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04-41-583072 VALLEY POWER PLANT SPILL
Activity Type / Status Jurisdiction
SPILL  CLOSED DNR RR
Location Name County DNR Region
WE ENERGIES - VALLEY POWER PLANT MILWAUKEE SOUTHEAST
Address Municipality
1035 W CANAL ST MILWAUKEE
PLSS Description Latitude (WGS84) Longitude (WGS84) Google Maps RR Sites Map
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Additional Activity Details Acres
UNKNOWN
Facility ID PECFA No. EPA ID Start Date End Date
241007800 2019-02-02 2019-02-04
Characteristics
Above Ground
Petrol Tank

Drycleaner
EPA
NPL Site
EPA
Superfund
PECFA Funds
Eligible

PFAS

ROW Impact

Sediments
Underground
Petrol Tank
WI DOT
Site
 
Actions
Date Code Name File Comment
2019-02-04 11 Spill Activity Closed
2019-02-02 1 Spill Incident Occurred
2019-02-02 5 Notification of Hazardous Substance Spill
Spill Details
SERTS Spill ID Spill Occurred Date/Time Spill Reported Date/Time
20190202SE41-1 2019-02-02  0100 2019-02-02  1345
Description of Incident/General Comments
2/4/19: NEUMANN SPOKE WITH SCR SPILL COORDINATOR MIKE SCHMOLLER. SCHMOLLER SPOKE WITH SET ENVIRONMENTAL CONTACT ROBERT NIMMO. PER SCHMOLLER'S CALL WITH NIMMO: LUBRICATING OIL WAS LOST TO THE SNOW DURING REPAIRS AND THAT THE SNOW WAS PLOWED INTO THE MENOMONEE RIVER. NO CAPTURE OF THE OIL WAS POSSIBLE. NO SHEEN WAS OBSERVED. NO FURTHER ACTIONS ARE NECESSARY DUE TO RELEASE UNRECOVERABLE. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, RELEASE WAS UNRECOVERABLE AFTER IMPACTED SNOW WAS PUSHED INTO THE MENOMONEE RIVER. NO FURTHER ACTIONS APPEAR NECESSARY AT THIS TIME.
Type of Location
SURFACE WATER (LAKE/HARBOR/MARINA/RIVER/STREAM/POND/WETLND)
Spill Cause
OTHER CAUSE 
Description of Cause or Additional Details
THERE WAS WORK BEING DONE TO AN ENGINE AND SNOWPLOW CAME BY AND PUSHED SNOW INTO THE RIVER CONTAINING THE 2 QT OF LUBE OIL. NO VISABLE OIL IN RIVER BUT RP ASSUMED THE LUBE OIL WENT INTO THE RIVER.
Description of Environmental Impact
2 QUARTS OF LUBE OIL WAS PUSHED INTO SNOW THAT WENT INTO RIVER
Cleanup Efforts at Time Incident Reported
RELEASE TO SNOW, THEN SNOW WAS PUSHED INTO THE MENOMONEE RIVER. RELEASE IS UNRECOVERABLE, ACCORDING TO ROBERT NIMMO WITH SET ENVIRONMENTAL.
Spiller Actions
Action Comment
Monitor RIVER WAS MONITORED
Substances
Substance Type Amt Released Units
Engine Waste Oil Petroleum 2 Qt
Responsible Party
WE ENERGIES 1035 W CANAL ST, MILWAUKEE, WI 53202
For More Information on this Activity
Southeast Region Contact: Jenny Meyer  jennifer.meyer1@wisconsin.gov
583072 | 04-41-583072
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