GENERAL50271

• Permit No: C1983059
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 6/7/1995
• Doc Name: TERROR CREEK CO CONTAMINATED SOIL DMG PN C-83-059
• From: J E STOVER & ASSOCIATES
• To: CDOH
• Permit Index Doc Type: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

£ °- J . E . STOVER & ASSOCIATES III I~IIIIIIIIIII III
2768 COMPASS DRIVE, SUITE 101 999
GRAND JUNCTION,' COLORADO 81506
PHONE: [phone], FAX [phone]
MINE ENGINEERING
MINE RECLAMATION
CIVIL ENGINEERING
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
RECEIVF_D
June 5, 1995
Donna Stoner
Colorado Department of Health
222 So. 6th St., Room 232
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Re: Terror Creek Company
Contaminated Soil
DMG Permit No. C-83-059
Dear Ms. Stoner:
JUN 0 7 1995
pivisron of minerals & Geology
On May 15, 1995 I verbally informed you of a diesel fuel spill that
occurred within Terror Creek Company's permit boundary near Paonia,
Colorado. The incident is summarized as follows:
Terror Creek Company has a 6,000 gallon diesel fuel tank on the
loadout site. The tank is located within an area that is
surrounded by an earthen berm. The earthen berm containment is
approximately 75-feet long by 15-feet wide and approximately 2-feet
deep. The volume of the containment is large enough to hold the
entire volume of the 6,000 gallon tank.
Sometime during the weekend of May 13th & 14th, a hose on the
diesel fuel tank ruptured and about 4,500 gallons of diesel fuel
leaked into the containment. The spill was discovered Monday
morning May 15th. The Terror Creek Company has taken the following
actions regarding the spill:
1) The free product in the containment was pumped into a spare
6,000 gallon tank. Approximately 2,500 - 3,000 gallons of
free product was recovered.
2) The diesel contaminated soil was excavated and placed nearby
on plastic sheeting.
3) Three soil samples were taken from the excavation and three
were taken from the contaminated soil stockpile.
4) On June 5, 1995 you informed me the containment area has been
cleaned up adequately based upon the results of Soil Samples
I, 2 & 3.
5) Soil samples 4, 5 & 6 represent about 120 cubic yards of
contaminated soil excavated from the containment area.