Monday, May 18, 2015

300 CU. YDS. OF CONTAMINATED SOIL REMOVED FROM SITE OF 2,000 GALLONS OF AVIATION FUEL SPILL IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA




MAY 17, 2015

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA (AP)
Clean-up crews are done removing contaminated soil from a site near Healy where more than 1,900 gallons of aviation fuel spilled last month. 
A Big State Logistics tanker-trailer spilled the fuel after an April 21 accident at 271 Mile Parks Highway, about 20 miles north of Healy. The front tanker was damaged when the vehicle left the roadway and rolled over, causing the spill.
The driver, Robert Myers Jr., 31, of Fairbanks, was issued a citation for negligent driving.
The subsequent clean-up effort resulted in about 300 cubic yards of material being removed from the site, which is in a right-of-way adjacent to state land, according to a final report from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The contaminated soil was taken to a Moose Creek facility for incineration.
About 250 gallons of fluids was recovered with absorbent pads and boom immediately after the spill, according to the report, with about 900 gallons more pumped from a nearby ditch.
The report states that Big State Logistics is also working with DOT to return the affected area to its original condition, which will include backfilling, grading and reseeding the spill site.
The spilled fuel also cause structural damage to the asphalt roadway, the report stated. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has requested replacement of the affected stretch of roadway.
There were no reports of affected wildlife or damage to utilities in the area.
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
State officials say about 2,000 gallons of fuel spilled on the Parks Highway north of Healy Tuesday morning, during a tanker tractor-trailer crash that has closed one lane of the highway.
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman Ashley Adamczak said DEC was notified of the Big State Logistics semi’s crash, at Mile 271.4 of the Parks, shortly after 2:30 a.m.

“We received notification that a Big State Logistics tanker truck had left the roadway and was leaking fuel onto the roadway,” Adamczak said.
According to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch on the crash, troopers were informed that the double tanker-trailer, driven by 31-year-old Robert Myers Jr., had crashed off the highway. Myers was cited for negligent driving, after troopers and members of the Tri-Valley Fire Department initially responded to the sene.
"Myers had been driving a 2011 Freightliner tractor northbound on the Parks Highway when he lost control of the vehicle," troopers wrote. "The vehicle entered the ditch on the northbound side of the highway and rolled.  Myers was uninjured."
Adamczak said recovery crews were at the scene, and were working to pump remaining fuel from the tanker.
“Standing fuel was in the ditch next to the road, and they were able to recover the product,” Adamczak said.

Additional fuel had spilled on one lane, with traffic control being conducted to let vehicles pass the crash site.

“People should expect delays,” Adamczak said.