[CPEO-MEF] Crews digging in at Otis spill site

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Massachusetts
THE CAPE COD TIMES
Crews digging in at Otis spill site
Effort under way to contain jet fuel overflow, remove polluted soil.
By Amanda Lehmert
August 18, 2003

CAMP EDWARDS - Crews have a long weekend ahead, digging up contaminated
soil from Monday's 480-gallon jet fuel spill.

Fuel overflowed from vents in a 10,000-gallon storage tank and into a
concrete secondary containment system when a pump that transfers fuel
from one tank to the other didn't automatically shut off, Massachusetts
Military Reservation officials said.

The release became worse after a worker thought the liquid in the
concrete containment area was water and released it into a catch basin
that drains into the ground, said Richard Packard, chief of the
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's emergency
response section in Lakeville.

The fueling station, west of the Route 28 rotary off the main military
reservation gate, services the ground vehicles at Army National Guard's
Camp Edwards.

A worker checks up on the site two to three times a day.

On Monday, the worker checked the four-tank fuel point and noticed an
audible alarm. Packard said the employee did not know the alarm
signified a fuel release.

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