022 - 19:27 - JP CONTACTED RP, WHO INDICATED THAT ENBRDIGE HAD INCREASED PRESSURE TO MAXIMUM AND HAD NO ALARMS/SAW NO INDICATION OF LEAK.
8.3.2022 - 19:51 - JP SENT AN UPDATED E-MAIL TO SIG SPILL GROUP.
8.3.2022 - 19:53 - JP RECEIVED TEXT FROM CHRIS SAARI WITH PHOTOS OF SITE, CHRIS WENT TO SITE AND DISCUSSED EXCAVATION WIH ENBRIDGE. DID NOT OBSERVE SIGNS OF CONTAMINATION
8.4.2022 - 11:12 - CHRIS SAARI CONTACTED JP, SAID CHRISTINE HAAG HAD BEEN GETTING ADDITIONAL INQUIRES ABOUT SAFETY OF PIPE.
8.4.2022 - 11:17 - JP FOLLOWED UP WITH RP, JP SAID THAT DNR HAD RECEIVED INQUIRIES REGARDING SAFETY IN PIPELINE. ASKED HOW ENBRIDGE KNEW THAT THE WAS NO LEAK AND THAT IS OK TO FULLY PRESSURIZE THE LINE. RP SAID THAT ENBRIDGE HAD EXCAVATED SOIL COMPLETELY AROUND THE PIPE, INCLUDING BELOW IT. SAID THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE HIGH PID READING (300 PPM). THERE WAS SOME RESDIUAL CONTAMINATION LEFT IN PLACE RANGING FROM 8-12 PPM. PRESSURE TEST INDICATES THAT THERE IS CURRRENTLY NO LEAK. WILL HAVE PIPELINE SPECIALIST CALL JP AND OFFERED ANOTHER INSPECTION.
8.4.2022- 15:13 JP CALLD RP. RP SAID THAT ENGINEERS WERE CURRENTLY INVOLVED WITH PIPELINE EVALUATION. THEY CAN TELL IF THERE IS A LEAK THROUGH SENSORS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE PIPLEINE THAT PROVIDE REAL TIME DATA AND PRESSURE INFORMATION. THEY ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO FOLLOW PIPELINE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SAFETY ADMIN RULES WHEN RE PRESSURIZING A PIPELINE. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY FOUND APPROXIMATELY ONE CUP OF PRODUCT WHILE EXCAVATING IMPACTED SOIL FROM PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED PLUME. THEY HAVE SHUTDOWN THE PIPELINE AND BAD RIVER NATURAL RESOURCES IS ONSITE. WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE WHEN THEY DETERMINE IF HERE IS A LEAK.
8.4.2022 - 16:51 RP CONTACTED JP. SAID THAT THEY HAD FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A LEAK AND THEY BEGAN TO INCREASE PRESSURE IN THE PIPELINE, DID NOT THINK HAT THE NEWLY IDENTIFIED PRODUCT WAS A LEAK AND FELT THAT IT WAS PART OF THE SAME PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED RELEASE.
8.4.2022 - 17:45 – SAARI VISITED EXCAVATION SITE, TALKED WITH DEAN WILL OF ENBRIDGE TO CHECK ON STATUS. PIPELINE WAS BEING RE-PRESSURIZED AS PART OF LEAK DETECTION PROCESS, NO SIGN OF ACTIVE LEAK. THE PLAN WAS TO HALT WORK FOR THE DAY, RESUME OPERATIONS ON 8.5.2022. CONSULTANT FROM WSP INDICATED PER FIELD SCREENING THAT SOME RESIDUAL SOIL CONTAMINATION MIGHT BE PRESENT TO NORTH OF EXCAVATION LIMITS, SO FURTHER EXCAVATION WILL BE COMPLETED IN THAT DIRECTION ON 8.5.2022. SAARI DEPARTED THE SITE AT 18:25.
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| Type of Location |
| OIL/GAS PIPELINE/PUMPING OR TRANSFER STATION |
| Spill Cause |
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OTHER CAUSE |
| Description of Cause or Additional Details |
| LIKELY ASSOCIATED DECADE OLD SLOPPY PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PIPELINE. NO EVIDENCE OF CURREN LEAK. |
| Description of Environmental Impact |
| SOIL IMPACTED |
| Cleanup Efforts at Time Incident Reported |
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8.5.2022 - 13:57, JP CALLED RP, SAID THAT EXCAVATION WAS ONGOING. NO SIGN OF LEAK AND PIPELINE WAS BACK IN OPERATION.8.8.2022 - 10:19 - RP INDICATED THAT EXCAVATION WAS COMPLETE AND THAT PIPLEINE WAS IN OPERATION. ENBRIDGE FELT THAT THE DISCHARGE OCCURRED DECADES AGO AND WAS CAUSED BY SLOPPY OPERATIONS. DISCUSSED ADDRESSING THE DISCHARGE AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE PROGRAM.
8.10 - ENBRIDGE REPORTED WET SPOT ON THE PIPELINE OIN THE SAME EXCAVATION. 20220810NO02-1. EPA INSPECTED SITE ON 8.12.2022 - SAW NO SIGN OF SIGNIFICAN RELEASE. DEAILS UNDER THAT SPILL.DID NOT SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION DURING THE SPILL RESPONSE.
JP WILL SEND AN RP LETTER AND TAKE SITE THROUGH THE NR 700 CLOSURE PROCESS. REPORTING WILL COME UNDER THE ERP PROGRAM.
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Spiller Actions
| Action |
Comment |
| Cleanup Method - Excavation |
HYDRO VAC |
| Cleanup Method - Excavation |
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Substances
| Substance |
Type |
Amt Released |
Units |
| Crude Oil |
Petroleum |
1 |
tbsp |
Responsible Party
| ENBRIDGE ENERGY 119 N 25TH ST E, SUPERIOR, WI 54480 |
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