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was on Thursday, July 19, 2007. I received a phone call
from Rick, W1RJC, who was working late in the evening
on the IRLP controller for the 147.000 repeater. He
needed someone who had keys to be able to open up the
shed. It seems that the oil tank was leaking oil because
the elbow under the tank had broken.
When I got there about 10 p.m., I could
smell the oil. Looking at the scene, all I could think
of was “Good thing we didn’t top off the
tank earlier this summer.”
The
next day, Frank Corp had arrived to start the clean
up of the oil spill. They first prepared the area to
receive the contaminated soil and anything else they
might find, including the oil tank. Then they dug an
exploratory trench to determine the extent of the oil
contamination and get as much of the oil out of the
soil as possible.
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They used sponges to soak up the standing
oil. After they got thru, the place was neatly covered
for the weekend.
Remediation started again on Monday.
Frank Corp. received emergency permission to remove
the Quonset hut to continue with the finding the extent
of the oil penetration. Monitoring wells have been installed
to track ground water flow and detect any oil contamination.
This is a long term procedure.
The furnace will be stored elsewhere
temporarily.
This story is not over yet — Bob,
K1KVV
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