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SUMMARY OF 22 SEP 98 FUEL SPILL <br /> 102 FIN FUEL AREA <br /> OTI S AN G B <br /> * HEAVY RAINS IN EARLY AM OF SEP 22ND CAUSED WATER RUNOFF TO <br /> OVERCHARGE A FUEUWATER SEPARATOR IN THE FUEL FARM AREA <br /> - APPROXIMATELY 30 GALLONS OF ,SET FUEL FLOWED INTO A <br /> SWALE LEADING OFF-BASE <br /> = 102FW AND MASHPEE UNITS RESPONDED AND <br /> CONTAINED THE SPILL PRIOR TO ENTRY INTO ASHUMET POND <br /> = INDEPENDENT TESTS BY MASHPEE COMMUNITY AND ANG <br /> OFFICIALS CONFIRMED NO RELEASE INTO THE POND <br /> " MORE RAIN THAT AFTERNOON CAUSED ANOTHER FUEL OVERFLOW <br /> WHICH WAS COMPLETELY CONTAINED ON 102'"D PROPERTY <br /> * ALL APPROPRIATE AGENCIES WERE NOTIFIED IN BOTH INSTANCES <br /> - DEP OFFICIALS VISITED SITE ON SEP 22, 23 AND 25TH, AND <br /> ISSUED A NOTICE OF RESPONSIBILITY <br /> * WING HIRED A LICENSED SITE PROFESSIONAL (LSP) ON SEP 23RD TO <br /> OVERSEE SITE CLEANUP <br /> - LSP BEGAN EXCAVATING TO DETERMINE EXTENT AND CAUSE <br /> = MOST PROBABLE CAUSE: DESIGN AND INSTALLATION <br /> FLAWS FROM ORIGINAL INSTALLATION IN 1993 <br /> * WING DEVELOPED A SHORT TO LONG-RANGE PLAN TO PREVENT <br /> REOCCURRENCE <br /> - COORDINATED PLAN WITH DEP APPROVAL AND FORWARDED ON <br /> SEP 29TH <br /> '' WING IS WORKING LONG-TERM FUNDING ISSUES <br />