U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AGENCY
                       ON/SCENE COORDINATORS REPORT
                       BATTLE OF BULL RUN
                       MANASSAS, VIRGINIA   MARCH, 1980
                       MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT

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ON-SCENE COORDINATOR'S REPORT

BATTLE OF BULL RUN

MANASSAS, VA.    MARCH, 1980

MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Middle Atlantic Region III
6th and Walnut Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19106

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                         TABLE OF CONTENTS
                           MANASSAS, VA
                     MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT
                            MARCH, 1980
                 FEDERAL PROJECT NO. 05-100-108-80
                             VOLUME I

SECTION                                                         PAGE
  1.      FOREWORD                                                i
  2,      INTRODUCTION                                            1
  3.      ROSTER OF AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS       3
  4.      SUMMARY OF EVENTS
          a.  Cause of the Incident                               8
          b.  Initial Situation                                  10
          c.  Organization of the Response                       12
          d.  Resources Committed, Including Costs               13
          e.  Location of Spill                                  15
          f.  Details of Federal or State Efforts to Replace
              Natural Resources                                  16
          g.  Details of Threat Abatement Actions                17
          h.  Facts and Statistics                               20
  5.      EFFECTIVENESS OF RESPONSE AND REMOVAL ACTIONS
          a.  Discharger                                         21
          b.  State and Local Forces                             22
          c.  Federal Agencies and Special Forces                23
          d.  Contractor, Private Groups, Volunteers             26
          e.  Extent of Contamination Survey                     27
  6.      PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED

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                            TABLE OF CONTENTS  (continued)

                             MANASSAS, VA
                       MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT
                              MARCH, 1980
                   FEDERAL PROJECT NO. 05-100-108-80

                               VOLUME  I


  SECTION                                                           PAGE

    7.       RECOMMENDATIONS

            a.   Means to Prevent a Recurrence  of the Incident      32

            b.   Improvement of Response  Actions                    33

    8.       INITIAL SPILL REPORT AND ELEMENTS  OF CIVIL PENALTY     34

    9.       POLREPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, NEWS ARTICLES                    40

   10.       OSC LOG                                                 81
recycled paper                                         ecology and environment, inc.

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SECTION 1



FOREWORD

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                               FOREWORD

     This report is submitted in accordance with procedures outlined in
the National Oil and Hazardous Materials Contingency Plan.  The primary
thrust of the Plan is to provide a coordinated Federal response capability
at the scene of an unplanned or sudden discharge of oil or hazardous
substance that poses a threat to the public health or welfare.  The pro-
visions of the National Contingency Plan were implemented by Environmental
Protection Agency, Region III, Philadelphia.
     Special thanks are extended to the many agencies and groups who
participated in the Federal Removal Activity.  This well coordinated team
effort on-scene and the assistance and support from the Regional Response
Team enabled a timely and efficient cleanup which prevented major contam-
ination of drinking water supplies for 700,000 citizens in Fairfax County,
Virginia.
     The Commonwealth of Virginia, through the efforts of Ernie Watkins,
State Water Control Board,and William Whitehead, Office of Emergency and
Energy Services, displayed outstanding abilities coordinating the State's
resources during the cleanup activities.  Selby Jacobs of Prince William
County, Fire and Rescue Service displayed quick and professional resources
to initially contain the spread of spilled kerosene.  Special appreciation
is given to Dr. Thomas Grizzard of the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring
Laboratory for his dedication and many long hours spent on-scene.
     The Federal agencies I directed on-scene are due special recognition
for the professional manner they displayed during the emergency.  The
United States Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Force Team, Commander D. Jenson
and EPA's Environmental Response Team, Steven Dorrler and their respective
personnel who aided in establishing site control and coordination of the


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scientific communities were outstanding.   The Departments of the Army
and the Navy and the Fish and Wildlife Service played an important role
with their personnel, equipment and expertise which minimized threats to
public health and environmental damage.
     The continuity of operations, through resources marshalled to deal
with changes under emergency conditions,  required extra effort by my staff
and other Federal, State and local authorities.  I wish to thank all of
the persons who contributed to the successful response and commend them
on their professional and expert handling of this major pollution incident.
Thomas I. Massey
On-Scene Coordinator
EPA, Region III
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 SECTION 2



INTRODUCTION

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                             INTRODUCTION

     In early March, 1980, near highway 234, north of Manassas, Prince
William County, Virginia and near highway 611, in Orange County, Virginia,
34 miles away, Colonial Pipeline Company experienced two simultaneous
breaks in their 32-inch products pipeline.  This resulted in Virginia's
largest inland oil spill where approximately 416,000 gallons of kerosene
and No. 2 oil spilled into the watersheds of Bull Run and Rapidan River.
The spills constituted substantial threats to drinking water plants in
Fairfax County and Fredericksburg, Va., and to the sensitive fish and
wildlife habitats in those areas.
     The spill in Manassas was approximately 326,000 gallons of aviation
kerosene of which approximately 252,000 gallons were recovered.  In
Fredericksburg, on the Rapidan River, approximately 90,000 gallons of
No. 2 oil was spilled.  Approximately 26,000 gallons were recovered.
     The United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, acting
under Section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act responded on-
scene and directed Federal Removal Activities of the National Contingency
Plan.  This report includes accounts of the activity in Bull Run, Manassas.
The accounts of the spill in the Rapidan River, which were received 48 hours
after the initial oil spill report in Manassas, are addressed in a separate
OSC report since  those activities were conducted independently of the
activities described in this report.

Manassas Background
     The city of  Manassas was founded in the middle 1700's and was primarily
a  farming community, located about 25 miles southwest of the District of
Columbia, and 85  miles northwest of Richmond, Virginia.  Today, it is prim-
arily a  residential community of people employed in Washington, D.C. and
by a growing  number of local industries.
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     Manassas, is in Prince William County, which between 1960 and 1970
exhibited the fastest county growth rate in the United States.  The
present population of Manassas is 15,000.  The population within a sur-
rounding 10 mile radius is 50,000.
     The primary water supply for the area is the Occoquan Reservoir.  Water
is drawn from the reservoir to the Fairfax County Water Authority's Treatment
Plant for treatment and distribution.  This plant serves approximately
700,000 people, approximately 25 percent of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan
area.
     Bull Run passes through Manassas, and flows into the Occoquan Reservoir.
These water bodies provide a natural habitat for a variety of fish and wild-
life.  Bull Run Regional Park, a family recreational area is located on
the northern side of Bull Run.
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                     SECTION 3



ROSTER OF AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS

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 SECTION 3 - ROSTER
Agencies, Organizations, Individuals
    Federal Project 05-100-80
         Manassas, Virginia
Names and Addresses
 Contact
Brief Description of Work
Personnel on Site
U.S. EPA Region III
Environmental Emergency Branch
6th & Walnut Streets
Philadelphia, PA  19106

U.S. EPA
Environmental Response Team
Edison, NJ  08817
Cincinnati,  OH  45268
U.S. EPA Region III
Public Information Office
6th & Walnut Streets
Philadelphia, PA  19106

U.S. EPA
Environmental Photographic
    Interpretation Center
Warrenton, VA  22186

U.S. EPA
401 M. Street, S.W.
Washington, O.C.  20460
 Thomas I.  Massey
 Jeff Hass
 Steve Dorrler
 Dr.  J.  Lafornara
 R.  Turpin
 R.  Cilbuskis
 T.  Sell
 J.  Gilbert
 R.  Nadeau

 George Bochanski
 Gordan Howard
 Robin Woods
 Luke Aster
 Peter Acly
 Alan Humphrey
OSC
RRT Chairman
Scientific support coordination
organized sampling and stream
profiling activities; coordinated
on-site mobile lab for analysis
on stream samples
Press liason & Public
Spokesperson; coordinated media
inquiries
Aerial photograhy
Press liason and public spokesperson

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 Names and Addresses
 Contact
Brief Description of Work
Personnel on Site
 U.S.  EPA
 Oil  & Hazardous  Material  Spill  Lab
 Edison,  NJ   08817

 U.S.  Coast  Guard
 5th  District
 431  Crawford Street
 Portsmouth,  VA 23705

 U.S.  Coast  Guard
 Atlantic Strike  Team
 Elizabeth City,  NC 27909
U.S. Navy
Environmental Protection Division
Pentagon
Washington, DC  20350

U.S. Navy
Cheasapeake Division

Naval Facilites Engineering Command
Washington, D.C.  20350

U.S. Navy
Public Works
Norfolk, VA  23511

U.S. Army Quartermaster School
Petroleum & Field Services Dept.
240th Quatermaster Battalion
Ft. Lee, VA
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
P.O. Box 1715
Baltimore, MD  21203
 Kevin Hoogerhyde
 Devin Vasilik
Comdr. G. Moran
William Gregory
Comdr. D.S. Jensen
Commanding Officer
Chief Wayne Jackson
Carl B. Irwin
NRT DOD Rep.
Wayne Wilcox
RRT Representative
Commander Dillman
Col. Joe Volpe
Mordecai Bennett
Mobile  lab activities
RRT Representative
Contracting Officer, advised
OSC on 311 funding procedures
Various site coordination and
equipment support activities;
supervised work crews at Marina site,     10
provided on-scene command post.
Coordinated cleanup logistics

Provided manpower and equipment to        1
aid in clean-up operations
Provided manpower and equipment           10
to aid in clean-up operation.
Provided Navy 3001 skimmer on-scene       8
Provided manpower and equipment to aid
in clean-up operations.  Provided large
amount of men and materials needed to     75
quickly contain and remove kerosene.
Provided contingency to recover kerosene
(bladder bag).

RRT Representative                        1

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     Names  and  Addresses
                                        Contact
Brief Description of Work
Personnel on Site
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     U.S.  Army Corps  of Engineers
     803 Front Street
     Norfolk,  VA 23510

     U.S.  Fish & Wildlife  Services
     One Gateway Center
     Newtown Corner,  MA 02158
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Dept. of Health, Education & Welfare
701 W. Broad Street
Falls Church, VA 22046

U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Materials Transportation Bureau
400 Seventh Avenue  S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20590

VA State Wate'r Control Board
5515 Cherokee Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22313
    VA Office of Energy and
       Emergency Services
    VA State Health Department
    Division of Water Programs
    Culpepper, VA 22701

    VA Commission of Game &  Inland
       Fisheries
    4010 W. Broad Street
    Richmond, VA 23230
                                        Rodney McCormack     RRT Representative
                                        Allen Jackson
                                            Gerald Miller
                                            Lance Heverly
                                            Ernie Watkins
                                        William Whitehead
                                        Edmund Lewis
                                        J.W.  Berry, Jr.
RRT Representative
Advised OSC on environmental impact of
spill on wildlife and habitat of Bull Run
and associated waterways.

RRT Representative
Fish tissue analysis, advised
OSC on impact of spill on recreational
fishing.

RRT representative
Investigation of cause of pipeline
failure.  Assessed chances of repeat of
incident.

State support - manpower and technical
assistance to aid in clean-up operation.
Governor's representative on-scene.
OSC representative on-scene.

Coordination between Governor's Office
and OSC.  Through respective county
offices, provided office staff support.

Coordination between water treatment
plant and OSC.  (Key coordination for
protection of drinking water supply.)

Survey of fish and wildlife damage.
Expert assistance on restoration of wildlife
and habitat.   Coordination of public volunteer
effort.
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Brief Description of Work
                                                                                                   Personnel  on Site
Provided back-up containment and
cleanup at Bull  Run Marina under
311 activity.

Provided electrical service to Command
Post at Bull  Run Marina.
Provided electrical  service to Command
Post installed in Holiday Inn parking
lot, Manassas.

Connected electrical service to Command
Post at Bull  Run Marina.
Provided telephone service to Command
Post at Holiday Inn, Manassas, Va.
Provided Telephone service to Command
Post at Bull  Run Marina.
Extent of contamination survey on
environment impacted by spill.
(Rockwell International Task 12 Under
ERT Function)
Name and Addresses
Contact
Sea Land Environmental Engineering
P. 0. Box 45, Woodmont Station
Mil ford, CT 06460
                            *

VEPCO
1900 N. Beauregard St.
Bldg. 5
Alexandria, VA 22311

Prince William Electric Cooperative
10323 Lomond Drive
Manassas, VA 22110

J. Sam Woods Electric Service
14216 Essex Drive
Woodbridge, VA 22191

Continental Telephone Company
9401 Peabody Street
Manassas, VA 22110

C & P Telephone Company
P. 0. Box 27272
Richmond, VA 23272

Woodward - Clyde Associates
3 Embarcadero Center
Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94111
                                      Edward Dodge
                                      J.  Sam Woods
                                      Bob Castle

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Names and Addresses
Contact
Brief Description of Work
Personnel on Site
Prince William County Fire and
   Rescue Service
9300 Lee Avenue
Manassas, VA 22110
Prince William County Public
   Works Department
9258 Lee Avenue
Manassas, VA 22110

Fairfax County Office of Energy
   and Emergency Services
4100 Chain Bridge Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

Fairfax County Water Authority
8560 Arlington Blvd.
Merrifield, VA 22116
Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Lab
P. 0. Box 773
Manassas, VA 22110
Technical Assistance Team
Ecology & Environment, Inc.
8021 North Crescent Blvd.
Pennsauken, NJ 08110

Ag Rotors
P. 0. Box 578
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Selby Jacobs
James Payne
David Watkins
Henry Gay
Dr. Thomas Grizzard
Dr. Baron Weand
John J. Walsh
Ken Wymer
Initial containment by local            17
fire company.  Coordination of
citizens concerns.  Installed first
booms in tributary and Bull Run.
Provided command post office support.

Coordinated incineration of              4
contaminated debris, eliminating
need for interim storage
considerations.

Liason between Fairfax County            1
and OSC (Bull Run is dividing line
between Fairfax and Prince William
Counties).

Feasibility studies to determine abil-   3
ity of water treatment plant to handle
kerosene.  Activated carbon filtration,
odor threshold.  Operators of water
supply threatened by spill.

Sampling and analysis assistance         8
Expert recommendations on on-scene
analysis procedures for kerosene in
water.  Recommendations on stream
profiling.

Technical assistance operations          4
coordination.
Helicopter support                       3
Crucial for observing progress of
cleanup effort.  Aided identification
of areas of pooled kerosene.  Inaccessi-
bility of Bull Run to land transoortation.

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     SECTION 4
SUMMARY OF EVENTS

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                           SECTION 4 — SUMMARY

a.  Cause of Incident
     The pipeline rupture at Manassas, occurred on March 6, 1980 at 1536
hours.   Causes of the rupture were corrosion of the pipe and abnormally
high line pressure.
     The pipeline is owned and operated by Colonial Pipeline Company and
is part of a supply network which runs from Greensboro, North Carolina to
Linden, New Jersey.  The pipeline operation is automated and is monitored
by company controllers at the Central Control Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
However, the rupture did occur under a high pressure condition which is
attributed to human error.  The events leading to this human error are as
follows:
     At 1522 hours on March 6, 1980 startup, was initiated on the pipeline
from Greensboro to Linden, with kerosene in the line at the point where
the Bull Run break occurred.  The Controller, following standard proce-
dures, was to start the first pump unit at Greensboro and start each
succeeding pump station, travelling north (down-stream) on the pipeline
on a pressure-time basis.  For unknown reasons, the Controller fell behind
in the startup sequence on stations in Maryland.  When he started Conowingo
Station in Northern Maryland, the pipeline experienced a high suction  pres-
sure.  The station pump ran for about one minute and then was automatically
shut down by  protective equipment.
     This resulted in a pressure surge travelling south on the pipeline,
which sequentially shut down each succeeding  station up to and including
Chantilly Station, which is 6.3 miles north of Bull Run.  When Conowingo
shut down due to  high line pressure,  the Controller should have followed
normal procedures for orderly shut down of the Greensboro-Linden segment
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and then restarted it under controlled conditions.   He erred in attempting
an alternate method of controlling the situation by attempting to open the
stream into a stub line leading to Fairfax, Virginia.   This resulted in a
pressure surge in the pipeline in the area of Manassas which resulted in
the pipeline rupture.
     Separate detailed accident reports from Colonial  Pipeline Company and
the United States Department of Transportation, Materials Transportation
Bureau, are available from On Scene Coordinator's Office, U.S. EPA Region III
                     Site of Colonial Pipeline break
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                           SECTION 4 — SUMMARY
b.  Initial Situation                                                   \
     Notification of the pipeline rupture in Manassas, to EPA, Region III
Environmental Emergency Branch occurred on 3/6/80 at 1650 hours by Mr.
Lowe of the Prince William County Fire Department.  At this time the esti-
mate of kerosene spilled was 90,000 gallons.  The spilled material was
entering an unnamed tributary to Bull Run near the point where the tribu-
tary passed under Sudley Road.
     The spiller, Colonial Pipeline Company, assumed responsibility for the
spill by sending their personnel immediately to the site and engaging J & L
Industries, a cleanup contractor, to abate the emergency.
     The first Federal official on scene was Lt. T. H. Micklas, USCG,
Baltimore, Maryland, arriving at 2100 hours on 3/6/80.  Tom Massey, EPA
On-Scene Coordinator arrived on scene that date at 2330 hours.  Also on
scene at this time were officials from the Virginia State Water Control
Board.
     Initial containment by the Prince William County Fire and Rescue Serv-
ice was attempted shortly after the spill was reported and located.  A hay
bale dam was constructed in the unnamed tributary near its confluence with
Bull Run Marina.
     By 0300 hours, 3/7/80, the kerosene had traveled 4 miles down Bull
Run.  Three  containment booms were in place 7 miles downstream at Bull
Run Marina.  The Marina was chosen as a primary containment site  because
of its accessibility.
     The major concern of the OSC was the protection  of  public drinking
water supply.  The  intake for the Fairfax County Water Authority  is located
in the Occoquan  Reservoir,  10.5 miles downstream of Bull Run Marina.  This
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plant supplies water to approximately 700,000 people and did not have a
back-up supply .available if the plant were to shut-down.  Additionally,
the area provides significant natural wildlife habitat and includes the
endangered Bald Eagle.
     To aid in supervision and operation phases of the spill cleanup,
the  OSC requested the services of the USCG Atlantic Strike Team and the
EPA Environmental Response Team.  Because of the threat to wildlife, person-
nel from the United States Fish & Wildlife Service were on scene.
     By 2200 hours on 3/7/80 containment booms were placed in 6 locations
over a 10 mile stretch of stream.  Removal operations were underway and
by 2015 hours on 3/8/80, 35,000 gallons of kerosene had been recovered.
However, a large quantity of oil remained in Bull Run and presented a threat
to the community's drinking water supply.
     On 3/7/80 the Regional Response Team was activated.  The OSC briefed
the members on the situation and presented plans of Colonial Pipeline
Company.  The company proposed total commitment of their resources to
abate this spill.  At 1430 hours on 3/9/80, almost 70 hours after the
spill was first  reported, large amounts of oil still remained in Bull Run.
If the booms had failed at Bull Run Marina, it was concluded that there
would be little  chance to contain the oil before it would reach the drinking
water intake.  The OSC declared a Federal Removal Action on 3/9/80 in order
to provide the resources that otherwise would not be available to Colonial
Pipeline Company.
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                          SECTION 4 — SUMMARY

                           A
c.  Organization of Response

     When the OSC declared a Federal Removal Activity for the Manassas

project, many governmental and private resources could now be utilized

to combat the effects of the spill.  Figure 1, (next page) identifies

these resources and portrays how they reported to the OSC.  Section 3,

Roster of Agencies, shows how they provided assistance in the Federal

Removal Activity.
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SECTION 4 -- SUMMARY
C.  Organization of Response
Figure 1...
       13
  Versar Lab
       14
  J & L
  Industries
       20
  Fairfax Co.
       21
  PIC Fire
  &  Rescue
       22
   PWC  Public
   Works
                           AST
                           15
Colonial
Pipeline Co.
     16
                       VA Game &
                       Fisheries
                           17
                       VA Water
                       Cntrl.  Bd.
     18
VA Health
     19
 VA Emerg.
 Services
     23
Occoquan
Monit. Lab
                                 1-
                                OSC.
RRT
                                                            ERT
                                 USCG  5th
                                 District
                                                                   U.  S.  Army
                                                                   Ft. Lee
                                                                        8
                                                                   U.  S.  Navy
                                                                                       U. S. FDA
                                                                                            10
                                                                                       U. S. FWS
                                     11
                                                                                       U. S. EPA
                                     12
                                                                                       U. S. Army
                                                                                       Corps Eng.
                                              TAT>

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SECTION 4 — SUMMARY
C.  Organization of Response
Table 1...
 1.

