HURRICANE ISAAC RESPONSE

STOLTHAVEN INCIDENT (AI#87738)

BRAITHWAITE, PLAQUEMINES PARISH

DAILY UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (USCG) & LOUISIANA STATE POLICE (LSP) HAVE DETERMINED THE RESPONSE TO THIS INCIDENT IS NOW POST-EMERGENCY AS OF 1800 hrs ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2012.

USCG HAS DEMOBILIZED AS OF SEPTEMBER 19, 2012.

USCG SECTOR NEW ORLEANS WILL HAVE A LIASON AVAILABLE TO LDEQ IF NEEDED .

CURRENTLY, LDEQ IS THE LEAD AGENCY

OFFSITE SAMPLING

  • Six off-site sampling teams conducted activities today
  • LDEQ continuing monitoring and oversight of sampling activities
  • Number of offsite samples taken through 9/22/12:
  • Offsite surface water samples – 51
  • Offsite residential soil samples – 85
  • Offsite soil samples – 23
  • Offsite Trench Soil Samples- 30 (Ditch adjacent to Stolthaven on Highway 39)

TANK FARMS

  • SPCC Plan is in draft form
  • API Inspections of tanks have been completed
  • Tank Farm “A” (Lubricating Oils)
  • Containment liquid level is being lowered, contents of secondary containment being pumped into Tank A50-7 for storage until it can be disposed of offsite
  • Tank Farm “B”
  • Styrene Monomer tanks (B50-10 & B50-12) are stable. Portable chiller unit is currently being utilized to maintain optimum temperatures.

Styrene Tanks B50-10 and B50-12

  • The cleanup/decon of Tank Farm “B” secondary containment is still ongoing. DEA contaminated decon water is being transferred to a portable container (frac tank) onsite

OFFSITE DRUM AND TOTE RECOVERY/RECON

  • Container recovery and recon is currently being evaluated to address areas that have not been reconned/scouted for possible orphaned containers
  • Evaluation of offsite locations being conducted by LDEQ to ensure all areas have been addressed.

PRODUCT SAMPLE RETENTION STORAGE (i.e. Sample Box)

  • Cleanup of the two buildings and 13 lockers containing quality control samples was completed on 9/22/12.

WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  • WWTP is currently being operated in a half recycle mode only.
  • Equalization Tanks -1 (EQ-1) is being used to store possible DEA contaminated water from Tank Farm D/E. Additional samples for DEA were taken from EQ-1 today by CTEH