RECENT REGIONAL N.R.C. REPORTS via Sky Truth

by admin on January 24, 2022

Capturing info in the public interest

Public Attention is Needed to Observe and Report Incidents & Accidents
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>>> From the Public Interest and Public Action to Protect our Environment

To report a release or spill, contact the federal government’s centralized reporting center, the National Response Center (NRC), at 1-800-424-8802. The NRC is staffed 24 hours a day by personnel who will ask you to provide as much information about the incident as possible.

Recent releases or spills in the region of eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania and north central West Virginia are shown below. This particular list was provided by Sky Truth of Shepherdstown, WV.

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NRC Report: Sewage near Buckhannon, WV
Description: Incident Type: FIXED – NRC Report ID: 1326969 – Medium Affected: SOIL – Suspected Responsible Party: SAINT GOBAIN CORP
Incident Date/Time: 2022-01-20 14:15:00
Tags: NRC, other, release

NRC Report: Drilling Brine (With Zinc Salts) near Pennsboro, WV
Description: Incident Type: MOBILE – NRC Report ID: 1326796 – Medium Affected: WATER – Suspected Responsible Party: GAS FIELD SERVICES LLC
Incident Date/Time: 2022-01-17 21:42:00
Tags: NRC, other, BigSpill, major, release

NRC Report: Unknown Oil near Lost Creek, WV
Description: Incident Type: FIXED – NRC Report ID: 1326576 – Medium Affected: WATER – Suspected Responsible Party:
Incident Date/Time: 2022-01-14 11:00:00
Tags: NRC, oil, release

NRC Report: Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) near Wileyville, WV
Description: Incident Type: FIXED – NRC Report ID: 1326360 – Medium Affected: AIR – Suspected Responsible Party: EQT
Incident Date/Time: 2022-01-11 18:43:00
Tags: NRC, other, release

NRC Report: Crude Oil near Urichsville, OH
Description: Incident Type: STORAGE TANK – NRC Report ID: 1326320 – Medium Affected: WATER – Suspected Responsible Party: DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CORP
Incident Date/Time: 2022-01-11 11:45:00
Tags: NRC, oil, BigSpill, major, release

NRC Report: Coal near Graysville, PA
Description: Incident Type: RAILROAD – NRC Report ID: 1326220 – Medium Affected: BALLAST – Suspected Responsible Party:
Incident Date/Time: 2022-01-10 01:30:00
Tags: NRC, other, release

NRC Report: Triethylene Glycol near Wind Ridge, PA
Description: Incident Type: FIXED – NRC Report ID: 1326221 – Medium Affected: LAND – Suspected Responsible Party: EQUITRANS MIDSTREAM
Incident Date/Time: 2022-01-10 00:30:00
Tags: NRC, other, BigSpill, major, release

NRC Report: Ethylene Glycol near Wind Ridge, PA
Description: Incident Type: STORAGE TANK – NRC Report ID: 1326219 – Medium Affected: LAND – Suspected Responsible Party: EQUITRANS MIDSTREAM
Incident Date/Time: 2022-01-10 00:30:00
Tags: NRC, other, BigSpill, major, release

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Pollution trail in sky west of I-79

Pollution trail seen beyond local power plant steam plumes

NOTE PHOTOS: Atmospheric Pollution Trail From Clarksburg to Morgantown from Betsy Lawson, Morgantown, WV

Saturday morning while driving north on I-79, a long, uninterrupted ribbon of brown, purple, grey pollution was seen near the western horizon. This started in the vicinity of the Harrison Power plant just north of Clarksburg and stretched at least as far as Morgantown.

We’ve never seen a cloud formation that looked anything like it. The second photo looks toward the Fort Martin and Longview power plants from University Town Center. The pollution trail still appears low on the western horizon from I-79. So the length of this trail is at least 35 miles, perhaps much more?

This pollution trail was reported to the WV-DEP complaint desk ~
https://dep.wv.gov/Contact/Pages/Report-a-Complaint.aspx

{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }

Betsy Lawson January 25, 2022 at 7:18 pm

Hello again Betsy,

I spoke with James Lefik with Mon Power this afternoon a little after 2:00 PM. Mr. Lefik works in the environmental department for First Energy, the parent of Mon Power. I had e-mailed Mr. Lefik upon receipt of your complaint.

He let me know that Unit 2 of the Harrison station was in start-up mode this past Sunday morning (it began to start-up around 6:30 on Saturday evening).

Mr. Lefik said there were some operational issues (primarily due to the cold weather at the time), and the unit was only able to achieve around 200 mW output. This is much less than the rate at which the unit normally runs. The other two units, Unit 1 and Unit 3, were operating normally. He is confident that the startup is the cause of what you saw Sunday morning. Mr. Lefik said the stack appears normal now.

I will go to Haywood tomorrow to have a look also. I hope that this is helpful. If you would like to contact me, you can reply to this e-mail or call me.

Sincerely, Karl Dettinger, WV-DEP

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