 2.

 3.

 4.

 5.
OSC

RRT

ERT

AST

TAT
 6.  USCG 5th District


 7.  U.S. Army, Ft. Lee




 8.  U. S. Navy




 9.  U.S. FDA



10.  U.S. FWS


11.  U.S. EPA



12.  U.S. Army Corps Eng.



13.  Versar Lab

14.  J&L  Industries

15.  Colonial Pipeline

16.  VA Game & Fisheries


17.  VA Water Cntrl.'Bd.
On Scene Coordinator

Regional Response Team

Environmental Response Team

U. S. Coast Guard

Ecology & Environment, Inc.
Technical Assistance Team

U. S. Coast Guard
5th District Headquarters
Thomas I. Massey

Jeff Hass, Chairman

Steve Dorrler, Branch Chief

CDR Don Jensen, Commander

John J. Walsh
                                                      CDR Gene Moran
                                                      RRT Representative
                       U. S. Army Quartermaster School    Col. Joe Volpe, Commander
                       Petroleum & Field Services Dept.
                       240th Quartermaster Battalion
                       Ft. Lee, VA

                       U. S. Navy                     Wayne Wilcox
                       Chesapeak Division             RRT Representative
                       Naval Facilities Engineering Command
                       Washington, D. C.
                       U. S. Food & Drug Administration
                       Dept. of Health, Education &
                       Welfare
                                   Gerald Miller
                                   RRT Representative
                       U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service  Allen Jackson
                                                      RRT Representative
                       U. S. Environmental Protection
                       Agency
                                   George Bochanski
                                   Director Regional News
                                   Office
                       U. S. Army Corps of Engineers  Rodney McCormack
                                                      M. Bennel
                                                      RRT Representatives
                       Versar Laboratories

                       J&L Industries

                       Colonial Pipeline Company

                       Virginia Commission of Game
                       and Inland Fisheries

                       Virginia State Water Control
                       Board
                               Jim Sussman, President

                               Jim Sorrow

                               J. W. Berry, Jr., Fish &
                               Game Officer

                               Ernie Watkins, RRT
                               Representative
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C.  Organization of Response
Table 1 (Continued)...
18.


19.


20.

21.


22.


23.
VA Health Dept.


VA Emerg. Services
Virginia State Health Department
Division of Water Programs

Virginia Office of Emergency
Services
Fairfax Co. Wtr. Auth. Fairfax County Water Authority
PWC Fire & Rescue


PWC Public Works


Occoquan Monit. Lab
Prince William County
Fire & Rescue

Prince William County
Public Works Department

Occoquan Watershed Monitoring
Laboratory
Edmund Lewis


William Whitehead
RRT Representative

Henry Gay

Selby Jacobs, Director


James Payne, Director
Dr. Thomas Grizzard
Director
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d.  Resources Committed
     A brief description of resources committed by the agencies and con-
tractors involved in response activities is contained in Section 3, Roster
of Agencies.  A discussion of the impact of these resources on the cleanup
activity is provided in the "Effectiveness of Response and Removal Actions,"
Section 5 of this report.
     The following page shows the costs incurred by the agencies and con-
tractors utilized as a part of the Federal Removal Activity.  These
expenses are a small fraction of the total expenses, most of which were
incurred by the responsible party.
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                      Major Pollution Incident, Kerosene Spill
                         Colonial Pipeline Company, Bull Run
                                 Manassas, Virginia
                          Federal Project No. 05-100-108-80

                                      Number of         Cost to Date
Agency                            Personnel Involved      8/28/80       Ceiling*
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency     15            $ 11,019.05     $ 12,000
U. S. Coast Guard                         10               4,207.96        4,500
U. S. Army                                75              37,152.51       38,000
U. S. Navy - Surface Weapons Center       10              15,815.00       .16,000
U. S. Navy - Naval District Washington     3               2,940.79        3,000
U. S. Navy - Public Works Center           8              19,192.71       20,000
U. S. Fish & Wildlife                      4               6,500.00        7,500
Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Lab          5              19,724.09       20,000
Ag Rotors                                  3              26,740.00       27,000
VEPCO                                                         63.82           100
Prince William Electric Cooperative                           231.98           250
J. Sam Woods Electric Service                                 248.84           250
Continental Telephone Company                              1,117.10        1,200
C &  P Telephone Company                                       210.78           250
Sealand Environmental Engineering Co.      5               7,196.80        7,300
Rockwell International                                    73,200.00       80,000
           TOTAL                          138             $2^5,561.43      $237,350

*Note:   Total  authorized  ceiling  is  $300,000.00
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e.  Location of Spill (See map, Figure 2)
     The spill occurred at the point where the 32-inch pipeline passes
under Virginia State Route 234 (Sudley Road) one mile north of Manassas at
Latitude 77° 30' 30" North, Longitude 38° 47' 30" West.  The spill
entered the headwaters of an unnamed tributary to Bull Run.  Bull Run is
a tributary to Occoquan River and Reservoir, a non-tidal waterway.  Occo-
quan River is a tributary to the Potomac River that flows into the
Chesapeake Bay.
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Unnamed
Tributary
                                                                      Figure 2

                                                                     SITE MAP OF KEROSENE SPILL
                                                                     FEDERAL REMOVAL ACTIVITIES
                                                                             MARCH 1980
Bull Run
Marina
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                                                                                         Fairfax Countj
                                                                                         Water Intake

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f.  Details of Federal & State Restoration
     A Damage Assessment Task Force has been established to access the envi-
ronmental damage from the two oil spills from the Colonial Pipeline in
Orange County and Manassas, Virginia.  Funds for conducting damage assess-
ment studies are available from the United States Environmental Protection
Agency under Section 104 of P. L. 92-500.  This group, composed of repre-
sentatives from the U. S. EPA, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Virginia
State Water Control Board, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries,
and the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget, has met and developed
a plan of action for studying the impact of these spills on the aquatic
and human environments of the two areas.
     State and local authorities have been monitoring the amount of oil in
Occoquan Reservoir, which is the source of drinking water for most of North-
ern Virginia.  At this time, there is no evidence of detectable amounts of
oil in the water column.
     An Extent of Contamination Study, funded under Section 311 activities,
for areas affected by kerosene spillage, was performed by Woodward and
Clyde, Inc., a private consultant under contract to U. S. EPA.  A summary
of the report is contained in Section 5.
     Preliminary restoration work was performed at the expense of Colonial
Pipeline Company at the  pipeline break site.  All contaminated soil
was removed and replaced with clean  soil.  The area was graded and seeded.
     At Bull Run Marina, where most  oil recovery operations took place,
trees removed for equipment access were replaced, new blacktop was placed
in the parking lot and all affected  ground received new top soil and was
seeded.  Throughout the  park, wood fences, gates, and hiking trails that
had been damaged were restored.
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                     SECTION 4 — SUMMARY OF EVENTS

g.  Details of Threat Abatement Actions
                                                                  •t
     Actions taken to reduce the threats posed by the kerosene were'-;
directed at two problem areas.
     First was the protection of public safety and health.  This encompassed
the threat of fire, the threat of contaminating public drinking water, and
the threat of poisoning by ingestion of contaminated game and fish.
     Second was the protection of the environment directly impacted by the
kerosene including the shorelines, streams, recreational areas, and wild-
life refuges; and the protection of a diverse variety of aquatic, terres-
trial, and ornithological wildlife that included nesting bald eagles.

Protection of Public Health and Safety
1)  Fire Hazard
     Ignition of  kerosene requires direct  application of a flame when  the
material is heated to its flash point of 130°F.  As  the time of year was
early March with  weather conditions varying from snow and rain to clear
with mild  temperatures and  access to the spilled material was quite  limited,
the threat of fire was minimal.   Prince William County  Fire Department per-
sonnel  departed  the  scene shortly after  the arrival  of  the OSC but  remained
on  standby for  the duration of the  Federal  Removal  Activity.  Cigarette
 smoking, flame,  and  spark producing devices were regulated by a  site  safety
 standard operating procedure  and  enforced  by  OSC representatives.   Rest
 areas  were provided  for  contractor  and  other  personnel  on  scene.
2)  Drinking Water
      Protection of the  public drinking  water  supply was by far  the  most
 difficult  challenge  faced  by  the OSC.
      The Fairfax County Water Authority drinking water  intake  located
 adjacent to the Occoquan Dam  is 23.8  miles downstream from the  break point.

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The water supplied by this facility serves most of the northern Virginia
suburbs of Washington, D.C., or approximately 700,000 people.  This is
25 percent of the drinking water supply of the greater metropolitan Wash-
ington, D.C. area.  Reserve supplies could accomodate only 10 percent of
those needs.  No established alternative supplies were available.
     The first steps taken were to contain the pollutant as rapidly as
possible and as far away from the Occoquan Water Inlet as possible and to
minimize the dissolution of the pollutant into the water column.
     The next step was to develop a treatment strategy.  Ceiling limits
on kerosene applicable to drinking water quality were ascertained, avail-
able treatment methods and access to appropriate supplies and equipment
were identified.
     An analytical strategy was necessary to determine the concentration
of kerosene in the water column, where these concentrations were located
(i.e., the  leading and trailing end of contaminant).  It was necessary to
determine the speed at which this contaminant was moving relative  to  project
time frames in order for the treatment strategy to work as planned.
     A drinking water Defense Management Task Force was assembled  on-scene
by the OSC  comprising of the following:
          Mr. William Whitehead, Virginia Office of Energy and
              Emergency Services
          Mr. Henry Gay, Fairfax County Water Authority
          Mr. Edmund Lewis, Virginia State Health Department
          Dr. Thomas Grizzard, Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Lab
          Mr. Ernest Watkins, Virginia State Water Quality Board
          Dr. Joseph Lafornara, U. S. Environmental Protection  Agency,
              Environmental Response Team
          Mr. Rod Turpin, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency,
              Environmental Response Team
          Mr. Robert Cibulskis, U. S. Environmental Protection  Agency,
              Environmental Response Team
          Mr. Thomas Sell,  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency,
              Environmental Response Team
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     A drinking water toxicity level  of 180 ppb for kerosene was established.
Odor threshold and action levels were 100 ppb.  A sampling program was estab-
lished to thoroughly profile the contaminant in the Occoquan River using a
series of strategic sampling points and methods.  Initially, a spectro-
fluorimeter was used for the analysis.  This method did not yield the
desired results.  Odor threshold analysis continued to approximate the
leading edge of the contaminant dissolved in the water column until analyt-
ical methods were modified.  The EPA Research and Development Laboratory in
Edison, New Jersey provided analytical laboratory assistance.  The Occoquan
Watershed Monitoring Laboratory with the assistance of Versar Laboratories,
Inc., continued and completed the analytical tasks.
     It was determined that based on the amount of dissolved kerosene in
the water column as determined by analysis, the Fairfax County Water
Treatment Plant could remove the kerosene by increasing their existing
powdered activated carbon treatment capabilities.  With the analysis and
treatment carefully coordinated, quality control checks performed by the
Virginia State Health Department revealed 350 ppb kerosene  in the raw
water inlet and no detectable quantity of kerosene in finished water.
3)  Edible Sport Fish
     In the interests of protecting the public  health and safety, a concern
was shared by the Virginia State Health Department, the State Game and
Inland Fisheries Commission and the State Water Control Board that a minor
potential threat existed to persons eating  contaminated game fish caught  in
the Occoquan.  A fishing ban was considered,  but due to the limited amount
of  fishing done during that time of year this plan was not  implemented.
Local  citizens were advised against fishing in  the Occoquan and  eating
game fish that  smelled of  kerosene.
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EFFECTIVENESS OF RESPONSE AND REMOVAL ACTIONS

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                         FACTS AND STATISTICS

Manassas Represents the Largest Inland Oil  Spill  in Virginia's History

t    336,000 gallons Aviation grade kerosene spilled.

•    200,000 gallons kerosene were recovered.

t    136,000 gallons kerosene were lost to the environment.

•    105.88 tons of oil soaked debris was incinerated at Prince William
     County landfill.

•    5,000 acres of land were affected by kerosene spilled.

•    Animal kill at Bull Run included 16 mammals and 32 birds.

     — Species involved include:

        -  8 Mallards
        - 15 Wood duck
        -  5 Canadian geese
        -  1 Hooded margansen
        -  3 Gulls
        - 14 Beaver
        -  2 Muskrat

•    Cost to Date

     — Federal Government - $226,000

     — Colonial Pipeline - Not available

•    Number of persons involved (205 total)

     — Federal:              137

     — State:                 31

     — Local:                 25

     —Private Contractors:   12
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SECTION 5 — EFFECTIVENESS OF RESPONSE AND REMOVAL ACTIVITIES
                                v
               .       .           X
 a.  The Discharger:  Colonial Pipeline Company
      Colonial Pipeline Company, after initial notification, immediately
 responded on-scene with top management and technical personnel.  A private
 contractor, previously retained was called to take immediate containment
 actions.  The OSC met on-scene with these officials 8 hours after the rup-
 ture occurred to prioritize containment methods and address health concerns.
 Company officials expressed a very positive attitude in taking necessary
 emergency abatement  actions. .
      A second major  spill occurred on the Rapidan River concurrently with
 the spill at Manassas.  This spill was discovered 23 hours after it occurred.
 Colonial Pipeline Company immediately divided available resources and called
 in additional personnel to aid in the second spill activities and to aid in the
 second spill response.  Both spills together created a major concern for pro-
 tection of drinking  water supplies.
      By the end of the second day of the Manassas spill, booms were in
 place at 6 locations along a 10 mile area of Bull Run Creek.  This included
 the stretch to the Bull Run Marina.  Removal actions, already underway
 collected approximately 35,000 gallons of kerosene.  After restoring the
 ruptured pipelJBE to  service an underflow dam was constructed in a tribu-
 tary of Bull Run.  This dam restricted the flow and eased collection of
 kerosene at  this point.  However, large amounts of  kerosene were still being
 flushed from the break point, through the tributary and into Bull Run.
 Tremendous quantities of kerosene were contained in the booms at Bull Run
 Marina.
      A National Weather Service forecast of  inclement weather posed several
 additional problems. It became necessary to remove kerosene rapidly from
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the Marina area as river banks downstream were too inaccessible for removal
activities^  Kerosene escaping from containment booms due to flooding con-
ditions would severely impact the Occoquan Reservoir.  The Occoquan Reser-
voir serves 700,000 residents (25%) of suburban Washington, D.C.
     Colonial Pipeline Company, gave total commitment of its resources,
but still did not have resources available to deal with pollution incidents
of this magnitude.  Photointerpretation of aerial photographs provided by
EPA/EPIC indicated an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 gallons of kerosene con-
tained within booms at Bull Run Marina.  The company could not provide
resources to adequately provide protection of drinking water facilities
or protect environmentally sensitive natural habitats of fish, waterfowl
or other wildlife,species.  Special treatment techniques were needed to protect
public water supplies, fish and wildlife resources from continuing damage.
     After 70 hours the On-Scene Coordinator declared a Federal Removal
Activity in Fredericksburg and Manassas.  This action enabled total com-
pany resources to be augmented by resources of the Regional Response Team
under the National  Contingency Plan.
b.  State and Local Forces
     Prince William County Fire and Rescue Service provided initial response
and containment.  This included constructing a hay bale dam in the unnamed
tributary to Bull Run, emplacement of a containment  boom at the Bull Run
Marina, and providing 24-hour firefighting services.  In addition the County
Fire and Rescue Service also established a hot line  at the OSC command post
for concerned citizens.
     Prince William County Public Works Department provided disposal serv-
ices and landfill facilities.  This provided proper  disposal of the 105.88 tons
of contaminated material, sorbent and debris generated by cleanup efforts.
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The Commonwealth of Virginia employed the resources of several state
agencies on-scene.  The Virginia office of Energy and Emergency Services
provided a direct line from the OSC to the State Governor.  The Gover-
nor's declaration of a state of emergency provided the OSC with all
available Commonwealth resources.
     Virginia Water Quality Board provided technical assistance and on-
scene supervisory personnel.  VA WQB personnel acted as the Governor's
representative on-scene, under the National Contingency Plan.  VA WQB
personnel supervised the construction of filter fences, dams, and cleanup
of kerosene in the unnamed tributary to Bull Run.  VA WQB personnel worked
with U. S. Fish and Wildlife personnel.  VA Commission of Game and Inland
Fisheries personnel assessed environmental impact to wildlife.
     Virginia State Health Department personnel provided coordination
between the Occoquan Water Treatment Plant and the OSC.  In addition they
also provided key coordination for protection of drinking water supplies.
     Fairfax County Water Authority conducted feasibility studies for
assessing ability of the water treatment plant to effectively remove kero-
sene.  This system featured powdered activated carbon absorption.
     Coordination by state and local forces was of paramount  importance
in effectively protecting public drinking water supplies and mitigating
adverse effects on wildlife.

