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Accident # | 114485 |
State Police # | s09-1298 |
Accident Date | 2009-04-26 |
Report Date | 2009-04-26 |
Follow-up Date | 2009-04-29 |
Follow-up: | Yes |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Sodium Hypochlorite | no end time provided. Only a start time at 3:50pm | hole in bleach tank TM-5694 | NO | NO | NO | 730.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
there was corrosion of stainless steel piping on the bleach tank TM-5694 that resulted in the release of Sodium Hypochlorite solution into both the tanks concrete containment and surrounding soil.
It was reported that at the time of the incident it was not preventable
the impacted soil was washed with water and a vaccum truck was used to recover the standing material.
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