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04-16-587308 MAVIRO ORGANIZATION 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
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
816047210 2021-03-12 2021-03-16
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
2021-03-16 11 Spill Activity Closed
2021-03-12 1 Spill Incident Occurred
2021-03-12 5 Notification of Hazardous Substance Spill
Spill Details
SERTS Spill ID Spill Occurred Date/Time Spill Reported Date/Time
20210312NO16-1 2021-03-12  1520 2021-03-12  1620
Description of Incident/General Comments
CALLED OCSC MATT THOMPSON 16:31 - ACKNOWLEDGED 3.13.2021 - JP E-MAILED OCSC, WHO INDICATED THAT HE HAD CONTACTED THE RP AND THAT A CLEAN UP WAS IN PROCESS. OCSC INDCATED THAT AN OIL BOOM AND ABSORBENT WERE ALREADY IN PLACE WHILE THE HULL OF THE SHIP WAS BEING CLEANED. A RESPONSE CONTRACTOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SUITING UP TO GO ONTO THE ICE AND CLEANUP THE MATERIAL WHEN THE OCSC SPOKE WITH THE SHIPYARD REPRESENTATIVE. 3.15.2021 - 9:46 - JP LEFT MESSAGE WITH RP, JEFF MAKI, ASKING FOR DETAILS ON SPILL RESPONSE AND CLEANUP. 3.15.2021 - 9:48 - JP CALLED LEROY KOLENDA, WHO STATED THAT THE SPILL WAS APPROXIMATELY FIVE GALLONS AND HAD BEEN ADDRESSED. SAID THAT THE IMPACTED ICE HAD BEEN REMOVED AND OIL HAD BEEN SCRAPED FROM THE SIDE OF THE SHIP. IMPACTED MATERIAL WAS STORED IN DRUMS AND THAT THE DRUMS WOULD BE DISPOSED OF BY COMO OIL. LK SAID THAT THERE WAS NO REMAINING SHEEN ON THE WATER IN IMPACTED AREA. WILL TAKE PHOTOS OF CLEANED AREA AND WILL TEXT THEM TO JP. 3.15.2021 - 10:45 JEFF MAKI CALLED JP BACK. SAID THAT A HOSE HAD 'BURPED' AND THAT FUEL OIL HAD SPILLED MOSTLY ON THE SIDE OF THE SHIP. JM SAID THAT MAVIRO REMOVED MATERIAL FROM THE SIDE OF THE SHIP, WHICH AMOUNTED TO APPROXIMATELY FOUR GALLONS AND THAT THE CLEAN UP WAS COMPLETE, MK SAID THAT HE HAD ALSO NOTIFIED THE COAST GUARD AND THAT THEY EMPLOY BOOMS AND OTHER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS EVEN IF THERE IS NO SPILL. JP SAID THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED THE CLEAN UP WITH LEROY KOLENDA AND THAT LEROY WAS GOING TO SEND UP PHOTOS OF THE CLEAN UP AREA. 3.15.2021 - JP RECEIVED CONFIRMATION PHOTOS FROM LEROY KOLENDA GPS COORDINATES ARE APPROXIMATE.
Type of Location
SURFACE WATER (LAKE/HARBOR/MARINA/RIVER/STREAM/POND/WETLND)
Spill Cause
OTHER CAUSE 
Description of Cause or Additional Details
CALLER IS REPORTING A DISCHARGE OF APPROXIMATELY 5 GALLONS OF HEAVY FUEL OIL ONTO THE SIDE OF A VESSEL AND INTO HOWARD'S POCKET AT THE INCIDENT LOCATION. DISCHARGE WAS FROM A TANK TRUCK THAT BURPED AFTER THE HOSE SHIFTED WHILE TRANSFERRING THE VESSEL.
Description of Environmental Impact
CALLER STATED THE WATERWAY IS FROZEN OVER AND THE SPILL IS ON THE ICE. THE QUANTITY OF RELEASE IN THE WATER WAS NOTED TO BE 1 GALLON IN THE NRC REPORT. SHEEN WAS STATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET LONG BY 15 FEET WIDE AND DARK BLACK IN COLOR ON HOWARD'S POCKET.
Cleanup Efforts at Time Incident Reported
USED ABSORBANT PADS AND BOOM TO CLEAN UP SPILL. SEE INCIDENT FOR DETAILS.
Spiller Actions
Action Comment
Products/Waste Removed
Substances
Substance Type Amt Released Units
Fuel Oil Petroleum 5 Gal
Responsible Party
MAVIRO ORGANIZATION FRASIER SHIPYARDS, SUPERIOR, WI
For More Information on this Activity
Northern Region Contact: Kathleen Shafel  kathleen.shafel@wisconsin.gov
587308 | 04-16-587308
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