c.   Federal Agencies and Special Forces
     Six organizational elements within the U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency  functioned under the Federal Removal Activity.  The OSC and the
RRT  Chairman were from the Region  III office  in Philadelphia.  EPA Region
III  established a regional public  information office on scene.  This was
staffed with personnel from the  National Public Information Office, EPA
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headquarters on Washington, D.C.   The EPA's Environmental  Photographic
Interpretation Center in Vint Hill Farms, Virginia, provided aerial photo-
graphy and photointerpretation of this material.  This service saved
valuable time locating pockets of contaminants from the ground.
     The EPA's Environmental Response Team coordinated all the scientific
support forces and their functions.  They organized sampling and stream
profiling and established methodologies.  Analytical laboratory support,
was coordinated through EPA's Oil and Hazardous Materials Spill Laboratory
with additional aid from Versar, Inc., and the Occoquan Watershed Monitor-
ing Laboratory sponsored by Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
     The United States Coast Guard supported the OSC with repre-
sentatives from COTP Baltimore.  COTP arrived on scene shortly before the
OSC and remained on scene to assist the OSC during the mobilization phase.
The Fifth Coast Guard District provided RRT representation, purchasing
support, and 311 Funding contract support at Fifth District Headquarters.
The U. S. Coast Guards Atlantic Strike Team established a command  post at
Bull Run Marina and supervised cleanup personnel on a 24  hour a day basis.
AST personnel provided equipment, logistics, and "know how" in directing
the workforce in kerosene containment and removal.  AST personnel  also
assisted in coordinating the efforts of other Federal Agency personnel
engaged in removal activity.
     The United States Army responded with a large detachment of men and
equipment from the Petroleum and  Field Services Department of the  Army
Quartermaster School in Fort Lee, Virginia.  These men, experienced in fuel
and petroleum products supply  in  the field, had never participated in a
pollution incident response.   Their initial assignment included responding
at river's edge with large  capacity portable bladder bags  to remove kero-
sene from the water.  The  kerosene was several  inches deep in many places
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and the idea here was to remove it from the river and store it in the
bladder bags for future disposal.   Due to changes in wind direction, the
kerosene was moved to another location upstream of Bull Run Marina.  Since
the onset of Federal Removal Activity, collection efforts at Bull Run Marina
had multiplied until collection capabilities were exhausted.  Army personnel
built filter fences at 50 feet intervals along the unnamed tributary to
Bull Run and provided maintainence of sorbent material within.  Army per-
sonnel were also utilized to assist U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service, VA Game
Commission, and VA Water Quality Board personnel in removing accessable
dead fish in the affected area.
     Three U. S. Navy units responded with manpower and equipment to assist
the Federal cleanup effort.  The National Response Team, Department of
Defense Representative from the Navy Environmental Protection Division at
the Pentagon remained on-scene throughout the emergency.  His duties
included assisting the OSC in coordination of the DOD  response effort and
serving as the NRT representative coordinating other Federal resources.
Navy personnel and equipment from Washington Naval District, Naval Surface
Weapons Command, and Naval Facilities Engineering Command deployed booms in
several locations downstream from Bull Run Marina.  These locations included
the Occoquan Reservoir and the Occoquan Water intake.  They positioned
medium and large skimmers downstream to provide  backup support if  efforts
at  Bull Run Marina failed.  U. S. Navy personnel assisted U. S.  Coast Guard
AST in cleanup planning,  logistics, and supervision.
     The U. S. Fish  and Wildlife Service provided valuable  services to the
OSC to protect the  natural environment and  impacted wildlife  (See  4. h.
Details of Threat Abatement Activities).
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d.  Contractor, Private Groups, Volunteers
     The Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory and Versar Laboratories,
Inc. assisted the EPA Environmental Response Team in the coordination of
kerosene analysis stream profiling.  Their efforts were critical for the
effective treatment of drinking water supplies.
     The Oil and Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance Team from Ecology
& Environment, Inc., functioned as the operations staff for the OSC.  They
provided logistical support, documentation photography, technical support
of planning and operations, assisted in evaluating and implementing cleanup
strategies, and monitoring cleanup efforts on scene.
     J & L  Industries, hired by Colonial Pipeline Company, was the primary
cleanup contractor.  J & L provided the bulk of the manpower and equipment  .
for containment and removal efforts.
     Sea Land Environmental Engineering was hired by the Federal Government
and as the  primary Federal contractor provided additional manpower and
equipment.
     One particularly noteworthy aspect of the Federal Removal Effort was
the manner  in which the National Contingency Plan (40 CFR 1510) was followed.
This Spill  is considered to be a textbook example of the utilization of
the National Contingency Plan.  All response and support activities func-
tioned in the manner in which they were intended.
     The final results of  these coordinated cleanup efforts show the success-
ful removal of 257,000 gallons of  kerosene vs. 336,000 gallons spilled into
Bull Run.   Most  important  of all,  however, is the realization that none of
the 700,000 residents who  depend upon these supplies for their daily domes-
tic and drinking water needs were  without clean water at any time.
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e.  Extent of Contamination Sarvey
     Before the Colonial pipeline rupture was brought under control, approximately
330,000 gallons of kerosene were released into the environment.   Spill  control  and
clean-up activities successfully recovered an estimated 200,000  gallons of product.
To determine the extent of contamination from the approximately  130,000 gallons re-
maining, and to suggest recommendations  for remedial actions,  Woodward-Clyde Con-
sultants, was retained by the U. S. EPA.
     Methods employed include visual observation, to determine obvious residual
sheen on the water, and Chromatographic analysis (TLV with Fluorescence) to quantity
kerosene.
     Three major areas were examined to determine the extent of contamination.
These include the following:
     •  The break site
        — Surface soil contamination
        -- Subsurface soil contamination
     •  Shoreline contamination
     •  Bottom sediment contamination

1}   The Break Site
     a.  Surface Contamination
         Studies show backfill at the breakpoint to be uncontaminated, however,
varying amounts of oil were found below the surface area.  Leaching effect and
shallow ground water will probably  flush oil into surface drainage where weathering
will promote degredation.  Kerosene in swampy areas will flush out and aquatic life
in  these areas appear to be recovering.
     No further actions except occassional visual inspection are recommended for
this area  at this time.
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     b.   Subsurface Contamination
         Due to prevailing geologic conditions, the majority of the spill  was re-
stricted to the surface area where the break occurred.   Surface drainage carried
product via the unnamed tributary and. into major drainage channels.
     No further action is recommended for subsurface areas as little deep subsoil
and groundwater penetration has occurred.
2)   Shoreline Contamination
     Amounts of kerosene remaining in shorelines are extremely small.Recommendations
for these areas include the following:
     a.  No  action is recommended for shorelines along the unnamed tributary as
residual kerosene will be removed by seasonal flooding conditions.
     b.  Monitoring is recommended at the area marked Site A (see attached map).
     c.  Visible sheens at shoreline segments in the area of Bull Run Marina will
                i
be asthetically unpleasing.  Ecologically, the significance of these sheens is
uncertain.  It is recommended that near shore contaminated sediments be removed.
     d.  No action is recommended at the backwater area north of the Marina but
conditions of vegetation should be monitored.

 3)   Bottom Sediment  Contamination
     Characterization of bottom sediments is incomplete at this time.   It is,
therefore, recommended that reservoir water quality be monitored to determine
degradation of water quality or ecology.
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                 M+34.35
                     -M+36.37
Break
Site
                                              ,M-57
            M+38,39.40,41,42.43
            M+22.23,24.26.27
            M-1.2.3        HWY616
            HWY 234
                                                                       SITE A
                                                                         M-52. 53. 54
                                                                         HWY 612
                                                                          M-49. 50
                                             M-44. 45.46. 47.48.51
                                                  Occoquan Rivtr
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                 Approximate Scale
                      (mile?)
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       SECTION 6
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED

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                   SECTION 6 --  PROBLEMS  ENCOUNTERED

a.   Problems Encountered
     1)  As explained in Section 5a, Colonial Pipeline Company even with
a total commitment of its resources, did not have the necessary resources,
or personnel available to effectively deal with a pollution incident of
this magnitude,  (i.e., protection of the public drinking water supply,
protection of public health and safety, protection of wildlife and envi-
ronmentally sensitive areas, and dealing positively with the press, media,
and public.)
     The ruptured pipeline was aggressively repaired and operational within
a short period of time.  Equipment to construct an underflow dam to contain
the kerosene in the unnamed tributary of Bull Run was not a company priority.
This resulted in additional product escaping into the main stream of Bull
Run.  Additionally, Colonial  did not give the OSC adequate assurances that
kerosene would be removed from the existing booms at Bull Run Marina in a
timely fashion.  Also the company could not provide additional back-up
booms that would be placed  in the Occoquan Reservoir if the kerosene
escaped the last containment at Bull Run Marina.  The OSC decided that
additional resources were needed to augment company resources on-scene
immediately to protect public drinking water.  A Federal Removal activity
was declared 70 hours after the initial report of the spill incident.
     2)  POLREPS were not transmitted to appropriate organizations  on a
timely basis due to insufficient administrative support available to the
Regional Response  Center, EPA Region III.  It is recommended that either
appropriate administrative  support  be provided to the EPA Region III
Regional Response  Center  during emergency situations or administrative
resources  for  dissemination of  POLREPS be provided  by USCG through  memo-
rendum of  understanding  (MOU).
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     3)  The OSC requested the presence of a contracting officer from the
Coast Guard 5th District Headquarters.  This request was turned down,
despite contractural problems on-scene.  A mechanism should be available
to the OSC to provide contracting support from respective Coast Guard
Districts or provision for immediate contracting support from EPA.
     4)  Laboratory analysis of kerosene dissolved in the water column
initially proved unreliable.  It took one week to provide the first accu-
rate data.  The initial method utilized was fluorescence spectrophotometry.
If this worked, it would have provided easy and rapid test results.  This
technique apparently was not thoroughly tested and accurate data under field
conditions was not obtainable.  Analytical methods were changed to utilize
gas chromatography with solvent extraction.  This yielded accurate and con-
sistent test results.  Recommendations here would be to test new techniques
under actual or simulated field conditions to establish a reliability fac-
tor prior to an emergency.
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    SECTION 7



RECOMMENDATIONS

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                         SECTION 7 — RECOMMENDATIONS


a.   Prevention of Recurrences of This Incident
    1)  Throughout the emergency, there was a significant amount of public
        concern for the fact that the pipeline ruptured and caused the
        largest inland oil (kerosene) spill in Virginia history.  This con-
        cern also included some question as to the integrity of the pipeline
        and its compliance with pipeline safety regulations.  In reviewing
        the reports submitted by both Colonial Pipeline Co. and Department of
        Transportation Office of Pipeline Safety, it appears (though it is not
        specifically stated) that the pipeline had met all the performance
        criteria for compliance with safety regulations.  The pipeline rup-
        tured at a pressure which was below hydrostatic test pressure conducted
        in 1963.  A degree of external corrosion evident in the ruptured pipe
        section was one contributing cause of the failure.  A second major
        contributing factor in this rupture was an error in human judgement
        made by the controller.  A recommendation by the NRT through the DOT
        representative could state that the DOT Office of Pipeline Safety
        review appropriate safety regulations for pipelines in service and
        include .provisions for periodic testing and recertification.
    2)  The seriousness of this  incident was highlighted by the fact that the
        Fairfax County Water Authority did not have alternate raw or finished
        water supplies.   This is one example of the potential effects of nat-
        ural and manmade  disasters impacting public drinking water supplies.
        Appropriate agencies and program elements should pre-plan alternate
        or emergency drinking water  resources for municipal drinking water
        supplies.
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b.   Improvement of .Response Actions
    1)  The U. S.,Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team is a highly skilled and
        professional organization which has again proven itself to be an
        invaluable asset to the OSC.  The U. S. Coast Guard should consider
        additional  training for strike force personnel to more effectively
        assist EPA on-scene coordinators in dealing with threats to public
        safety and health, protection of public drinking water supplies, pro-
        tection of a natural wildlife, and related response activities.  The
        Coast Guard could provide this training in-house, EPA could provide
        instructors for inland spills response to the Coast Guard, or EPA
        could provide this training in-house with attendance by Strike Team
        personnel encouraged.
    2)  Contract support on-scene during a Federal Removal Activity should
        be given a high priority.  There are no clear guidelines for EPA,
        OSC's to follow in managing non-BOA type contracts.  It is recommended
        that EPA develop a stream-lined emergency contracting procedure for
        EPA OSC's to follow.
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                      SECTION 8



INITIAL SPILL REPORT AND ELEMENTS OF CIVIL PENALTY

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             UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                 •' .                                I              '
                '     .                REGION III      j.

                  .            6TH AND WALNUT STREETS

                         PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA 19106
                                      October 9, 1980
Commander (mep)
5th CG District   < .
431.Crawford Street"
Portsmouth, VA  23705
                                      Re:  EPA Case No. VA-80-040
                                           Fed. Project No. 05-100-108-80
Gentlemen:
Enclosed for your information is an EPA letter response from Colonial
Pipeline Company concerning a spill of approximately 326,000 gallons
of Kerosene into an unnamed tributary of Bull Run, near Manassas  in
Prince William County, VA.  Bull Run is a tributary of Occoquan River
which flows into the Potomac River and Chespeake Bay, a^navigable
water of the Uni ted States.

This spill caused a visible film and sheen upon the surface of Bull Run,
a harmful quantity of oil as defined by 40 CFR 110.3.  The incident was
a violation of section 311 (b)  (3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act.

It-is recommended that civil penalty action pursuant to Section 311  (b)  (6)
of the FWPCA be considered in this case.

Federal Removal Activity was declared in this incident.  A complete On Scene
Coordinators report will be submitted by me in the near future.  If there
are any questionsj or if we can provide additional assistance, please call
me at (215) S97-9898/

Sincerely,
    las  I. Massey
"On  Scene -  Coprdi nator

 Enclosure        (
 cc:,  Office of Water .Enforcement
      Enforcement;Division (EN338)
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(0,HM)
(N,T)
Received
Reported
              .J//o;
                                  uase  f_
                                  SPCC  #
                                 INCOMING  SPILL  REPORT
                   By:  Phil  Retailick	Date:    6MAR80
                                      Time:   1650Hpurs
                   By:
                         Nr. Lowe
                  Organization: Prince William Co. Fire Dept.  Phone: 703-368-0800
                  Address: Prince William County, Virginia
Spiller
Location
Spill Data
                   Name:    Colonial  Pipeline
                                                                    . 301-795-1390
                  Address:
                   Locality:    Sudley Road
                  AdSress:    Sudley Manor Drive, Manassas
                  County:     Prince William County	
                                                             State:   Virginia
                  Stream  (Nearest):
                                             Bull Run — 1/2 mile away
                   Date:
6MAR80
Time:   1610 Hours
                  Material:
                                      No. 2 Oil
                  Source:    Pipeline^
                                                           Cause:     Rupture
                  Total  Spilled:90,OOP  Gal.  In Stream:    Not  Yet   Escaping:
Countermeasures    Containment:
                                                         Clean-up:
                   ENF:
^Notification          	
 (Name, f, Date,
  Time)            Front Off:.
                   OTS:
                         A&H:
                                                       Pub. Aff:
                                                       Field  Off:
                   USCG:.
                   WS8:
                                                       State/Local:_
                                                       Other:
                   HQ's:
                   Basin  Comm:_
 Comments  (reverse)
                                                       Regions:.
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                         CTM AND WALNUT STREETS
                    PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA 1910S

        Colonial  Pipeline Corp.                       Certified  No.  /t^no/n
        3390  Peachtree  Rd. NE                                         «70847
        Atlanta,  GA 30326                            May 2, 1980


   _  .   VA-80-040,   3-6-80,  Manassas,  VA
   This office has received  notification chat your  facility discharged
   oil or hazardous materials  in hamful quancities  ia violauion of
   Section 311 C^) (35 of  the  Federal Water Pollucion  Control Act Aaend-
   seacs of 1S72, 33 U.S.C.  1321 (b) (3)  as referenced above.  Zau are
   herafay requested to subnit  to 2?A the following  information:

        (a)  Ti=e and date of  discharge;  March  6. 1980 @ 3:56 p.m. EST

        Co)  Material (s)  discharged;   Domestic  aviation grade kerosine


        (c)  Description of  the vehicle or facility from which the
             material vas discharged (i.e., pipeline,  tank, veil, etc.):
        (d)  Na=a  and  address of the owner/ooerator  of the vehicle or -
             facility  described above in (c) :
                 Colonial Pipeline Conroanv
                 3390 Peachtree Road N.E. _ '                .   _ ^
                 Atlanta GA 30326 _ _ _

        (e)  Na=a  and  address of the operator of  the vehicle or facility
             described above in (c)  and, if  different fron (d) above,
             describe  the relationship between  the owner and operator
             (i.e.,  esployee,  subcontractor, lessee, etc.):

                 Same as above

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(f)   Location of the discharge,  including county and state:

        Near Manassas in Prince William County, Virginia.

        Pipeline crossing of State Highway 234.

(g)   Quantity of material discharged froa the facility or vehicle.

        336,000 gals.

(a)   Did the caterial  reach  any water or sewer  (Yes or No): Yes
     (1)  If Yes, describe the firsc. water reacLad and  the  loca-
          tion OI this water I   An unnamed tributary.   The tributary

            crosses Highway 254 North of Manassas and South  of 1-66.
      (2)  State  the quantity of aatarial reaching  the  water
          described above in 00 CD :   98% or 329,000 gals.

      (3)  State  the quantity of oaterial reaching  the  shoreline of
          the water described above in  (1) which did not reach the
          water ;•"" '  2% or 7.000 gals.             ;                  .
      (4)   Wiis. the water described above in  00 (1) ,  at the time of
           thfe spill, a tributary of, or physically  connected eo,
           any parr or tributary of a riverine,  hydrologies! or creek
           syscaa?  (Yes or No) ;    y^E _ .

      (5)   If the answer to (4) is Tes, describe or  oane the water-
           ways to which the waters in  (a) (1)  connect  or flow:

              Unnamed tributary — » Bull Run  -»  Occoquan River _
      (6)  If the answer to  (4)  is  So,  does the water described  above
           in (a)(1) periodically connect with or flow into any
           tributary or part of  any riverine, hydrological or  creek
           systen?  If Yes,  describe the flow and connection:
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   (i)  Did  Che  material causa any fila,  sheen,  discoloration or
        irridescenr. appearance on the adjoining  shorelines of, or
        surface  of, any water described  above in (3), (4), (5), or
        (6)?   If Yeu,  describe;  Yes .  Heavy film of kerosine on the     :
        unnamed tributary rmr\  Riill Run to the pnint n-F -Final rnntaimnpn^
        and  removal at the Occoquan Marina.
   (j)  Did  the  material cause any sludge or emulsion to be deposited
        on the adjoining shorelines  of,  or beneath the surface of,
        the  waters described above in  (3) , (4) ,  (5) ,  or (6) ?  If Yes ,
        describe;  None knowiv __ , _    _- _ •

   GO  Did  the  discharge violate any applicable water quality standards,
        e.g.,  HPDES or State Standards?   If Yes, describe:  Yes.   State
           and federal oil spill regulations.
    (1)   Date aryj cime oz discovery  that the discharge was reaching  the
         waterway;  5/6/80 @ 4:00  p.m. __     . _ _•

    (m)   Describe in detail what  actually caused the discharge: Pipe
          failure  in a 52" pipeline.   See  attached description.             .

    (n)   Describe any observed damage to animal, life or vegetation:
          Vegetation dead in the pipeline  failure area.   Animal and fish
          kill reported by agents of the state and federal authorities.

    (a)  Describe steps  taken to  contain and clean up the  spilled                 ,
         material and mitigate environmental daaage: Extensive efforts by
         Colonial  and its contractors  successfully contained and recovered the spilled  o
:h only minor assistance from the US Coast  Guard and other agencies.
    (p)  List the federal and state • agencies, if any, to which the owner
         or  operator reported the discharge.  Show the agency,  its loca-
          tion, the  date and tista of notification of  the official con-
          tacted :. 3/6/80 between 4-6  P.M.  - Va. Water Quality, US DOT, _
          U.S. Coast Guard and U. S. EPA. _ . _    .

