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04-71-581457 AP NONWEILER CO SPILL
Activity Type / Status Jurisdiction
SPILL  CLOSED DNR RR
Location Name County DNR Region
A P NONWEILER CO INC WINNEBAGO NORTHEAST
Address Municipality
3321 COUNTY ROAD A OSHKOSH
PLSS Description Latitude (WGS84) Longitude (WGS84) Google Maps RR Sites Map
SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 01, T18N, R16E 44.0625602 -88.5295087 Click to view on Google Maps using Lat/Long
Additional Location Description
FIRE IN BUILDING, SUBSTANCES CARRIED THROUGH STORM SEWER
Additional Activity Details Acres
UNKNOWN
Facility ID PECFA No. EPA ID Start Date End Date
471021980 2018-04-23 2018-05-18
Characteristics
Above Ground
Petrol Tank

Drycleaner
EPA
NPL Site
EPA
Superfund
PECFA Funds
Eligible

PFAS

ROW Impact

Sediments
Underground
Petrol Tank
WI DOT
Site
 
Site Files
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Actions
Date Code Name File Comment
2018-05-18 11 Spill Activity Closed
2018-04-23 1 Spill Incident Occurred
2018-04-23 5 Notification of Hazardous Substance Spill
Spill Details
SERTS Spill ID Spill Occurred Date/Time Spill Reported Date/Time
20180423NE71-1 2018-04-23  1900 2018-04-23  2000
Description of Incident/General Comments
FIRE AT 6 PM WAS PUT OUT BY 8 PM. SPILL REPORTED AS TOLUENE. WHITE SUBSTANCE DISCHARGED FROM STORM SEWER TO UNNAMED STREAM SOUTH OF FACILITY WAS TITANIUM DIOXIDE. ASKED IF STORM SEWER COULD BE PLUGGED BUT LITTLE TO NO DISCHARGE BY THE TIME FIRE WAS OUT. PID AND LEL FROM SEWER WERE ALL ZERO. SDS SHEET SENT TO DNR. SPOKE WITH (CHIEF?) JACK CLARK AND CHIEF TIM FRANZ FROM THE OSHKOSH FIRE DEPARTMENT ANLONG WITH PROPERTY OWNER MARK NONWEILER. AT THE TIME OF THE DISCUSSION THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO TITANIUM DIOXIDE ENTERING THE WATER. BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THIS MATERIAL HAS VERY LITTLE TO NO ENVIRONMENTAL OR HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS. GIVEN CURRENT CONDITIONS NO ADDITIONAL RESPONSE COULD BE PERFORMED AT THE STORM SEWER OUTFALL LOCATION. FIRE DEPT DID PLACE A BOOM IN CASE PETROLEUM SUBSTANCES WERE RELEASED. AP NONWEILER DID CLEAN UP (TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY) OF THE RETENTION BASINS AND FACILITY PROPERTY. JOSLIN AND NESTE INSPECTED FACILITY AND FOUND THE CLEANUP WAS ADEQUATE. DISCHARGE TO UNNAMED STREAM APPROXIMATELY 1,250 FT SOUTH OF FACILITY NEAR INTERSECTION OF MACARTHUR RD AND CTH A (NORTHEAST CORNER).
Type of Location
INDUSTRIAL FACILITY (FOUNDRY/FACTORY/PLATING/MANUFACTURING)
Spill Cause
TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENT, FUEL TANK SPILL TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENT, FUEL TANK SPILL
Description of Environmental Impact
WATER HAS TURNED WHITE IN THE WHOLE CREEK AND UNABLE TO BE RECOVERED AT THIS TIME. SUBSTANCE IS CONTINUING TO SPILL RIGHT NOW. OSHKOSH FIRE HAZMAT TEAM IS TRYING TO FIND SOURCE TO STOP LEAK. TITANIUM DIOXIDE AND TOLUENE SPILLING IN CREEK WHICH FLOWS TO LAKE WINNEBAGO
Potential Resource Damages
Type: FISH
Resource Damage Description
Cleanup Efforts at Time Incident Reported
MATERIAL RELEASED TO UNNAMED STREAM. WHEN FIRE WAS PUT OUT RELEASE STOPPED. SOME TOLUENE AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE RELEASED TO UNNAMED STREAM. NOTHING COULD BE DONE WITH RELEASE TO UNNAMED STREAM BUT MONITOR. AP NONWEILER DID CLEANUP OF FACILITY AS WELL AS RETENTION BASIN THAT CONTAINED TITANIUM DIOXIDE.
Spiller Actions
Action Comment
Flow Stopped
Samples Collected
Street Sweeper
Boom
Substances
Substance Type Amt Released Units
Other Substance Not Listed (TITANIUM DIOXIDE) Other Gal
Volatile Organic Compounds (TOLUENE) VOC Gal
Waste Destination
Destination Comment
OTHER: 1,500 GALS RINSE WATER TO MID-WISCONSIN SUPER VAC FACILITY 1500 GAL RINSE WATER TO MID-WICONSIN SUPER
OTHER: 2,500 GALS RINSE WATER TO ELITE ENVIRONMENTAL 2500 GAL RINSE WATER TO ELITE ENVIRONMENTAL
Responsible Party
AP NONWEILER CO 3321 CTH, OSHKOSH, WI 54901
For More Information on this Activity
Northeast Region Contact: Denise Danelski  denise.danelski@wisconsin.gov
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