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9702457716 Incoming Fax Elam Construction, Inc. 10:49:04 a. m. <br />1 ~ ®' CONSTRUCTION, INC. <br />L 1225 South 7th Street <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81501-7791 <br />(970) 242-5370 FAX (970) 245-7716 <br />April 1, 2005 <br />Mr. Greg Stasinos <br />Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment <br />Emergency Management Program <br />4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Building A3 <br />Denver, CO 80246 <br />RE: Spill Notification, Report No. 2005-181 <br />Deaz Mr. Stasinos, <br />04-02-2005 2 /:1 <br />'rK~.l s s ~ t( ~~°"~ <br />~A"^" C0~^'S~ . '~ <br />N`-l~~-r31 <br />This report serves as written notification of a petroleum release from a storage tank in excess of <br />25 gallons. The dischazge occurred at the Bunn Ranch Gravel Pit near Craig Colorado. The <br />physical address of the gravel pit is 1848 East 151 Street, Craig CO. The property is owned by <br />Bob Quillen. Following is a sequence of events based on a site investigation: <br />At approximately 8:00 AM on Mazch 28, 2005, Mike Johanas, an employee of Elam <br />Construction, discovered diesel fuel spraying from a fuel line connecting a 6,000- <br />gallon mobile fuel storage tank .to the mixing drum of an asphalt hot plant. The <br />asphalt plant is owned and operated by Elam Construction. The valve was <br />immediately closed at the tank to prevent additional fuel from discharging. The <br />foreman was then notified of the fuel dischazge. Measures were immediately <br />implemented by site persommel to contain the dischazge. Although the spill was no <br />closer than 100-fee[ to any water source, an absorbent boom was placed in the water <br />as a precaution. <br />At approximately 8:30 A.M. Gayle Lyman, Property Manager with Elam <br />Construction, located in Grand Junction was notified of the incident. Mr. Lyman left <br />shortly thereafter, and arrived on-site at approximately 1:00 P.M. to investigate the <br />cause and extent of the spill. As stated eazlier, the dischazge of fuel was through a <br />flexible fuel line connecting a mobile fuel tank with an asphalt hot plant mixing <br />drum. The outer covering of the fuel line, in the area of failure, was not present. It <br />appeared, by the appeazance of the fuel line, that a small animal, or rodent of some <br />kind, gnawed at the outer covering of the fuel line until failure occurred. The ground <br />surface affected by the discharge was irregulaz in shape, but covering approximately <br />2500 square feet, to an es[emated depth of 18 to 24-inches. Based on information <br />obtained from site personnel, it is estimated that approximately 650 gallons of diesel <br />fuel was dischazged. The diesel did not come into contact with any water <br />