    (q)  List the State and local officials "ho were on  scene at the
          spill during  or after cleanup:. Estimated to be over 100 -- too
                  t.n 1 i 
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     (c)  Describe action taken or proposed Co prevent  a recurrence
          of this type of spill.   System being operated  at a lower rate until
  a detailed analysis of the pipe failure is received,  any  needed system revisions will
     (u)  Does the facility have'a Spill Prevention Control and      then be made.
          Counterneasures (SPCC) Plan certified and implemented in
          accordance with 40 CTH 112?  None.  Transportation related
          cross country* pipeline.
     (v)  List any other  information you wish to bring  to the attention •
          of the federal  government: Colonial successfully contained and removed
  the oil from the Bull Run and continues to monitor  the  oil spill area to date.
  257,460 gals. o± kerosine.were recovered and returned to  the pipeline.
The above information  should be mailed to:

          U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
          S.egion HI
          Environmental Emergency Branch  (3SA30)
          Sixth & Walnut.Streets
          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19106

If your  company cannot answer  this letter by  May 17,1980        or ^
there are any questions on this matter, you may call  John Harsch   at
215-597-9898.
Sincerely yours,
Jeffrey-W. Mass,"Acting Chief
Environmental  Emerger-cy Branch
                                    Yhereby certify the above to be true
                                    and accurate to the best of my .knowledge.
                                       _-JQ_

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              SECTION 9
POLREPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, NEWSARTICLES

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POLREP 1 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT
           COLONIAL PIPELINE  CO.,  BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
           FED PROJECT NO.  05-100-108-80

1.     SITUATION (0300 HR.)  3/7/80

      a.    Colonial Pipeline  reported oil  spill  from 32-inch pipeline,
           Prince William County,  Virginia near Manassas (Route 234
           0.5 mile south of  1-66).

      b.    OSC on scene 2330  hrs., March 6. MSO  Bait, personnel on scene 2100 hrs.

      c.    Company officials  preliminary estimate approximately 250,000 gallons
           of product (kerosene) lost from pipeline.

      d.    Kerosene reached unnamed trib of Bull Run and is now approximately
           4 miles downstream.

      e.    Booms placed 7 miles downstream.

      f.    Drinking water intake located approximately 10.5 miles downstream from
           break (Fairfax County Water Authority).

2.     ACTION TAKEN

      a.    OSC requested Colonial  Pipeline Company to take all necessary
           containment actions  to mitigate spill incident.

      b.    Virginia Water Control  Board on scene to aid in state actions and
           coordinate drinking  water sampling.

      c.    OSC advised on scene personnel  that kerosene highly toxic and has
           potential for mixing in water column.

      d.    OSC cordinating with Virginia WCB to assure all safety precautions
           are taken to safeguard public drinking water quickly.

      e.    OSC request Atlantic Strike Force on scene ASAP.

      f.    OSC request MSO Bait, personnel (Lt. Mickles) to remain on scene
           until further notice.

3.    FUTURE PLAN

      a.   Helicopter overflight to be made by on scene personnel.

      b.   Additional booms and other containments to be constructed at daylight.

      c.   Drinking water personnel to meet on scene  to determine worst case
           condition.

      d.   OSC  to  convene RRT  as soon as practicable  .

Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas,  Va.
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POLREP 2 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT
           COLONIAL PIPELINE CO.,  BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
           FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-103-80

1.    SITUATION (2200 MRS.) 3/7/80

      a.   OSC considers drinking  water quality a major concern.

      b.   RRT convenes on-site (see POLREP 3).

      c.   Colonial Pipeline revises spill  estimate, reduced from
           250,000 gallons to 170,000 gallons (4000 bis).

      d.   If any kerosene reaches drinking water intake servicing
           660,000 people in Occoquan Reservoir it will take 2-3 days, according
           to estimates by Henry Gay, Fairfax County Water Authority.

      e.   After initial 24 hrs. leading edge of kerosene located nine miles
           downstream in Bull Run.

      f.   Booms placed at six locations over ten miles of stream.

      g.   Product is aviation crude kerosene, S.G. approcimately seven-tenths,
           drinking water toxicity standard is 180 PPB. Ignition requires heating
           to 130 degrees F and application of flame.

      h.   EPA Emergency Response Team and EPA Oil and Special Materials
           control division personnel providing on-scene support. U.S. Coast
           Guard Atlantic Strike Team on scene at 1300 hrs.

2.    FUTURE PLANS (See POLREP 3).


Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas, Va.
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POLREP 3- MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT
          COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
          FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-108-80:

    1.    SITUATION

          a.   Regional Response Team (RRT) convened on-scene (1900 hrs.) 3/7/80

          b.   Members present:

               Jeffrey Mass, EPA Region III, RRT Chairman
               Tom Massey, EPA Region III, OSC
               Mordecai Bennett, Corps of Engineers, Baltimore
               John Dietrick, U.S. Food and Drug Administrainion
               Carney Moran, Federal Emergency Management Agency
               Domenick Ciccone, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
               Robert King, National Transportation Safety Board
               Norman Mctague, Virginia Office of Emergency and Energy Service
               Ray Boles, Virginia State Water Conteal .Ssard
               John Capito, Virginia State Health Department
               Henry Gay, Fairfax County Water Authority
               Dr. Robert Dean, Prince William County Health Department
               Thomas Grizzard, Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory
               Jim Sorrow, Colonial Pipeline Company

          c.   Tom Massey, OSC, briefed members of present situation and proposed
               plans.  OSC required that Colonial Pipeline present an aggressive
               containment and removal plan*.  Colonial Pipeline continues to take
               full responsibility for cleanup and costs incurred.

          d.   RRT advised OSC of the following plans:
        *
               1.  State of Virginia Department of Health to coordinate with
                   Virginia Office of Emergency and Energy Services on emergency
                   action if worst case scenario develops.

               2.  Fire danger assessment shows minimal chance of explosion or fire
                   on Bull Run.  No security will be necessary.

               3.  RRT Chairman, Jeffrey Hass, directed all press releases to
                   go through on-scene  press officer.

               4.  Sampling program for drinking water quality to be coordinated
                   between EPA, Occcquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory, and Colonial
                   Pipeline Company. EPA, Virginia State Water Control Board, and
                   Colonial P-L to  investigate local  laboratories for quick GC analysis.

               5.  U. S. Fish and Wildlife  concerned about  Bull Run and Vletlands below
                   Occoquan.  Large fish kill anticipated in Bull Run over next two
                   to  three days.  Nesting  btald  eagles and other wildlife to be
                   monitored by Ftsh and Wildlife personnel.

               6.  Fairfax County Water Authority to  initiate treatability study
                   using activated  carbon.  Good capability for kerosene treatment
                   exists  at Occoquan Water Supply.

     Jeffrey Hass,  RRT  Chairman
     Manassas, Va.
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POLREP 4 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
           COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS,  VA.
           FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-108-80

1.    SITUATION (2015 HR.) 3/7/80

  a.   Drinking water quality in Occoquan Reservoir still  a concern.

  b.   Ken Biglane, EPA National Response Team Chairman and Russ Wyer,
      EPA Headquarters, on-scene for briefing and helicopter over-
      flight.   Warm weather and dry.  Upstream wind in Bull Run has  trapped
      oil pools in river bends for three miles above Bull  Run Marina, nine miles
      downstream of source.  No visible kerosene has reached Bull  Run Marina.

  c.   Virginia Game Warden reported several beavers and ducks in Bull Run being
      impacted by oil, necessitating the relocation of some animals.
      U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service concerned about exotic fish  species
      below Bull Run Marina, as well as other wildlife in impacted area.

  d.   Colonial Pipeline continues to take all clean-up responsibilities.
      Containment is presently adequate.  Total kerosene recovered to
      date is  approx. 35,000 gallons pure product, according to Colonial Pipeline.

2.    ACTIONS  TAKEN

  a.   Five sampling points have been established in the Bull Run-Occoquan River
      area to  monitor water quality.  First sample set is being analyzed.

  b.   Helicopter support again contracted for aerial surveillance  to oversee
      clean-up operations and river conditions.

  c.   Aerial photos supplied to EPA Photographic Interpretation Center in
      Warrenton, Va., show locations of greatest oil  concentrations.

3.    FUTURE PLANS

  a.   Corps, of Engineer representatives to be consulted concerning gaining access
      to pooled kerosene above the Bull Run Marina.  Colonial Pipeline personnel
      to assess the possibilities of improving access at scene site.

  b.   U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Virginia State Game Dept.  to conduct
      wildlife survey of impacted area by canoe on March 9*-Hastening operations
      and other emergency measures to protect wildlife to be investigated by
      Fish and Wildlife Services.

  c.   Virginia Water Pollution Control Board to survey Bull Run-Occoquan area to
      ascertain magnitude of fish kill.

  d.   Overflight photos and helicopter observations to continue.

  e.   Wind direction and rainfall will dictate any changes in containment operations.


Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas, -VA

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POLREP 5 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
           COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN,  MANASSAS, VA.
           FED PROJECT NO.  05-100-108-80

1.         SITUATION (1800 HR.) 3/9/80

           a.  Potential still exists for disruption of Occoquan Reservoir Water
               Supply.  450 barrels of kerosene removed from pooled area on
               Bull Run last night for total of approximately 60,000 gallons
               recovered to date, as reported by Colonial Pipeline.

           b.  Due to change in wind direction (now downstream), oil escaping
               pooled areas upstream of Bull Run Marina.  Oil passing Marina
               forming a sheen at boom 1/4 mile downstream.

           c.  State Fish & Game and U. S. Fish and Wildlife reports fish kill
               of approximately 25,000, concentrated in 3-mile area upstream of
               Bull Run Marina.  Two stressed beavers were relocated and one
               dead beaver found.  Three dead mallards also found.

           d.  Quantity reaching Occoquan River & Occoquan Reservoir not known.
               Sample analysis of hydrocarbon content not yet determined.

           e.  Colonial Pipeline has completed repairs at line break located
               adjacent to Rt. 234,  1/2 mile south of Rt. 66 in Manassas.

           f.  Still major concern over wildlife impact, especially downstream
               of Bull Run Marina.

           g.  Presently about 100 private cleanup contractor personnel on scene.
               Booms located between spill site and Bull Run Marina.

           h.  No work or activity performed at heavy pooled area near confluence
               of unnamed tributary  and Bull Run.

2.         ACTIONS TAKEN

           a.  Due to Colonial Pipeline's  limited resources available on scene,
               OSC declared  a  Federal  Removal action at  1430 hrs.,  3/9, to
               provide necessary actions  to mitigate pollution incident.

           b.  OSC requests  additional  support from US Army, Fort Lee, US Navy,
               Navy Yard, Washington,  D.C. and Richmond, Va. and
               USCG Strike  Team, Elizabeth City, NC.  Will provide  additional
               expertise, vehicles,  and cleanup equipment.

            <5.  OSC requires  priority cleanup to contain  pooled oil  located at
               confluence of unnamed tributary  and Bull  Run as soon as possible.

            d.  OSC requests  additional  EPA-ERT  support from Edison, N.J..

 3.          FUTURE  PLANS

            a.   Federal  assistance  will  supplement  present  efforts of Colonial
                Pipeline,  Navy, US  Army, and  additional USCG support to arrive
                on  scene early 3/10.   Additional private  contractor, Sealand,
                to  arrive  early 3/10.

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POLREP 5 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
           COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
           FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-108-80

      b.   EPA aerial  photography to continue.  EPA lab equipment to arrive
           on-scene, 3/10, for sample analysis.  EPA Annapolis Lab, to be
           on standby.'.

      c.   Va. Water Control Board to continue estimate of fish kill.
           US Fish & Wildlife Service, with aid of Army personnel, will
           remove dead fish and other affected wildlife.

Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas, Va.
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POLREP 6 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
           COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY,  BULL RUN,  MANASSAS, VA.
           FED PROJECT NO.  05-100-1C8-80

1.         SITUATION [1800 HR.)  3/10/80

           a.  Majority of pumping efforts continue at Bull Run Marina with Federal
               & private equipment & personnel.   Two smaller sump pump sites
               located upstream of Bull Run Marina.

           b.  Sheen has appeared at second boom in Bull Run below Bull Run
               Marina.  Sorbent boom has been placed below the Marina.

           c.  Early morning overflight shows cleanup efforts yielded approx.
               50% reduction in quantity of pooled kerosene in 3 mile stretch
               above Bull Run Marina since previous day.

           d.  US Fish & Wildlife survey shows minimum number of affected
               waterfowl.  Propane cannons being transported to Bull Run Marina
               in case migratory waterfowl population increases.  Total of
               six oiled beavers picked up, only one survived.

           e.  Army & Navy personnel arrived on scene during early morning,
               3/10.  Seal and cleanup contractor also on scene.

           f.  Colonial Pipeline reports a total of 116,000 gallons pure
               kerosene recovered as of 1230, 3/10.

2.         ACTIONS TAKEN

           a.  RRT mtg. held at 1415, 3/10.  OSC requests 5th CG District ASAP.

           b.  State Health Dept. Rep gave results of threshold odor test done
               on Occoquan River samples.  Preliminary results show kerosene
               odor detected in 2 of 6 samples tested.  Treatability studies
               also done using powdered activated carbon.  Still concern over
               public water supply.

           c.  RRT recommended that State Health Dept. consider a 60 day fishing
               ban in Occoquan Reservoir.

           d.  Army personnel and cleanup contractors placing filter fences
               every fifty feet in unnamed tributary.  Containment and removal
               actions proceeding at confluence of unnamed tributaries required
               by OSC.

           e.  Dr. Joseph Lafornara, EPA  ERT member, outlined sampling program
               in Occoquan River area.  Cited 100 ppb as kerosene odor threshold,
               as well as action level.   Presence of kerosene, rather than
               particular hydrocarbon components, will be pursued, using
               spectrofluorimeter.
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POLREP 6 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
           COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA,
           FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-106-30

3.         FUTURE PLANS

           a.  OSC to develop accurate estimate of recovered product through
               actual federal resources.

           b.  Pumping site to be established at confluence of unnamed tributary
               and Bull Run, with construction of dam there.

           c.  Sorbent Navy booms to be placed in Occoquan Reservoir.  Sorbent
               booms also to be placed around water intakes.

           d.  State Water Control Board to collect healthy sport fish in
               Occoquan Reservoir.  Will be analyzed by US Food & Drug Adminis.
               for hydrocarbon content.  Results to be forwarded to State
               Health Dept. to assist in fishing ban decision.
Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas, Va.
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POLREP 7 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
           COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN,  MANASSAS,  VA.
           FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-108-80

1.         SITUATION (1800 HR.) 3/11/80

           a.   Still concerned over potential contamination of Occoquan Reservoir
               a major drinking water source.  Fairfax County Water Authority
               odor tests detect leading edge of kerosene in water column
               approx. 7 miles from raw water intake at south end of Occoquan
               Reservoir.  Kerosene concentration not yet known.

           b.   Bull Run Marina remains primary recovery site.  Contained oil
               slick at Marina covers approx. nine surface acres, according to
               EPA Vint-Hill aerial photo interpretations.  Small quantity
               of oil has been removed from secondary containment booms 1/2
               mile below Marina.

           c.   Wild life damage today, as reported by Fish & Wildlife Repre-
               sentatives:  7 beavers, 2 distressed, 5 dead.  Also, 10 water-
               fowl, 7 dead, 3 alive.  Propane cannons are operating, may be
               discontinued due to several resident complaints about noise.
               VWCB estimate of fish kill remains at 5,000.

           d.   Over 30 filter fences in unnamed tributary are effective.
               Additional Army manpower required to herd oil pools and remove
               saturated sorbent.

           e.   Latest aerial photos from EPA, Vint Hill, show small kerosene
               pools remain in coves and hugging shorelines.  Vint Hill Photo
               Interpreter is assisting cleanup personnel in identifying
               residual areas of kerosene.

2.         ACTIONS TAKEN

           a.   Recovery operations at Bull Run Marina are intensifying to ensure
               kerosene is removed ASAP.  Several booms above Marina being
               removed to push oil out of upper reaches, to be secured and
               removed at Marina.  Dake skimmers and pump are operating 24 hrs,
               per day at marina.  Additional secondary containments are being
               located at Fountainhead Marina and Sandy Point in Occoquan
               Reservoir.  Equipment at each site includes 1000 foot Navy boom,
               skimmer, and inflatable barge.

           b.  Changing wind direction is pushing dead fish to bottom of Bull
               Run.  Dead fish pickup by Army & Fish & Wildlife personnel will
               be  temporarily suspended.

           c.  Local and  State of  Virginia Air Quality officials give approval
               to  incinerate oil-soaked debris at Prince William County Landfill.
               Federal EPA approval must  be  granted before project can begin.
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POLREP 7 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
           COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY,  BULL RUN,  MANASSAS  VA.
           FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-106-80
           d.  VWCB and US Fish & Wildlife Service is coordinating Federal  and
               State preliminary damage assessment of Occoquan Watershed area.

3.         FUTURE PLANS

           a.  Fairfax County Water Authority to begin 10 ppm application of
               powdered activated carbon at Fairfax County Water Treatment
               Plant located at south end of Occoquan Reservoir to ensure
               system is functioning properly.

           b.  Sampling and analysis efforts to determine if threat to water
               supply exists will continue utilizing local, state & federal
               lab equipment and personnel.

           c.  Prince William County Fire and Rescue Services to coordinate
               all calls from local citizens regarding wildlife damage with
               U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.  Prince William County Dept. of
               Emergency Services and Prince Wm. Co. Public Works Dept. to co-
               ordinate disposal of contaminated debris at Prince Wm. Co. Landfill
Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas, Va.
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POLREP 8 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
           COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA
           FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-103-80

1.  SITUATION (1800 HR.) 3/12/80

    a.  Va. Governor declares State of Emergency, Manassas, VA.   Gov's Rep
        on scene reports no complaints from state concerning present response
        operation.

    b.  Latest  odor analysis of Occoquan Reservoir shows leading edge of
        kerosene in water column has reached a point approx. 6 miles from
        water intake at Fairfax County Treatment Plant.  Treatability studies
        using power activated carbon indicate all contaminated reservoir sam-
        ples can be reduced to below harmful kerosene levels in drinking water
        using PAC treatment capabilities already available.

    c.  Navy booms have been deployed at Fountainhead and Sandy Point in
        Occoquan Reservoir as precautionary measure.

    d.  Helicopter overflight at 1200, 3/12, indicates surface slick area
        at Bull Run Marina has been reduced to approx. 4 acres in size.  As
        of 1800, 3/12, approx. 149,000 gals, of oil/water have been removed
        from spill site downstream to Bull Run Marina.

    e.  2 additional beavers have been found dead plus 2 muskrats.  Wildlife
        officials indicate fur bearing animals most heavily impacted by spill.
        Death toll to date:. 9 beaver, 2 muskrats and 26 waterfowl.

2.  ACTIONS TAKEN

    a.  OSC requests that 311 (k) fund ceiling be increased to $100,000.

    b.  Construction of dams at confluence of unnamed tributary and Bull Run
        continues.  Any significant quantities of kerosene appearing behind
        dam to be removed.

    c.  Likelihood of heavy rain/snow in next 3:6 hrs. prompting consideration
        of using large 3001 Navy skimmer as part of Occoquan Reservoir Con-
        tingency Plan.  Possible launch sites in Reservoir area being investi-
        gated.  Launch by helicopter ruled out.  By end of 3/12, use of 3001
        skimmer determined not feasible.

