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5.1.1.9 Calumet Oil <br />Not currently (May 2004) used onsite due to standby status of the mine. <br />Description: Calumet Oil is a milting reagent used in flotation processes. <br />Location: Oil tank house north of the Mill Building; two 16,000-gallon tanks. <br />Spill Potential: Very low inside oil tank house; moderate at fill station inside Regrind Tunnel <br />where it's off-loaded. Note that the fill station inside the Regrind Tunnel has been <br />decommissioned. <br />Potential Volume Spilled: 16,000 gallons if one full tank spilled in oil tank house. Currently <br />(May 2004) only a small quantity of residual material exists in the tank. <br />Prevention and Control The Calumet Oil tanks are located in a lazge concrete vault (82,000 <br />gal capacity) below grade in the oil tank house. This vault easily could contain the entire stored <br />volume of Calumet Oil. A floor drain connects with the mill process line should a spill occur. <br />Spills of Calumet Oil at the unloading hose in the Regrind Tunnel can be prevented by operator <br />care and making sure connections aze secure between tanker and hose coupling. <br />• Countermeasures: Small spills in the oil tank house can be cleaned up with floor dry and <br />shovels. Lazger spills will require sorbent booms and floor dry. In the Regrind Tunnel, small <br />spills will be absorbed by floor dust and loose material comprising the road surface. Oil stained <br />dust should be scooped up with a shovel and disposed of properly. Lazger spills will be <br />controlled by sorbent booms or dikes. Contact the Environmental Departrnent for proper <br />disposal methods (most likely the Climax landfill). <br />Nearest Clean-up Equipment: A spill kit is located in the west end of the mill building. <br />Visual Inspections and Integrity Testing: The oil tank house and the unloading hose and <br />coupling in the Regrind Tunnel aze checked daily during mill operation; monthly otherwise. <br />Reporting: All spills of Calumet Oil which threaten waters of the State of Colorado are subject <br />to the requirements of Sections 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 of this SPCC Plan. All spills of 5 gallons or <br />more should be reported to the Environmental Department by using the "Spill Incident Report" <br />form given in Appendix 1. <br />Conformance with Applicable Requirements: Since no Calumet oil is in use [at the time of <br />this writing (May 2004)] the facility is in conformance with applicable regulatory requirements. <br />• <br />22 <br />