2/20/2024
WT Staff
Spill incidents reported to NY Department of Environmental Conservation
February 21, 2024
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Hazardous Spills
The latest spill reports from NYDEC occurred on Friday Feb 16. There are 28 spill incidents recorded for Feb 16, including 1000 gallons of brine water spilled from a storage tank at a commercial-industrial site on Country Route 22 Andover.
On the 15th 35 gallons of bentonite was reported to be spilled at a rail yard in Whitehall. Unknown material spilled into Hans Groot Kill and 9 petroleum spills, 6 of which are home heating oil spills.
Seventeen spill incidents were recorded by NY DEC hazardous spill hotline responders on February 12:
Thirteen of the seventeen spills reported last weel Monday are petroleum spills, five of these are home heating oil spills reported inside private dwellings. One sewage spill was reported concerning a private residence in Claverack.
Five petroleum spills are listed as unknown quantity, including unknown amount of gas spilled at a Cumberland Farms gas station in Salisbury Mills. The largest of the home heating oil incidents is more than a barrel. 50 gallons of #2 fuel oil was reported spilled inside a home in New Palz. Two other home heating oil mishaps involved 20 gallons and 10 gallons, enough to create a serious risk for the residents. Home heating oil spills of a gallon or more are considered large incidents and require professional response and clean up. According to state records, 2 million homes are heated with #2 fuel oil.
One spill is reported impacting water in Montgomery County. 150 gallons of bentonite drilling mud is reported spilled in a farm field, unfortunately impacting an unnamed stream in the vicinity of 400 block Patterson Road, Florida.
A spill of unknown amount of rust inhibitor is reported by the commercial-industrial Krown Rust Control in Brighton. According to website www.fluoramics.com, "a rust inhibitor is a type of corrosion inhibitor designed to slow down the oxidization process in metals which have been exposed to oxygen and water and begun to rust." According to Medline Plus, "Anti-rust agents contain different poisonous substances, including Chelating agents, Hydrocarbons, Hydrochloric acid, Nitrites, Oxalic acid and Phosphoric acid."
Note: WTNY lists hazardous materials spills impacting water, petroleum spills of more than a barrel and regulated toxic materials spills of any amount. Large spills and particularly toxic spills are noted with a location tag on the map.
DEC receives upward of sixteen thousand spill reports each year; each report is investigated by qualified personnel. Report files are closed when it is determined the spill is contained and under the control of the spiller or state authorities and a clean up plan is in place or completed.
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