3.  FUTURE ACTIONS

    a.  Recovery of small amount of remaining kerosene to continue at Bull Run
        Marina.  Cleanup  in unnamed tributary continues, with state WCB rep.
        organizing cleanup priorities from spill site down to dam at confluence
        of Bull Run.

    b.  Funds  needed to provide supplies at private wildlife rehab, center.
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POLREP 8 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
           COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
           FED PROJECT NO. 05^-100-108-80
           Dead beavers being transported to National Zoo for necropsy.
Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas, Va.
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POLREP 9 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
           COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
           FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-108-80
1.    SITUATION (1800 HR.) 3/13/80

      a.   Area of boomed oil reduced to approx. 150 feet x 50 feet on surface
           at Bull Run Marina.  Approx. 200 gallons of product remaining at
           Marina.  Several small pools herded downstream to recovery site.

      b.   Tank soundings by USCG personnel at Colonial Pipeline indicate
           approx. 200,000 gallons product recovered as of 1800, 3/13.
           Recovered product to be chemically treated to enhance water
           separation.  OSC requires Colonial to recalculate estimate of
           material spilled and report to OSC ASAP.

      c.   Unofficial count of 400 dead fish in unnamed tributary,in addition
           to 5,000 previously reported in Bull Run.  Northern Va. Park
           Authority on alert to report any fish kills to Va. WCB.

      d.   Helicopter overflights grounded due to poor visibility and icy
           conditions.

2.    ACTIONS TAKEN

      a.   Dam completed at confluence of Bull Run and unnamed tributary.
           Four large filter fences positioned just above dam.  Debris removed
           from west side of Rt. 234 to free trapped residual oil.  Army personnel
           continue assistance in cleanup of unnamed tributary.

      b.   Oily debris and saturated sorbents being transported to Prince Wm.
           County Landfill.  Burning has begun with approval from all
           Local, State and Federal Authorities.

      c.   Analysis of water samples taken at 5 sampling locations from
           water  intake and upstream in Occoquan Reservoir not yet available.
           Samples taken at depths of 0, 2, 10, 20 feet and bottom.  EPA
           testing being performed in cooperation with Occoquan Watershed
           Monitoring Lab.

      d.   Dept.  of Trans. Rep indicates pipeline break being investigated
           by Office of Operations and Enforcement.  No conclusion yet.

      e.   Mtg. between OSC and Local and State agencies to discuss shift
           of responsibility for supervision of final  cleanup from Federal
           to State and Local agencies.

-    FUTURE PLANS
•J •
      a.   Once all oil has been removed at Bull Run Marina several USCG
           and Navy booms will be removed from Occoquan Reservoir.
           Will remain on 24 hr alert until all sheens removed from Bull Run.
           River  inspections continue to locate trapped oil in river bends.

      b.   Prince Wm. County Fire and Rescue Service to be contact point
           between citizens with property damage and Colonial.

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POLREP 9 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
           COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY,  BULL RUN,  MANASSAS,  VA.
           FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-108-80
      c.   OSC indicates operation will  not be phased out if any question of
           public health threat remains.

      d.   Sampling analyses to reveal latest location of kerosene in
           water column in Occoquan Reservoir.
Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas, Va.
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POLREP 10 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
            COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY,  BULL RUN,  MANASSAS,  VA.
            FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-103-80
1.    SITUATION (2030 MRS.)3/14/80

      a.    Runoff from storm of 3/13/80 causing high water conditions.

      b.    Approx. 50 gallons of product presently entrapped at Bull  Run
           Marina collection point.

      c.    Oil sheen escaping from booms at Bull Run Marina being contained
           at collection points further downstream.

      d.    Large amounts of debris being washed into Bull  Run due to  storm.

      e.    Dam at confluence of unnamed tributary and Bull Run maintaining
           its integrity.

      f.    Colonial personnel reporting 265,547 gallons of oil/water  mixture
           collected as of 3/14/80.   OSC still recognizing USCG value of
           200,000 gallons product recovered as of 3/13/80.

2.    ACTIONS TAKEN

      a.   .Scientific Committee recommends Fairfax County Water Treatment
           Plant begin 25 ppm application of powdered carbon to ensure
           protection against possible kerosene contamination of raw  water
           supply.

      b.    Joint sampling effort between EPA personnel and Versar Inc.
           begun on 3/14.

      c.    Water samples taken of influent and effluent flows at Fairfax
           County Water Treatment Plant.  Samples flown to EPA Lab, Edison,
           N.J. for analysis of kerosene content.

      d.    Sorbent boom placed above and below Bull Run Marina to increase
           capture of oil sheen.

      e.    Work crews dispatched to remove debris caught in booms.

      f.    3,000 gallons of oil/water removed from collection point at dam
           located at confluence of unnamed tributary and Bull Run.

      g.    Interceptor trench being constructed east side of Rt. 234 to
           provide collection of oil still remaining in ground downslope
           of pipe break.

      h.   13,000  pds. of oil soaked absorbent and debris incinerated on
           3/13 at Prince Wm. County Landfill.
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POLREP 10 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT,  KEROSENE SPILL
            COLONIAL PIPELINE  COMPANY, BULL  RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
            FED  PROJECT NO.  05-100-108-60.
3.    FUTURE PLANS

      a.    Continue sampling and analysis program at and upstream of Fairfax
           Co.  Water Treatment Plant.

      b.    Begin phase out of Coast Guard, Army and Navy personnel.

      c.    State and Local officials begin transition phase towards  taking
           over management of final cleanup operations.

      d.    Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Lab to investigate feasibility
           of ultraviolet absorption method for sample analysis.

      e.    Colonial Pipeline officials state that redetermination of amt.
           of kerosene spilled will be available at 1200 hrs.  on  3/16.

      f.    FDA fish tissue analysis will be completed 3/17.

      g.    Continue aerial photography and helicopter overflight  operations.
Thomas Massey, OSC
Manassas, Va.
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POLREP 11 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
            COLONIAL  PIPELINE  COMPANY,  BULL  RUN,  MANASS.AS,  VA.
            FED  PROJECT  NO.  05-100-103-80

1.    SITUATION (2045 HR.) 3/15/80

      a.   High water conditions continuing due to runoff from storm of 3/13/80.

      b.   Analysis of samples sent 3/14 to EPA Lab, Edison, N.J.,revealed
           no detectable amount of kerosene in intake or discharge from
           Fairfax County Water Treatment Plant.

      c.   Leading edge of kerosene determined to be approx. 2,500 ft.
           from Water Treatment Plant intake.

      d.   Oil soaked debris entrapped in cove areas upstream of Bull Run
           Marina.
                                                  «
      e.   Necropsy of oiled beaver confirms liver damage due to kerosene
           ingestion as cause of death.

      f.   Eagles spotted in spill area; however, US Fish and Wildlife
           officials anticipate no problems involving eagles due to  kerosene
           spill.

2.    ACTIONS TAKEN

      a.   All Army personnel- have now returned  to Ft. Belvoir.

      b.   Two Navy booms have been removed from service.

      c.   Colonial requested to repair Siphon Dam located on unnamed
           tributary just west of Rt.  234.

      d.   Approx. 31,000 Ibs. of contaminated material trucked to Prince
           Wm.  County Landfill.

      e.   Guidelines established for  sampling and analysis program  between
            EPA  and Versar,  Inc.

      f.    Fairfax County Water Treatment Plant  now  operating at  50
           carbon addition.

      g.    New  sorbent  boom placed just upstream of  harbor  boom at Water
            Treatment Plant  intake.

 3.    FUTURE PLANS

      a.    EPA  to continue  fluorescent analysis  to evaluate water column
            contamination.

      b.    Coast Guard  to  regauge recovered product  storage tanks on 3/17.

       c.    FDA  fish  tissue  analysis  to be  completed  3/17.

       d.    No further  aerial  photography expected to be  performed at this
            time.
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POLREP 11 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
            COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
            FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-108-80
      e.   Helicopter support to remain on scene.

      f.   Damage Assessment Task Force to be set up to evaluate environ-
           mental damage due to kerosene spill.
Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas, Va.
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POLREP 12 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
            COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
            FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-108-80

1.    SITUATION

      a.   High water conditions abating.

      b.   Sampling and analysis program by EPA and Versar continuing.

      c.   Fairfax Co. Water Treatment Plant still operating with 50 ppm
           activated carbon addition.  This is a 2 to 3 safety factor.

      d.   Colonial Pipeline personnel report reestimate of total kerosene
           spilled as 336,000 gallons.(This is an increase of 169,000 gallons
           oyer the Co.'s previous estimate for Manassas).

      e.   Colonial estimates total product recovered to date is 240,000 gals.

      f.   Leading edge of kerosene appears to have moved past the Occoquan Dam.

      g.   OSC to leave site, return to Phi la. at 1430 hrs.

2.    ACTIONS TAKEN

      a.   Work crews have begun removal of oil soaked debris in large cove
           upstream of Bull Run Marina.

      b.   USCG AST Mobile Command Post removed from spill site due to
           more urgent need for use at oil spill in Mississippi River.

      c.   OSC, Fredericksburg, Va., contacted to request Mason and Hanger
           Command Post trailer be transferred to Manassas once no longer
           needed at  Fredericksburg.

      d.   Strike Team and State WCB personnel evaluating locations for
           static booms for long term recovery process.

      e.   Fairfax Co. Water Authority has set up special account for costs
           incurred due to kerosene  spill.

      f.   4 filter fences in unnamed tributary removed by Colonial personnel.

      g.   Third siphon dam completed on east side of Rt.234.

      h.   OSC  representative has  advised  Colonial officials that unless
           a much  improved effort  is  put forth towards cleaning large
           cove upstream  of marina,  cleanup of this area will be taken
           over as part of pollution  fund  cleanup effort.
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POLREP 12 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
            COLONIAL  PIPELINE  COMPANY,  BULL RUN,  MANASSAS,  VA.
            FED PROJECT NO.  05-100-108-80        '
3.    FUTURE PLANS

      a.   ERT evaluating possibility of sediment analysis for contamination
           due to kerosene spill.

      b.   State WCB personnel to evaluate who will perform future fish tissue
           analysis, State or FDA.

      c.   6 to 12 sea gulls which have eaten contaminated dead fish will be
           captured and sent to Patauxent Wildlife Research Lab in
           Laurel, MD for study on effects of ingestion of these fish.

      d.   ERT to compile all lab data collected to da'te by various parties.
           Two VAC trucks to remain at Bull Run Marina 24 hrs. per day until
           further notice.

      f.   ^Geologist from State WCB to arrive 3/17 to evaluate extent of
           ground contamination in area of pipe break.

      g.   RRT meeting tentatively scheduled for 3/20 in Manassas.
Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas, Va.
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POLREP 13 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
            COLONIAL  PIPELINE  COMPANY,  BULL  RUN,  MANASSAS,  VA.
            FED  PROJECT  NO.  05-100-108-80      .                  .

1.    SITUATION (1800 HR',)3/17/80

      a.   Intermittent light rain continuing throughout the day.

      b.   Sampling and analysis program by EPA and Versar continuing.

      c.   Most recent lab data from both EPA and Versar indicates kerosene
           slug has already begun to pass Occoquan Dam.

      d.   Samples taken by State Health Dept. of influent and effluent
           at Fairfax Co. Water Treatment Plant revealed 350 ppb kerosene
           for influent and not detectable for effluent.

      e.   OSC has requested increase in ceiling of pollution fund for
           Manassas, VA of 300,000 dollars.

2.    ACTIONS TAKEN

      a.   Cleanup operation at large cove upstream of Bull Run Marina has
           improved markedly.  Aid in this operation has been requested
           of the Northern VA Regional Park Authority.

      b.   Static boom locations have been established at 5 points along
           Bull Run and Occoquan Reservoir for long term recovery operation.

      c.   Joint effort by Strike Team and Colonial personnel to gauge
           product recovery tanks produced value of 288,120 gals, of product
           recovered to date.

      d.   State WCB geologist is evaluating  potential for groundwater
           contamination due to >the  kerosene  spill.

      e.   Coast Guard boom at intake of Water Treatment Plant taken out
           and  replaced by Colonial  owned boom.

      f.   5.6  tons of contaminated  material  trucked to Prince Wm. County
           Landfill.

3.    FUTURE PLANS

      a.   Prince Wm. Co. officials,in conjunction with State officials,to
           perform canoe trip from confluence of unnamed tributary and
           Bull  Run  to  Bull Run Marina.  Purpose is to  note present wildlife
            situation and any  unidentified pockets of oil and oil entrapped
            debris.

      b.    State WCB is  on  alert  for possible fish  kill downstream of
            Occoquan  Dam.
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POLREP 13 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
            COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
            FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-103--80
      c.   Aerial photos of spill site to be taken 3/19 so as to be available
           for RRT meeting on 3/20.

      d.   FDA fish tissue analysis to be available 3/19.

      e.   Damage Assessment Task Force conference involving all interested
           organizations to be held 3/18.
Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas, Va.
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POLREP 14 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
          ... COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
            FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-1C8-80       '
1.    SITUATION (1800 HR) 3/18/80
      a.   Predicted overnight rainfall did not develop therefore no high
           water conditions.
      b.   Cleanup operation at large cove 90% complete.
      c.   1 helicopter still on scene.
      d.   Remaining USCG Strike Team personnel to pull out on 3/19.
      e.   Incineration operation for disposal of contaminated material
           continuing at Prince Wm. County Landfill.
      f.   Colonial personnel state that failure of pipeline at Manassas
           was due to corrosion.
2.    ACTIONS TAKEN
      a.   State WCB geologist is setting up monitoring program for ground-
           water contamination using existing privately owned wells and
           drilling new wells as needed.
      b.   Management of final phase cleanup operations to be turned over
           to State WCB personnel as of 3/19.
      c.   Damage assessment conference held today, objectives of study
           put forth and committee assignments made.
      d.   Strike Team and State WCB personnel set up program for long term
           monitoring and cleanup operations.
      e.   15.8 tons of contaminated material taken to Prince Wm. Co.
           Landfill today.  Total contaminated material hauled to landfill
           to date is 63.79 tons.
3.    FUTURE PLANS
      a.   OSC returning to Manassas on 3/19.
      b.   RRT meeting to be held in Manassas on 3/20.
      c.   FDA fish tissue analysis to be available 3/19.
      d.   Aerial  photos to be  taken 3/19.
      e.   Daily helicopter overflights to continue.

Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas,  Va.
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POLREP 15 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
            COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
            FED PROJECT NO,'05-100-108-80          •

1.    SITUATION (1800 HR.) 3/19/80

      a.   Weather continuing favorable for cleanup operations.  No rain
           expected until Thursday evening (3/20).

      b.   Cleanup operations at isolated cove areas continuing.  Expect
           all activities except static boom placement to be complete as
           of COB 3/20/80.

      c.   One helicopter on scene.  Expect to terminate helicopter support
           at COB 3/20.

      d.   USC6 AST personnel departed scene 0900, 3/19.

      e.   Incineration of contaminated material continuing at Prince Wm.
           County Landfill.  7.32 tons of material delivered today, bringing
           the total to 71.11 tons.

2.    ACTIONS TAKEN

      a.   County and State Officials accompanied by delegates to State
           Legislature surveyed Bull Run by canoe, finding no sheen or odor
           from the spill site, to the first boom (Gun Club).  There were
           no signs of dead waterfowl.  Sheen varying from slight to heavy
           was visible from the Gun Club downstream to Bull Run Marina.

      b.   Aerial photos taken today, expect no additional photography
           unless situation changes.

      c.   Sampling program continuing at Occoquan Watershed Lab. results
           continue to show kerosene slug has passed Occoquan Dam.

      d.   Preliminary FDA fish analyses show no detectable kerosene at
           1 pprti detection limit.  Tests to confirm these results are being
           run today, expect results 3/20.

3.    FUTURE  PLANS

      a.   RRT meeting to convene  in Manassas on 3/20, 1400 hrs.  OSC to
           receive  input from RRT  on 311 fundable activities remaining on
           scene.

      b.   Prince Wm. County Health  Dept. to assist VA WCB in groundwater
           investigation.

      c.   Colonial Pipeline and VA  WCB  to meet with property owners affected
           by spill to discuss property  restoration, where needed, along
           stream bank.

Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas,  Va.

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POLREP 16 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
            COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS,  VA.
            FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-108-80           :


1.    SITUATION (1800 HR.) 3/20/80

      a.   RRT convened on scene 1400 hr., 3/20.

      b.   Members present:

           Jeffrey Mass, EPA Region 111, RRT Chairman (by phone)
           Commander Gene Moran, 5th CG Dist., Vice Chairman (by phone)
           Tom Massey, EPA Region 111, OSC
           Mordecai Bennett, Corps of Engineers, Baltimore
           John Dietrick, US Food and Drug Administration
           Al Jackson, US Fish and Wildlife Service (by phone)
           Robert King, National Transportation Safety Board (by phone)
           William Whitehead, VA Office of Emergency Services
           Al Willet, VA WCB
           Monte Lewis, VA State Health Dept.
           Henry Gray, Fairfax County Water Authority
           Tom Gizzard, Occoquan Water Shed Monitoring Lab
           Jim Payne, Prince Wm. County Public Works Dept.
           Jerry Paisley, Colonial Pipeline Company
           Selby Jacobs, Prince Wm. County Emergency Services
           Ernest Watkins, VA WCB
           Wayne Wilcox, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
           Jim King, Prince Wm. County Health Dept.


2.    ACTIONS TAKEN

      a.   RRT was appraised by VA WCB, OSC, and other cleanup personnel
           that the cleanup operation is 99% completed.  Continuing chemical
           analysis of Bull Run'/Occoquan Reservoir will confirm the con-
           centration of kerosene remaining in the water column.

      b.   OSC tasked VPI Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Lab to continue
           sample analysis as long as needed.

      c.   Fairfax County Water Authority considers the drinking water
           threat passed.

      d.   Approx. 260,000 net gals,  of product were recovered, according
           to  latest estimates from  Colonial Pipeline.

      e.   Fish and Wildlife Service  requested 2 gals, of reclaimed oil
           to  perform toxicity tests  on waterfowl.
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POLREP 16 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT, KEROSENE SPILL
            COLONIAL  PIPELINE  COMPANY,  BULL  RUN,  MANASSAS, VA.
           'FED P'ROJECTNO.  05-100-108-80               •
      f.   EPA to provide National Transportation Safety Board with any
           necessary information required for any NTSB investigation into
           the pipeline break.

      g.   ERT to advise OSC regarding EPA involvement in the Damage
           Assessment Study (See POLREP 14, Item (2) (c).  Al Willet to
           coordinate Damage Assessment Study involvement for VA. WCB.

      h.   The next RRT meeting expected to formally deactivate the RRT
           for this project will be convened by telephone within 2 weeks.

      i.   OSC has designated Ernest.Islatkins, VA WCB, as OSC Representative
           on scene.
Tom Massey, OSC
Manassas, Va.
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POLREP 17 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT
            COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
            FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-1C8-80


1.  SITUATION (1600 MRS.) 3/26/80

    a.  5 boom locations still being maintained  in  Bull  Run.

    b.  Dam at confluence of unnamed tributary and  Bull  Run  effectively  containing
        sheen.

    c.  A light sheen noticeable just upstream of Bull  Run Marina.

    d.  Sampling and analysis program continuing.

    e.  Incineration operations for oil soaked debris  continuing  at Prince William
        County Landfi11.

