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04-16-585524 INTERLAKE STEAM SHIP COMPANY SPILL
Activity Type / Status Jurisdiction
SPILL  CLOSED DNR RR
Location Name County DNR Region
FRASER SHIPYARDS INC DOUGLAS NORTHERN
Address Municipality
1 CLOUGH AVE (3RD ST & CLOUGH) SUPERIOR
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Additional Location Description
SUPERIOR HARBOR AT FRASIER SHIPYARDS (3RD ST & CLOUGH)
Additional Activity Details Acres
UNKNOWN
Facility ID PECFA No. EPA ID Start Date End Date
816047210 2020-03-15 2020-03-30
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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Date Code Name File Comment
2020-03-30 11 Spill Activity Closed
2020-03-15 1 Spill Incident Occurred
2020-03-15 5 Notification of Hazardous Substance Spill
Spill Details
SERTS Spill ID Spill Occurred Date/Time Spill Reported Date/Time
20200315NO16-1 2020-03-15  1235 2020-03-15  1246
Description of Incident/General Comments
03-15-2020 TB: PHONE CALL WITH RP CONTACT WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE SPILL HAD BEEN STOPPED, ABSORBENT BOOMS AND PADS HAD BEEN DEPLOYED, AN OSRO RESPONSE COMPANY (OSI) HAD BEEN CONTACTED AND WAS RESPONDING, AND THAT DNR ASSISTANCE WAS NOT REQUESTED. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OCSC WAS ALSO PROVIDED. 03-16-2020 MR: PHONE CALL WITH RP CONTACT PAUL CHRISTENSEN. ACTUAL AMOUNT RELEASED CLOSER TO 400 GALLONS. USCG WAS ON SCENE YESTERDAY TO OVERSEE CLEAN UP OPERATIONS. OSRO APPLIED ABSORBENTS AND BOOM TO AFFECTED AREA OF HARBOR. 4400 GALLONS OF OILY WATER WERE PUMPED FROM THE LAKE AND TRANSPORTED TO DISPOSAL FACILITY. RP WILL PROVIDE PHOTOS AND CONTRACTOR LOG OF MATERIALS USED AND VOLUMES RECOVERED. GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES ARE APPROXIMATE
Type of Location
SURFACE WATER (LAKE/HARBOR/MARINA/RIVER/STREAM/POND/WETLND)
Spill Cause
HUMAN ERROR 
Description of Cause or Additional Details
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT CALLER REPORTED AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF MARINE DIESEL OIL WAS RELEASED FROM A VESSEL INTO THE SUPERIOR HARBOR DUE TO UNKNOWN CAUSES. LATER DETERMINED TO BE MISALIGNED VALVE CAUSED AN OVERFILL OF THE TANK.
Description of Environmental Impact
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
Cleanup Efforts at Time Incident Reported
RELEASE IS SECURE
Spiller Actions
Action Comment
Vacuum
Boom
Substances
Substance Type Amt Released Units
Diesel Fuel Petroleum 400 Gal
Responsible Party
INTERLAKE STEAM SHIP COMPANY 7300 ENGLE RD, MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH
For More Information on this Activity
Northern Region Contact: Kathleen Shafel  kathleen.shafel@wisconsin.gov
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