2.  ACTIONS TAKEN

    a.  State Water Control Board personnel monitoring boom  location on  a once
        per day basis.

    b.  OSC authorized State WCB to contact all  affected or  interested local
        agencies for their opinion on removal of all  booms from Bull Run and  the
        Occoquan Reservoir.

    c.  Colonial Pipeline Co. has contacted people  whose property was adversely
        affected by the  kerosene spill or  the subsequent cleanup  operation
        regarding restoration.

3.  FUTURE PLANS

    a.  If no objections from concerned local parties, boom  removal to begin
        3/27/80.

    b.  Fairfax Co. Water Treatment Plant  to  consider ending activated carbon
        addition.

    c.  Tom Massey, OSC, and John Walsh, TAT,  to attend NRT  meeting, Washington,
        DC at 1000  hrs.  3/27/80.

Tom Massey, OSC                                           *
Phila., Pa.
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POLREP 18 - MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENT
            COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, VA.
            FED PROJECT NO. 05-100-108-80   '

1.   SITUATION (1000 MRS.) 3/28/80

    a.  Several booms remain in place in Bull  Run.

    b.  Colonial's estimate that 336,000 gals, spilled from pipeline, 257,000
        gals, removed and stored at local tank farm.   Colonial to dispose of  -
        recovered material by selling;ta.rerefining co.

    c.  Some small traces of sheen in Bull Run.  Bulk oil  removed.  Removal
        considered complete.

    d.  Drinking water quality (raw water) has stabilized.  Contaminated water
        column considered downstream from water intake.

2.   ACTIONS TAKEN

    a,  OSC made site inspection on 3/28 and briefed  NRT members 3/27 on spill
        cleanup activities to date.

    b.  Va. WCB established monitoring wells in Prince WM County.  (For private
        drinking water supplies).
                                                  i
    c.  Prince WM. Co. reported receiving approx. 96  tons of kerosene soaked
        debris, including sorbents.

    d.  FDA reported no detectable contamination in fish samples.

    e.  FDA sending written confirmation to VA. Health Dept. in order to release
        press info concerning eatability quality of game fish.

3.  FUTURE PLANS

    a.  OSC authorized ERT to contract and coordinate extent of contamination
        survey under 31!T,  activities, with Local and State authorities.

    b.  Upon notification that this survey shows no additional cleanup activities
        are warranted the project will be terminated.

    c.  OSC to convene RRT prior to termination of 311 activities.

Tom Massey, OSC
Phila., Pa.
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            1.   Site of Colonial Pipeline break.
            2.   Oil flowing down Bull Run before containment.
            3.  Oil collected and pooled in cove behind boom on
                Bull Run above the Marina.  3/8/80

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4.  Oil collected behind two upstream booms and boom at Bull Run Marina.



                             - 69 -

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5.  Weather and terrain hamper operations.
6.  Oil contained downstream at Bull  Run Marina.
7.  Clean up operations at Bull  Run Marina.

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 8.   Command post activities include EPA, Army, Navy,
     Coast Guard and Colonial Pipeline representatives,
     OSC confers with Mr. Biglane, Mr. Cook and Mr.
     Grizzard on scene.
10.   Virginia Fish and Wildlife personnel measure
     oil killed beaver.

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11.  OSC assesses effectiveness of underflow dam
     on unnamed tributary.
12.  Oil killed water fowl found along Bull  Run.
13.  Occoquan Reservoir water intake.  Boom in
     place as precautionary measure.

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           quick action prevented disaster
  In earty March, near a major highway
north of Manassas. Virginia, a large, in-
terstate-oil pipeline ruptured, spilling over
300,000 gallons of aviation kerosene into
Bull Run-a tributary of the Occoquan
Reservoir.
  Swift action on containing and cleaning
up the spill by Fairfax and Prince William
fire and rescue squads, Virginia State
Water Control Board, Environmental Pro-
tection Agency (EPA) Emergency Strike  ,
Force, military personnel, the pipeline
owner and nearly 20 other agencies
avoided contamination  of Northern .  ..
Virginia's major water supply. In addition
to protecting the water supply,  fish and
wildlife damage was held to a minimum.
  Throughout the emergency, the Authori-
ty's concern was to protect drinking water
quality. The Authority, assisted by Virginia
State Health Department, Occoquan
Monitoring LaboratoiV and EPA, monitored
the movement of kerosene on Bui; Run
and continually tested the reservoir for
contaminants commonly found in aviation
kerosene.
  The Authority also conducted laboratory
tests at its water purification plant to study
the effectiveness oi \^ns to remove the
.kerosene irom the w.ner should contam-
ination actually occu:  The testing was suc-
cessful, assuring public health officials that
the .kerosene could be removed.
  Approximately foui days after the spill
occured, very small naces of  kerosene
were detected at the water supply intake;
however, they were easily and effectively
treated and removed Kerosene was never
detected in the drinking water leaving the
purification plants.-
  The Authority is indebted to all those
persons who contributed to the success of
the containment and cleanup operations
upstream of the reseivoir which eliminated
the need to curtail w.'ter service lo the
700.000 people who oepend on the
Authority for drinkine water.

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   Washington  Post
   3/8/80
 EPA Is Battling
 Manassds-Area
 Kerosene
          By Ronald D.^Vhffe
        |'iVtthlnttan Pon SUff Writer
   Ribbons  of foul-smelling  aviation
 kerosene from a 250,000-gaIIon pipe-
 line spill in Manassas coaled a 10-mile
 stretch of Bull Run yesterday, creat-
 ing what a  federal official called "a
 potentially horrendous situation."
   Environmental  Protection  Agency
 spokesmen,  disavowing  earlier state-
 ments by local officials  that the spill
 constituted no health hazard,  said the
 kerosene has the potential to contami-
 nate the  Occoquan Reservoir, source
 of drinking  water for 600,000 North-
 ern Virginians.         •          •   .
   Officials also are "very concerned"
 about possible damage  to • fish and
 wildlife, one spokesman said.
   The leak occurred Thursday after-
 noon after a 32-inch underground pipe
 •owned by the Colonial  Pipeline  Co.
 burst  at a Manassas fuel depot The
 pipeline is a major petroleum  trans-
 mission  route stretching from  Texas
 to New Jersey.
   Estimates  of the size of the leak,
 put at 100,000 gallons by local officials
 on  Thursday, were more  than dou-
 bled by EPA yesterday.
   "In a stream bed  this size, a spill of
 these proportions is just horrendous."
said Tom Massey, onscene coordint>*«r
 of a 25-mcmber EPA team overseeing
 containment and r'ecovery efforts.
   By 5:30 p.m., the spill  had reached
 several barriers  of floatation  collars
 stationed at Bull Run Marina, roughly
 10 miles from the intake ducts of the
 Occoquan Reservoir, in Southern Fair-
_fax County, according to  EPA'spokcs-
 man George  V. Bochanski Jr.
   Officials and workers  at the scene
 differed on how effective the collars
 might be  in stopping the flow of the
pale yellow,  oily kerosene.  EPA offi- .
cials, calling  the  xerosene extremely
toxic, said it was impossible to esti-
mate how much  already  had entered
 the water table.
   Kerosene could  reach the Occoquan
Reservoir sometime this  weekend  if
the collars fail to block  it, EPA said.
In that event, the  agency said it would
recommend   that   intake ducts • be
closed temporarily.       .
   Spill recovery workers from  a pri-
vate Baltimore firm, J and L Indus-
tries, Inc., erected  floatation  collars
made of absorbent cotton at four sta-
tions ilon? Bull Run. according  to J
and  L superintendent Frank . Enos.
The collars are capable of absorbing
10  times their weight in oil.
     "But the  currents were  very swift,
   Tl's like a river in  some places," said
   Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Serv-
   ices of George M. Alexander.  "The
   kerosene would thicken at the collar
   site and eventually begin to flow un-
   der them.1'
     Eleven Fairfax County firrfiphtcrs.
   wading in chcsl-dccp water to help at-

  larh thp collars  Thursday night, sus-
  tamed chemical burns from the kero-
 .scne. said Fairfax County fire spokes-
• man Stenhanie Hoover. One of them,
  27-year-old Robert Clark, was treated  •
  for burns at Commonwealth Doctor's
  Hospital before being released. •'.
   The. collars, and a  crude dike, of
  blankets  and  chicken  wire  fences  •''
  errctod Thursday at  Bu]l Run Park,
  managed to contain some of the kero-  ''
  sene.
   "On a warm day like today, a gallon
  nf  oil can  spread 200  or 300  feel."
  Enos  said yesterday  while -rubbing
  bloodshot eyes after being  up- all
  night.  "Its a  mess, really. It's  real
  thin krrosenc. and the thinner it is,
 .the quicker it moves."  ]-
   Enos, said he was convinced the.spill
 would go no  further than Bull Run
 Marina, where five of the floatation .
 collars and a vacuum  "skimmer" with
 a truck capable of holding more than
 5,000  c:01ORS  wcs stationed., -v
   "It  ain't  going no further than
 here." Enos  said. "We've got people
 from  Newport  News  -and  Baltimore
 here on this  and some of them  are
 adding more collars  further up. The
 water level is down about a foot from
 yesterday-and  a-lot pi it is covering
 the hanks."
   Colonial  spokesman -Jim -Sorrow
 said his company  will assume the en-
 tire cost o.L the clean-up operation.
   "We have  no  idea  why  the line
 broke," he  said.  "We haven't been
 able to see the hole yet because we
 haven't reached it. It was  18 feet deep
 at that point  and there • are several
 large rocks that must be removed."
   Sorrow said  Ihc pipeline normally
 moved about "26.000 barrels per hour,  •
 and  there are 42 gallons in a barrel."
 senc) will get into the drinking water
 number of continacncy plans for gcl-
   "It's impossible to  estimate  when
 the pipeline can he restored." Sorrow
 said. "But it will not cause an immedi-
 ate fuel  shortage  in the  North. That
 kerosene  is used in domestic aircraft
 and  there is normally  a  five-day re-
 serve maintained for emergency situa-
 tions."
 • Bochanski,  the  EPA   spokesman.
 said the suburban Washington area's
 "scientific community  has been can-
 vassed" in order to assess the poten-
 tial damage to  the environment, Mas-
 sey said the EPA-was "very concerned
 about the possibility that (the  kero-
 sens) will  get into  the  drinking water
 ... it's vory toxic."
   l.mic U.iikins.  a' representative'of
 \ ir »nia's Stale Water Control Board,
 :-'t\ reporters he would be  meeting
 with  other officials -to  determine  a
 »»••—her of  con*.igcncy plans  for  get-
 t'ir drnking water if the Occoquan is
 <"•    :-..-.! cd.
  Fairfax County recently bought  a
 !-••—e rock quarry next to the reser-
 voir that will be filled with  water to
 oft as  a reserve  in cases of: emer-
 2r«cy.  but  it  will not  be available
 .-"in, a Control Board representative
 sr.id.
  OHicials^aid they could  also  get
 fresh water in limited amounts  from :
 Fairfax County lakes, and that Arling-
 ton Comity and Falls Church could
 aim furnish drinking water.  •
  A lone-ranee plan to develop intake
 chicis on the Potomac River -to supply
 Northern Virginia will  not be  com-
 p'c"?d until  1981. a Fairfax water  au-
thority official said. '      •        .   "
  Even   after -the  spill  has •  been
cleared, Bochanski said environmental
investigations  to assess  the long-run
drnage fo  wildlife and the  environ-  '
r>-?nt will continue. "Some will get- by
the .narina. Officials will  be trying to-
d-Ermine what wildlife has .been  af-
fc^'cd and in what  ways, like a before-
.-"ri-c.'l.cr comparison," he said. -
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 Washington Star

 3/9/80


Fuel  Spill


Threatens


Va.  Wildlife

By Howie Kurtz
WjshinRtnoSiar Stall Writer

  Federal officials are fearful that
the massive spill of kerosene at Bull
Run in Manassas has contaminated a
large amount of fish and wildlife in
what they term the largest fresh-
water accident in Virginia history.
  Some 200.000 gallons of light kero-
sene used in airplanes is still coating
a 10-mile stretch of the waterway
after  an  underground  pipeline
owned by Colonial Pipeline  Co.
burst unexpectedly Thursday.

officials yesterday found several
contaminated ducks that had to be
destroyed and several beavers also
sick from  the kerosene. The EPA
officials did not see any dead fish
during a helicopter tour of the area,
but they expressed concern that
many dead fish might be submerged
beneath the water's surface.
  "We expect there will be a rather
large fish kill from this accident, al-
though we haven't seen any physical
evidence so far," said EPA official
George V. Bochansky Jr. "Other
ducks, geese and birds seem to have
left the area. But there's no doubt it's
an extremely serious spill  with re-
spect to wildlife."
  Officials are optimistic, however,
that the kerosene spill won't endan-
ger the dnnking water supply for
660,000 Northern Virginians.
  The extremely toxic kerosene is
about nine miles from the Occoquan
Reservoir.  Fairfax County  officials
are prepared to close the reservoir if

  'Other ducks, geese and

  birds seem to have left

  the area. But there's no

  doubt it's an extremely

  serious spill with respect

  to wildlife.'--.

enough of the foul-smelling material
slips past the large flotation collars
of absorbent cotton that have been
placed in Bull Run Marina.
  Fairfax officials are using carbon
filters to cleanse whatever kerosene
reaches the Occoquan Reservoir.  But
the kerosene is moving slowly and
the chances of a  projected thunder-
storm faded yesterday.
   A sccpnd spill of 60,000 gallons
 from the same pipeline
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        Over  25,000  Fish
        Believed Exiled
        ByGARYRHODES -
          JM Staff Writer  •
  A third battle of Bull Run is being
 waged  according to  Tom  Massey,
 federal  coordinator,  as  -a team  of
 government organizations-and private
 contractors try to contain a major spill
 of kerosene here that has already killed
 25,000 fish.
  Since  late  Sunday, some fuel has
 moved  as much  as  a mile  beyond
 several booms at Bull Run Marina to
 another  location  on  the  Occoquan
 where a boom is in place. "There is not
 a major concern about the quality of the
 water now,"  Massey stated, "but if it
 should rain, the oil could get out of con-
 tainment.  In  that event, technology
' would not be available to control it in
 some currents." There was no rain in
tion is planned. Vacuuming will con-
tinue as well as skimming and boom-
ing, which is a device that clears the oil
on top of the surface of the water.  • -
  A federal fish and  wildlife oil spill.
coordinator on-scene said the fish kill
extends from Bull Hun Marine three
miles upstream. A continued kill is ex-
pected for the next fe-w days. There are
a number of fish in "distressed condi-
tion," according to the official. The kill
is believed to be Hniited to Bull Run
with tributaries being "fairly clear."
  The fish are the main concern, rather
than wildlife. Affected species include
crappie, blue gill and. red-eyed sun per-
ch. The fate of oil turtles, other aquatic
life and water organisms is also of some
concern, the federal official said.
  It is termed a massive kill. Wildflife
                                                                                 Fish
                                      ;   '"  Continued from A-l
                                      As far as birds go, three dead mallard
                                     ducks have been observed. A Canada
                                     goose has not been given much chance
                                     for survival. The affect on water fowl
                                     appears to be minimal because of miga-
                                     tion patterns at this tiem of year, the of-
                                     ficial said.
                                      Helicopter flights are scheduled Icf
                                     day for aerial surveillance of the af-
                                     fected areas. A mobile lab was brought
                                     in by EPA for analysis'"bf the fuel pro-
                                     duct.
                                     The Occoquan Watershed  Monitoring
                                     Laboratory in Manassas and Versar, a
                                     laboratory with offices in Reston and
                                     Springfield, are  conducting  tests or
                                     water samples.
                                      Massey said that tests will be made
                                     on the kerosene where it is the thickest
                                     to determine how much of the'threat ii
                                     will be to the drinking water of Prince
                                     William and Fairfax counties.
                                       "This is a big battle that is going to bt
                                     fought like the one a hundred year:
                                     'ago,'" Massey stated."'-'If we fose it
                                     everybody will lose." ' •
                                     "-' There is  reason for concern abou
                                     ' wildlife and about the possible presenci
                                     of dangerous elements in the spillage, t
                                     ~ur of dead beavers has already beei
                                       otted  in addition to the fish. Othe
                                     ; sick animals have been seen too.

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         By MARK BAILEY
           JM Staff Writer
  Fearing major contamination of the
Occoquan Resevolr, its tributaries, and
the  surrounding  environment,  the
Federal  Environmental   Protection
Agency Sunday stepped In and took con-
trol of efforts to contain  a kerosene
slick making its way down Bull Run.
That slick is the result of the release of
nearly 250,000 gallons of kerosene from
a ruptured pipeline near Manassas last
Thursday afternoon.
  On Scene Coordinator of.the E.P.A.'s
emergency strike force, Tom Massey,
declared the spill a federal clean-up ef-
fort at 2:15 p.m. Sunday when it was
determined that efforts by the Colonial
Pipeline  Co., owners of the ruptured
pipeline, had failed to contain the slick
at Bull Run Marina.
  Such a declaration transfers conlrol
••(the operation to  the  E.P.A.  and
 allows for increased use of federal per-
 sonnel and  equipment in the cleah-up
 operation. Late  yesterday  the  Coast
 Guard  began  calling  for  additional
 equipment including skimmers, absor-
 bent cotton booms to spread across the
 river's Surface, and large rubber blad-
 ders in which to store the kerosene.
   As of  Sunday afternoon the  En-
 vironmental Protection Agency, the
 Coast Guard,  the  Federal Disaster
 Coordination   Agency,  the . Virginia
 Commision  of  Game   and  Inland
 Fisheries, the Virginia  State .Water
1 Control  Board,  the Virginia  Depart-
 ment of  Health, "as  well as Colonial
 Pipeline  and  its contractors J&L  In-
 dustries of Baltimore were all involved
 in the clean-up effort.
   A spokesperson for the E.P.A. said
 that Sunday's take over of the clean-up
 in no way reflected discredit on the ef-
 forts of Colonial Pipeline Co., but mere-
ly allowed  for  an increased use  of
federal resources in the effort.
  As late as Saturday night officials on
the scene had been optomistic that the
spill would be contained behind booms
spread across Bull Run at  the marina
about eight miles above the reservoir.
At that time a southerly wind was keep-
ing  the  spill  contained  above the
marina.
  During the night, however,  the wind
shifted and began  sending the surface
"sheen" toward the reservoir.
  Peter Ackly, press spokesman for the
E.P.A. on  the  scene,  said yesterday
that  the situation with  regards to con-
tamination of the water source and to a
significant  wildlife kill is  potentially
quite serious.
  "At  this   time we have no  direct
evidence of  any  significant   wildlife
damage,  but it may be too soon to tell
how much damage has  been or will be
 done,"Aclysaid.
   Acly noted that  some bad taste and •
 smell would probably find its way into
 the water supply, but  that  filtration
 facilities at the Fairfax County Water
 Authority would remove any potental
 threats to public hcnllh. He noted that
 the FCWA facility was one of the best
 technically equipped and scientifically
. staffed water  treatment equipped and
 scientifically staffed water treatment
 equipped   and  scientifically  staffed
 water treatment plants in the country.
   He also noted that well water in the
 area would have to be monitored over
 the next several days for signs of con-
 tamination. He went on to say that a
 potential for closing off the use of some
 wells and Ihe water intakes on the Occo-
 quan  would exist  i ver the next few-
 days.
   Teams from the Sti le Commission on
        See "FEDER VL" on A-3.

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          Continued from A-l
 Game and Inland Fisheries were con-
 ducting a survey of the contaminated
 portion of Bull Run by canoe Sunday lo
 determine the extent of the damage lo
        .
     edericksburg City Manager  John
 Nolan declared a local emergency Sun-
 day and closed  the city schools and
 about "20  businesses, including  large
 water users such as laundromats, car
 washes   and  some  manufacturing
 plants.
   "If  our test results show  a  more
 serious situation, 1 shall recommend to
 Gov. John N. Dallon that he declare a
 man-made.disaster in Fredericksburg,
 south Stafford County and the  Spol-
 sylvania   County area  adjacent  lo
 Fredericksburg."
 " Nolan said the test results would be
 known Monday afternoon.
 •  Workmen  on Sunday began  building
 an earthen dam across the upper end of
 a canal that carries water from the
 river to the holding pond.
   Despite the closing of the canal's inlet
 gates when word of the spill was first
 reported,  officials said kerosene has
 seeped into the canal.
   Water also is being pumped out of the
 canal in an  effort to prevent spillover
 into the holding pond, Nolan said.
   Nolan said neighboring Spotsylvania
 County is supplying  1 million gallons a
 day to the city's system  and  Stafford
 County has  agreed to supply 800,000
 g'  is a day.
     .an said that if the holding pond is
 found to be contaminated, the  city will
 have  to depend solely on  Spotsylvania
 and Stafford counties for its water sup-
 ply.  '
   About 200,000 to  250,000  gallons of
 domestic aviation kerosene spilled into
 Bull Run  Creek on Thursday, and  a
 simultaneous  break   in  the  same
 pipeline sent another 63,000 gallons into
 the Rapidan River about 40 miles away,
 federal officials said.
   The Bull Run spill then flowed toward
 the Occoquan  Reservoir,  which is the
 water supply source for  some 600,000
 customers of the Fairfax County Water
 Authority.
   The Rapidan spill moved  into the
 Rappahannock River,  which  flows
 through • Fredericksburg and  supplies
 that city with water.
   Jim Sorrow of Colonial Pipeline Co.,
 which owns  the 32-inch pipeline  that
 ruptured, said the two spills occurred at
 the same  time, 3:36 p.m. Thursday,
 although   the  Rapidan  spill  went
 undetected until about noon Friday.
.   Sorrow said the cause of the  rupture
 was the "unscheduled shutdown of the
 Conowingo^Pump Station in northern
 Maryland.  That shutdown, in  turn,
 ca'    1 . a  .sequential  shutdown . of
 Shv j- if pump station, which resulted in
 a pressure"buildup on the line, he said.
   Federal officials took over cleanup of
 the Bull Run spill. Ackly some of the
 kerosene was getting past  booms set up
 at  the Bull Run Marina,  but other
 booms had been set  up downstream to
 stop the fuel.
Dead fish taken from contaminated water
tion that funding in all other areas is in-
deed stringent," Lee staled. "We must
work together to manage as efficiently
as possible those resources allocated to
each program. We must be prepared to
set priorities and perhaps reduce or
eliminate  supplies  and services we
have had in the  past if the  inflationary
spiral continues  in the double digit area
throughout 1980-81."
                               For some time there was confusion
                              about exactly what type of fuel spewed
                              from a broken line Friday at the Sudley
                            •  Rd. Initially it was identified as number
                              2 fuel,  but  was changed  later  to
                              kerosene, though there is very little dif-
                              ference. Last Friday, the Colonial Com-
                             •pany  pipeline   was  severed
                              simultaneously   in   two  spots,   at
                              Manassas  and  .in  Culpeper County.
                              Aviation-grade  kerosene  broke -here
                              and number  2 fuel that was running
                              behind it  escaped in Culpeper-County
                              where it drained into the  Rappahan-
                              nock River. The spillage was greater at
                              Manassas, officials said.
                               Scientists are carefully  monilorj^-
                              the water as they look for  benzi
                              leukemia-causing compound,
                              the suspected carcinogen n,
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                                                                                               POTOMAC" N
                                                                                               3/12/80'
      .ByDARIOBERNARDINI '
  Vr.7 ->«DdSARAMORIARTY  '
   As word was received that  Virginia
(' Gov. John Dalton had extended a state
 of emergency to Include the Manassas
 •pill, EPA spokesmen expressed  op-
, tlmlsro  that  eight skimmers  which
| worked through the night Tuesday had
! removed the  bulk of a heavy scum
i which rested behind the booms at Bull
            "
j   Dalton,"who  was   In  the
 Fredericksburg  area  Tuesday,
 declared- the  resources of the state
i available if needed.
I   -TWa'appreciate bis expression  of
J Interest and concern. Members of the
' governor's staff have been on the scene
lilnce^'the1 beginning,"  U.S. -En-"
i vfronmetalT Protection  Agency*
Spokesman George Bochanski said this
| morning.      •  '        •
i   EPA overflight photographs show
5 lhat the switch in the wind has helped
Kweep,pockels of. th^ kerosene, jtoward
                          Deeded at
                      ..     we  are
               arc' aleo ceutlous and
      to fe* iMdr for anything M we are
     tokxevbtb to then If we need it"
          tt «u4  Tneaday  night that
      A itftfaxaL b*d twea brought in
   from EPA facilities hi New Jersey to
   provide a faster check on the levels of
 •  hydrocarbons contained in the  reser-
   voir. Some of the hydrocarbons which
   make up kerosene are highly toxic.
     "This machinery will  allow  us to'
   check the levels of hydrocarbons in the ••
   water down to one part per billion parts
   of  water  in  15  minutes,"   said
   Bochanski. The  level  of kerosene..
   concentration believed dangerous.' to •
   humans is 100 parts per billion. V- • "   '
   .  Jim Warfield at the Fairfax Water ."
   Authority  confirmed- that activated "
   carbon is being added to the water but
  . emphasized that It. was not because of '
;:  any contaminants.  •   -'• *v*-'i'y''- '  ' •  >.
'•**•'• -"Adding the carbon to the procesa '•
^'" caused a buildup and shakedown period5
... for the plant and so we are adding about ;v
" • 5 parts per million now so that if we£
v> have to add carbon later the system will
   function smoothly," Warfield said.
     At the treatment plant, tests continue
   on various ways of treating kerosene in •
'.'ywater."            • •'•••>A£»SR*fe?$
   i' "We are finding that the;acdrat«el;
   carbon works very well.'V.'Wart
   said, adding that a good supply of
   carbon was on hand, but moc«-i
   being obtained. The carbon U boujj* by"
   the ton at between $700 and faoaVIJC;^*^
     "We are really pleased at the d**e
   effort so far. We are testing berv, bat
   testing is being-coordinated
 EPA  and tests are compared seve:
 times dally," he said.
   If the water were contaminated w
 kerosene, 50 parts of carbon per milJi
 would be added. Carbon Is used at otf.
• times for odor control.
••  Bochanski said propane cannons £
 still being  used  to scare birds. aw
 from the area and  prevent them fix
 roosting in the area. He said beliu
 balloons will be used beginning today
.relieve residents of the constant nol
 of the cannons.
   Prince William County Police h;
 reported Tuesday that the departing
 had received about six or seven cai
• inquiring about the cannons.
 • The toll on  wildlife as of Tuesd;
•.«?  • .            .-See SPILL, Page/
                                                                            SPILL-
                                                                                                From Page
                                        -  79 -
  night was: five  beavers and  se
  waterfowl  reported  dead, while
  beavers which were sick from
  kerosene were taken to  the Nati(
  Zoo in Washington, D.C., for treatnv
    Some Army personnel which
  been dispatched to the area to as&b
  the cleanup 'were  allowed to  k.
  Bochanski said, and other troops v
  moved  from the Manassas Ramada
  to  the Vint Hill reservation to  cut
  penses.
     "We  have been,  and  will be,
  tlnuing our cleanup operations,"
  Bochanski.
      Colonial Pipeline spokesman
  Sorrow said Tuesday that ,flushd<
  operations would begin  in the up
  areas of the spill and that Army •
  sonnel would move through, picking
  twigs and kerosene-soaked leaves.
    Disposal of  that debris bad  not
  been resolved.
      According  to  Joseph Lafonar
   chemist with EPA, people probablj
   drink  water  with  a  kerosene'
   centration In  excess of the detenr
   safe level without any effect at all.
      "Of  course, someone could deve
   chronic problem If they contlnut
   drink  the water  over a  long peril
   time," said  Lafonara.  "That's
   we're trying to avoid here."
      Lafonara said  a person may be-
   nauseated  from  kerosene
   lamination, but  that vomiting is :
   cure.
      "Actually if they vomit they'll ]t
    giving their lungs  another dose c
    stuff,  and the lungs are the part c
    body  that Is really  affected,"
    Lafonara.
      According  to Lafonara, the
    substances In kerosene are  ber
    xylene and certain naphthas.
      "Benzene Is known to cause leuV

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             POTOMAC NEWS,  3/17/80
                                                                     -..
       ByDARIOBERNARDINI '
   The approximately 200,000 gallons of
 kerosene which spilled from a ruptured
 oil company  pipeline  March | 6  near
 Manassas no longer poses any threat to
 the Occoquan Reservoir, the .drinking
 water supply for much of Northern
 Virginia, federal officials said Satur-
 day.                       |
  (U.S.  Environmental  Protection
 Agency  spokesman Tom Massey, on-
 slte  coordinator  of   the cleanup
 Operations,  said the  crews  have
 retrieved almost all the kerosene that
 leaked from a ruptured pipeline owned *
 by the Colonial Pipeline Company.
 ) Massey said traces of the kerosene
 are being found in the reservou;, which
 Is the drinking water source for 660,000
 people in Alexandria, Fairfaxl County
 and eastern Prince William County, but
 the levels are below those considered
 dangerous to  humans.  He added that
 the Fairfax County Water Authority,
 which operates  the reservoir and the
 water  treatment plant  there,  can
 remove those traces of kerosene during.
 the treatment process.
  The spill occurred March 6
when a
 combination of human and computer
 error,   according  to  a  Colonial
 spokesman,  caused   a  major  un-
 derground pipeline to rupture, sending
 more  than  200,000  gallons  I of  the
 aviation fuel into Bull Run, one of the
 reservoir's tributaries.        j
 | Another   rupture  took  place
 simultaneously in the same pipeline in
 Orange  County, spilling  about 63,000-
 'gallons of heating oil into the Rapldan
 River   which flows  Into th£  Rap-
 pahannock River, the drinking water
 source for the city ot Frederlclcsburg.
 This spill went undetected for almost 24
 hours as officials concentrated] on the
 Bull Run area.  .      ...    :(....,
 I. Massey credited a conglomeration of
 more than 400 people from 40 different
'agencies with "pulling  together  to
 combat this incident. After eight days I
 feel confident of the  success Tof this
 team effort.    •              I.
  "I'm-  optimistic  that  there's- no
 problem with the water  supply.  The
 threat is over for Northern Virginia."
  Neither Massey nor Kenneth Biglane
 coordinator  of the National Response
 Team which works on major oil spills of
 this type, were willing to put  an exact
FOUND LEAK ~ John Bolton, an
employee  with   the   Prince
William   Electric   Cooperative,'
reported the March 6  leak from
the ruptured .petroleum  pipeline
located  along  Va.   234   near
Sudley. Manor  Drive  north  of.
Manassas.  After   noticing • the
kerosene  spewing  from   the
ground and spreading  across the
road, Bolton had  the Co-op  call
county fire personnel.  (Potomac
News photo by  Clifford  Owen.)".
                                             :&;:
                                            •M?^'
                                            ••.«*"•* -
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         figure on the cleanup costs which could :-*•-'.
         be as high as $5 million. Colonial hi
         agreed to pay all the costs.
           An  assessment  of  the  total en- y^i
         vironmental damage was not made, but ~*?••"; "T
        ' the toll on fish Is expected to be great.   "'
        ' Several thousand have reportedly been    \
         killed,  and will  rise to the surface  of
         Bull  Run  as the water gets warmer. • '?.
         About 35 oiled birds have been killed, V^ys
         according to EPA.       ,_ -.. ,,.. . ;. '?£.$:&
           "We're not out of the woods yet," said["£&>
         Massey. "We still have  to evaluate '" ':^.
         some of the damage  that has been -••'•;'•-
         done."                   •    ,;     ^:.
           Massey  said the cleanup 'crew was '.",•££:
         "lucky" that the weather did not pose a ».3£o
         problem. The only significant amount '• t£i
         of rainfall  occurred last Thursday, and •'^f£;
                          -See SPILL, Page A-5  ^J:;j
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                    the elemip effo
                    d «lot of rain and it
                     Kerosene .Into the
         r, well, rd hate to even venture
' >« guess oa what would have happened,"
I 'A*JdMassey.' •'•'''#.:'•".   '
 v-'- Massey declared the cleanup effort a
  federal response action  on March  9,
  opening the way (or massive amounts
  of  "federal  assistance.. He said the
  decision 'was  no  reflection  on the
  cleanup efforts of Colonial,  which until
  that point bad been responsible for
  keeping the kerosene from entering the
  reservoir.  • ..:V• t'l-\- -  -c.
   When asked If the comments of Fred
  Morin/.chairman  of  the   water
  authority.' more  than one week ago
  itatlqg his -concern  over  Colonial's
  cleanup efforts  were a factor in his
  decision, Massey responded: They sure
  did, they sure did."    •
 *'>. Massey heaped a great deal of praise
  on  the  state  and local/ offices of
  emergency  services,  saying  they
  responded quickly to the crisis.      •
 •' -/."Right  after the  spill occurred the
  local fire department was  out In BuU
  Run  laying  booms  to  trap  the
  kerosene,"  sajd  Massey.   "And,
  Virginia  U  a progressive state In •
  regards  to  having the contingency
  plans ready to deal with this type of
  •UuaUon."   ... .                   .
   • {Absorbent material"  used  In' the
  ctaUM0 fc betnt; burned at Uw  Prince
   llllam ' County  landfill  near .In-
 dependent Hill. Approval of the burning
 operation, which began last week, was
; needed from the Virginia Air Pollution
 Control  Board and the state Office of
 Solid and Hazardous Wastes Handling.
   Though open burning of  wastes Is
 prohibited In Northern Virginia, John
 Doherty, head of the Air  Pollution
 Control  Board's regional office in Falls
 Church, said the operation was allowed
 on an emergency basis.
   "Normally,  this would not  be ap-
 proved, but it is not a health hazard or a
 significant problem in any way," said
 Doherty.        '   ,..	 .  .
   Doherty explained that the kerosene-
 soaked material Is burned In a deep pit,
 while a special device blows air Into the
 pit to keep the blaze going.
   "That fire Is very hot and we keep It
 that way by blowing the air on It," said
 Barry Archer,  deputy director of the
 Prince  William public works depart-
. ment, which Is responsible for landfill
 operations. "There is almost no smoke
 coming  from it, and the only material
 left over Is some ash,"
.   "They needed  to  get rid  of  the
 material, and  they'simply could have
 placed It In the landfill," said Doherty.
• "But we're running out of space to put
 trash, and the only permission Involved
 for  this operation  was an acceptable
 method of burning. They have  that at
 Prince William."
   After  all the material Is burned, the
 ashes will be covered by soil.
;•  The water situation  In the city of
1 Frederickfiburg has Improved  during
  the weekend. Cleanup crews'headeo/D^ '
  the EPA finished their work, and (he
  city  1s  now  waiting  for  the  Rap-
  pahannock River to cleanse Itself. Until
  that happens, the city will be waiting
' for .permission from health authorities
  to begin using the river water again.
  Conservation  efforts  are  going  to
  continue In the  city until that okay is
  given.          •  .     .  .     *'
    A slx-mllllon-gallon canal linking the
  city's treatment plant to the  Rap-
  pahannock River was reopened Friday
  night and was  being used. The canal
  had been  closed because of high con-
  centrations of  heating oil had  been
  detected In It..
    United Press International reported
  today that City Manager John Nolan
  said a tanker convoy will continue to
  haul fresh water from a nearby quarry
  and  dump It  Into the  city's  water
  system.  .              •  •
    While the go-ahead from health of-
  ficials to use the Rappahannock River
  again could come within a day or two,
  Nolan emphasized that "the  crisis is
  still here until we get the word the river
  Js clear."
  SHOOT
                      Fr.om Page A-1

-that a 13-acre tract be rezoned to multi-
  family (apartments) and townhouses,
  and  a  6.1-acre  tract  be  rezoned
  to  townhouses. The owners are F.S.
  McCandllsh Jr. and Carroll Wright Jr.
   Near the site Is land zoned for another
~-Tnultl-famlly  complex,  the  Lancaster

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 OSC LOG

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                         MANASSAS,  VA,  OIL SPILL  LOG
3/7/80
   0030
   0100
   0700
   1030
   1600


   1900

   2400
Tom Massey, OSC, EPA, Region III arrives Manassas, VA.
Authority Building to status him and provide insight.
Meeting in Park
Jim Sorrow, Colonial Pipeline Co.
Advises OSC that company accepts responsibility and set up plan of
attack.  OSC requests company get helicopter and lab personnel.  .OSC
requests Health Department personnel on scene.

Strong sheen coming down stream.  At Bull Run Marina 3 booms in place
counting the one put in by the fire department.  One additional boom
in place blocking small inlet across from marina.  J & L also putting
in booms downstream of marina.  No product observed behind any of the
booms.  Helicopter overflight, to make visual report of extent of contaminati

John Walsh reported that a large quantity of oil. was trapped about a 1/2
mile upstream of Bull Run.  His report was that 3 booms at the marina
was not anywhere near enough to contain the quantity upstream.  Colonial
directed to get in a great deal more booms at the marina as well as place
containment booms upstream of marina.  Garth Glenn, VA SWCB, reports
small pocketing of oil in unnamed sewer line crossing near confluence.
Mainstream appeared fairly clear till Rt. 616 where a pocket was con-
tained by several booms.  Collection area being constructed.  Next oil was
sighted at Gun Club.  Solid oil from shore to shore from bend below Gun
Club down river about 2 miles to small island and bend about 1/4 mile
above marina.

Report received that oil was covering over 10 miles of the Rapidan
River as of 1230.  Health Department and water authorities notified.

RRT Meeting held.

Al Jackson, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Manassas, VA, arrives on scene.
3/8/80
   1000
   1005

   1010


   1025
Approximately 200,000 gal. kerosene, spilled due to pipe break into
tributary to Bull Run, Manassas, VA (trib. to Potomac River).  At
Fredericksburg concurrent spill due to pipe break approx. 60,000 gal.
kerosene into Rappahannick River.  Both breaks occurred 3/6/80 at
1536 according to computer records.

Al Willet advised Massey that Ernie Watkins would be State Representative
on hand.

Northern Virginia Regional Park.Authority (NVRPA) to check Bull Run
for dead fish.  Heavy sheen across Bull Run bank to bank.

OSC tasked Colonial to get health dept. contact to call OSC ASAP.

VA Health Dept. personnel on scene - told OSC Fredericksburg has
48 hrs. water reserve under normal conditions.

OSC convened strategy meeting with Water Control Board, State Health
Dept., EPA and Colonial officials.
                                     - 82  -

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3/8/80

   1100    Dick  Calupca  (Colonial)  has  room 254,  256 of Sheraton  in Fredericks-
          burg  as  command  point  of that  area.

          Clean up contractors - called  in to  establish  booms  in Rappidan
          Creek and diversion booms away from  intake  canal.  Second boom in
          canal  and another downstream from intake as pickup point.

          No  activated  carbon capabilities at  Fredericksburg.  Average draw of
          3.5 MGD  including outlying areas - approx.  3.0 MGD for Fredericksburg.
          .7  MGD available from  other  source.  Spotsylvania; 2.3 MGD must be
          supplied under no ration conditions  2.0 MGD necessary  minimum.  1.9 MGD
          absolute minimum. *"Blue Magoo" can furnish 0.8 MGD so 1.1 MGD must  be
          supplied by other sources.

          OSC made decision to go with EERU emergency water treatment.  EERU
          unit  requested (Blue Magoo)  by OSC to  be brought immediately on scene.

          OSC directed  to  accept company's spill volume  figures  as estimates but will
          reserve  the right to make our  own estimates at a later date as indicated.
          At  time  of break material was  flowing  at 26,000 barrels per minute.

          U.S.  Fish & Wildlife - no info on Rappidan, info will  be gathered.  Fish
          kill  can be expected over entire length of  spill.

   1210    VA  Game  Warden - John  Berry
          Beaver are being affected.  Coats are  being coated with oil as the
          animals  come  out of the water  by licking their coats,  animals face
          danger of being  killed by poison and exposure.
   A mobile carbon filtration system

   1215   Boom in canal

   1220   Colonial Pipeline notified by OSC-to secure Fredericksburg intake
          with booms.

   1450   Ag-Rotors on scene with Hughes 500

          Occoquan:  5 stations for sampling

             1.  Catharpin gauging station, upstream of spill site
             2.  Catharpin gauging station, upstream of the 7 mile boom
             3.  Bull Run Marina
             4.  Ryans' Dam - head of reservoir
             5.  Treatment plant

   1900   RRT meeting - John Berry, State Game Warden on scene, expects
          20-25 oiled birds and beavers in Bull Run.  Dead fish pick-up
          coordinated with SWCB.  Identify sensitive areas for Colonial to
          boom.
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                                  MANASSAS, VA


3/9/80
   0700   OSC opened command post.

   0900   Strategy Meeting.   Wind changed 320° from 3/8/80.   Oil  pooled in
          cove has been blown across to other side (high bank side) of river.
          455 barrels of material removed overnight for a total  amount of
          approx. 40,000 gallons total product removed as of 0800, 3/9/80.

          7000 gallons removed from Fredericksburg area as of 0800, 3/9/80.
          Pipeline repairs completed in Occoquan area.

          U. S. Fish & Wildlife Dept. - 2 canoes floating down river looking for
          damaged wildlife,  fish, otter, beaver.  Fish kill  in excess of 100
          reported at 0400 at Marina at head of reservoir.

          Lands End Wildlife refuge - boom being placed upstream to collect sheen.

          TOC levels up at Fredericksburg in the river.  TOC levels at Marina
          bridge up but kerosene odor noticeable.

          12 ea. 10,000 gallon bladder tanks staged and on standby at Ft. Lee,
          VA, per Morgan Fink, USA COE, Washington District.  Additional bladder
          tanks closer to site being investigated by Army forcecom through DOD NRT.

   1330   Strategy Meeting - Emergency Preparedness - Fairfax Water Authority
          Dept. has 2 portable activated carbon units.

          Colonial states that marina is main point of recovery activity.

   1400   OSC made decision to aid Colonial Pipeline within the Occoquan area.

          USC6 to get 5 more Strike Force people; bring in 10 bladders minimum;
          bring in additional skimmers; bring in additional  contractor - possibly
          IMS, with approx.  20 personnel.

          Additional sorbent boom in Occoquan approx. 4,000 ft.  Additional
          booms to be put in at  Fountainhead Park.

   1430   OSC called Ken Biglane  - possible activation of NRT.

          U.S. Fish & Wildlife to ascertain critical areas for protection —

   1500   Tom Sell, ERT, on scene.

   1720   Briefing and strategy  meeting

          Federal Effort - Booms  at water treatment plant intake.  Full effort at
          Bull Run Marina in addition to Colonial Pipeline efforts.   Invert dam
          to be  built in unnamed  trib. to Bull  Run.

          Colonial states that as of  1430, 10 booms between Fairfax Rod & Gun
          Club to the Bull Run Marina.  Total Product recovered as of 1800
          approx.  60,000 gals.

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1720   Bull Run canoe trip reports fish  kill and distressed  fish  (20-25,000)
       from Marina approximately 3 miles upstream,  gulls  feeding  on  these
       fish.  Also noticing fish on the  Rappahanock River.   Contacted  Humane
       Society for volunteers to clean birds and beaver.


   3/10/80

     0730    Overflight shows product accumulation in lower most boom below Bull
             Run Marina.  Additional skimmers and booms deployed.

     0745    Les Terry and Pete Anastasi  U.S. F & WL on scene today.   News releases.

     0800    OSC instructed all Federal personnel that no press statements should
             be made.  Priority to get invert dam in unnamed tributary.  RRT
             meeting to be held 1400 3/10/80.

             CG stated that boom to be placed in reservoir and around the water
             intake.  Continue ops at marina, at Rod & -Gun Club and start pumping
             at unnamed trib.

     0830    Joe Lafonara, EPA/ERT arrives on scene.

     0900    OSC tasked J. Lafonara with coordinating sampling, analysis and all
             scientific support.

     1000    J. Lafonara requested that HQ OWS send toxicological  support.

     1030    OSC requested contracting personnel 5th CG Dist. on scene ASAP.

     1100    Fluorescence analysis determined to be the best method to provide
             needed  sample analysis.  Requested that the appropriate instrument be
             dispatched to Manassas by the fastest means possible.

     1200    Occoquan Water Monitoring Lab to supply space and support for the
             OHMS branch spectrofluorimeter.

     1300    Hugh Hanson from OWS on-board to coordinate action levels for kerosene
             in drinking water.

     1415    RRT meeting.  OSC briefed RRT of situation and history of spill.
             Booms installed at Reservoir.
             Army staff working with Colonial personnel & collecting dead fish.
             Approx. 80,000 gal. kerosene estimated in one small cove upstream of
             Marina.
             Wayne Wilcox - U.S. Navy supplying booms and skimmers.
             Monte Lewis - VA Dept. of Health - Water authority is using odor threshold
             test by boat/lab crew - 2 yea, 4 no's  are results to date.
             Colonial Pipeline states that 115,000  gal oil/water collected at
             Manassas.
             VA SWCB will collect fish (alive) for  tissue analysis by FDA.  VA Dept.
             of Health will ask for a temporary restriction on fishing in reservoir.
             Reported that sampling would be done by Occoquan Watershed Monitoring
             Lab  (OWML) and Versar.  Analysis by odor threshold to be done at water
             authority, and by fluorimetry at OWML  with EPA instrument.
             OSC asks RRT to advise on the safety of Colonial Pipeline and possibility
             of recurrence.
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3/10/80

  1600
  1620
3/11/80

  0900
        Meeting with EPA-OWML; SWCB, VA O.E.  & E.S., VA SHD, Colonial  Pipeline.
        Developed a decision matrix for action.   What are we going to  do at
        what concentrations.  Hugh Hanson stated that little data was  avail-
        able on kerosene in drinking water.   Cited a 180 ppb study for 90 days
        with no effect.   100 ppb was, therefore, established as a level  at
        which concern would be shown.

        Decided:

        a.    100 ppb (by odor test or by fluorimetry) at a point 1 day's
             travel to the Fairfax Water Authority (FWA) Intake would  result
             in advisement to FWA to institute activated carbon treatment.

        b.    Treatability studies would be conducted by OWML.

        c.    Colonial to supply kerosene for standard for fluoresence.

        d.    Colonial Pipeline would continue to have Versar Laboratory analyze
             using Total Organic/GC method.

        e.    Hugh Hanson - #2 fuel oil standard tentatively set at 100 ppb.

        f.    OWML to sample once a day at stations already set up.

        OSC meeting.
        Spectro  fluorimeter on way to aid in analysis.
        Statistical  analysis shows fish  kill within first 2 miles of
        Marina.   Approximately 4,600 dead fish counted to date.
        Food  chain  damage  to be  assessed in order to determine damage
        to  supporting  capacity of stream.

        Invert Dam  to  be put into Trib to Bull Run.

        SWCB  suggests  use  of water flushing of bank to remove oil from
        stream shoreline.  Use of sorbents on stream bank to be  explored.
        To  be done  by  USCG.

        State to set priorities  of clean up in the immediate area of
        original Pipeline  rupture.

        Prince William County Authorities asked  to coordinate citizen's
        reports  of  distressed or dead wildlife.
           »
0915    WTP to start activated carbon plant on 3/13 for  primary  test.

        US  F & WL report 5 dead  beaver,  2 alive.  10 oiled  birds -  2 wood
        ducks, 3 mallards, 2 gulls  - Total 7  dead; 3 alive.

        USCG estimates kerosene  collected at  approx. 96,453 gallons.

1100    0.  Lafonara requested  that  R. Turpin  assume  sample  coordination/
        scientific  support function.

1200    FWA stated they would  initiate  activated carbon  application as  soon
        as possible and continue until  threat of kerosene contamination was

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3/11/80

  1300    Wm. Blankenship, Region III Water Supply Branch, arrived and stated that
          no figure had yet been approved as a standard for kerosene in drinking
          water.  Refused to acknowledge the OSC/National Contingnecy Plan
          Structure.

  1400    Rich Hoffmann, DOE, on scene

          Bill Gregory USCG purchasing acquisition officer on scene.

          Permission granted from John C. Doherty, Reg. Dir. State Air Pollution
          to burn contaminated debris at the Prince William County landfill.

  1430    OSC briefed EPA's M. Cook, ADAA for Emergency Response and K. Biglane,
          Chairman NRT.  Related sampling, analysis and water supply protection
          programs.  Toured Bull Run.  7" thick oil behind boom.

  1730    Overflight of Bull Run.  No activity at the "break" site.  Oil
          observed to be pooled on the ground.

  1800    J.  Lafornara  informed  OSC  that  inadequate action was  being  taken
          to  remove  oil  behind  booms  at Bull  Run Marina.  And no  action was
          being  taken  at the  "break  site".

  2015    OSC briefed  staff on  sampling situation,  reported  that  R. Turpin
          would  assume  the  "lead and  focal"  position  as  scientific  support
          coordinator.

  2045    J,  Lafornara  leaves  site  to return to  Edison,  N.J,
3/12/80

  1330
OSC meeting

Booms deployed at Sandy Run and Fountain Head with skimmer.   180 ppb
kerosene can be consumed for 90 days with apparently no effect on the
average.  (100 ppb) based on a 10 Kg. baby.

Heavy sheen down to marina, quite a bit of product behind upper booms.
4 skimmers in operation at marina.

Monte Lewis reported slug has moved 6000 feet since yesterday.  Still
has 6 days to WTP intake.

Controversy over deploying Navy skimmer.

SVJCB to be in charge of the Colonial Run cleanup.

U.S. F & WL set up oiled bird rehabilitation center in Fairfax.

Construction of dam is going in phase at break site.

CDR Jensen reports that 96,000 gallons removed on 3/11 and 53,000
gallons on 3/12.
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3/13/80

  0830    Lab personnel  tasked to determine quantity of activated carbon re-
          quired to minimize kerosene in WTP discharge.

          Attempt made to coordinate Federal sampling with Colonial  sampling.

          Morning overflight indicates operation running smoothly, weather not
          affecting operation.
          150' x 50' collected pocket of oil at Bull's Run Marina

          Al Jackson requests API standards for kerosene and any deviation
          from this std. of actual material spilled.

          Once weather clears, VA Game Commission personnel will be out in
          canoes upstream of marina to recheck entire stream and examine
          inside Beaver lodges.  Estimate 150-200 animals (beaver, mink, alter,
          muskrat) in affected area of stream.
         . 2 miles upstream of marina large fish kill occurred, fish on bank
          and laying on bottom 4-6 inches apart for 1.5 mil-es.

          OSC tasked VA State Water Control Board as site coordinator at new
          dam and upstream.

          OSC tasked Selby Jacobs as site coordinator for disposal of clean-up
          material  (ex. absorbent), located in Price William County landfill.

          Responsibility for Gun Club Site turned over to state.

  1330    Once bulk of oil removed at marina area, remove booms at Sandy Point
          and Fountainhead, and remove boom at water intake and replace with
          absorbent boom.

          OSC proposed that AST begin demobilizying Friday through Monday, if
          E. Watkins, SWCB, comfortable AST will leave site on Monday.

          U.S.C.G.  checking oil storage tank for total oil collected.

          Samples being taken at 5 Occoquam Reservoir assigned sampling points.

          Monitoring continues on 24 hour basis at invert dam.

          4 new filter fences installed in unnamed tributary all old filter
          fences to be removed.

          Clean-up  material being stored at PWC landfill, BURNING HAS BEGUN,
          2 - 3 WEEKS TO COMPLETE.

          No  new oiled birds, one oiled beaver sent to National Zoo.

          National  Zoo will have data on why beavers are dying in 2 - 3 weeks.

          OSC will  not phase  down operation if media projects doubts of comple-
          tion of clean-up in the public's mind or any question of danger of
          health effects on public.
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3/13/80
  1330    OSC tasked R. Turpin with notifying Colonial Pipeline that Colonial/
          Versar are not to release lab data to the press.
          Army personnel have been taking saturated sorbent out from behind
          fences and are working on then removing fences and opening stream.
  1800    Meeting held between local and State agencies and OSC regarding
          change over of responsibility for supervision of final clean-up
          operations.
  1930    200 gallons of kerosene remaining to be removed at Bul.l Marina
          197,360 gal. of recovered product determined by U.S.C.G.
          Colonial wants to add treatolite to collected product to remove
          all water, then regauge contained product value,
          OSC wants Colonial to recalculate estimate of material spilled
          and report back to OSC A.S.A.P.
          Another siphon dam being built just upstream of Rte. 234.
          Lance Heverly - Dept. of Transportation Office of Operation &
          Enforcement, on scene to investigate safety of pipe line that broke.
          No conclusions reached, to date.
          One live and well beaver captured today.
          Gulls going after dead fish below Marina, since no oil in this area,
          no longer will try to scare birds from area unless they begin going
          to Marina areas.
          No VA Park Authority on alert to report any dead fish reports to SWCB.
          Unofficial count of 400 dead fish in unnamed tributary to Bull Run.
          Burning of clean-up material will be no problem, approval from all
          affected regulatory agencies has been given.
          No sense of panic or adverse effects in newspaper regarding public
          health.
          Colonial intends to phase down their large no, of vac. trucks.  They
          will continue their sweep of river to force any trapped oil downstream.
          Will stay on 24 hour alert until all sheens removed from creek.
          OSC states "clean-up" costs for oil spills can range from $1 - $20/gal.
          not including restoration.
          Selby Jackson will be contact between citizens with complaints on
          property damage and Colonial.
          Aerial photos to be taken at both Manassas and Fredericksburg spills
          on 3/14/80.
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  1930

3/14/80
  0820
  1930
Scientific committee - recommends 24 mgl - carbon addition at water
treatment plant.
F.C.W.A. informed of decision to up carbon addition to 25 mg/1.
Lab data inconclusive, some type of interference ruled out.
At 0530 water treatment plant operating at 30 mg/1  powdered  carbon.
addition.
At 1900 hr. 3/13/80, sample pt 6 at surface value was 1800 ppb.
Contamination problem found for data collected on 3/12/80.  All data
for this day considered to be no good.
Data generated night of 3/14/80 has been analyzed at Edison  Lab.
They report readings are erroneous, on the high side.
1 gal. sample from intake and 1 gal. sample from effluent of water
treatment plant to be analyzed at Edison, N.J.
Mr. Gay has stated that he's confident that his plant can handle any
kerosene intrusion into his water intake system.
Hourly monitoring of water plant intake for odor.  Once odor noticed
at intake monitoring of odor at effluent will begin.  If odor detected
decision will be made whether to continue supplying water.
Hazleton Labs found as potential back up to Versar.
FDA tissue analysis will be ready on Monday, 3/17/80.
Kerosene 4000' upstream from water plant intake.
Versar states at 180 ppb kerosene people won't drink water because of
bad taste.
Aerial photos taken between 1315 and 1445 indicate considerable
runoff and sheen about a mile below Bull Run Marina.
No more than 50 gal left at Bull Run Marina site.
Sorbent boom backed by floating boom placed downstream of Bull Run
Marina to try and catch sheen.
Absorbent boom also placed just upstream of booms at Bull Run Marina to
capture sheen.
Crews are trying to remove debris as it's caught in boom.  No large
debris noticed.
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  1930
3/15/80

  1315
30GC gal. of wet product removed at Dam site at confluence unnamed
creek and Bull  Run.
1500 gal. of wet product removed at Dam site just upstream of Rte. 234
before high flows from runoff breached this dam.

State health people are not presently concerned about herring moving
upstream in Occoquan and encountering kerosene,

13,000 IDS. of clean-up material burned on 3/13/80.  No problems
being encountered with burning operation.

By 1200 hr. 3/16/80 Colonial will provide reestimate of total spill
volume.

New sorbent boom placed at harbor boom 2000' below Marina.

At water intake new sorbent boom placed in front of harbon boom.

Debris still being removed from booms.

One oiled  beaver captured last  night.  Necropsy of oiled beaver con-
firms  liver damage as cause of  death.
 As of 1200 hours 203,958 gal oil/water mixture recovery estimate by
 Colonial.

 New sorbent boom placed at harbor boom 2000' below Marina.

 At water intake new sorbent boom placed in front of harbor boom.

 Debris still being removed from booms.

 One oiled beaver captured last night.  Necropsy of oiled beaver confirms
 liver damage as cause of death.

 Results of sample sent to Edison N.J. on 3/14 are negative based on
 detection level of 50 ppb

 Sampling program *• twice a day, morning & afternoon by team of Versar
 and water authority.  Sampling at 2k and 20' depths.
 Versar to do TCO test.
 Water authority - taste and odor and TOC tests.
 Separate sampling by EPA to do fluorescent analysis to evaluate water
 column contamination.

 Water authority - taste and odor testing reveals leading edge of
 kerosene 2000  - 3000' from  intake.  Now using 50 ppm carbon.

 Water authority - projecting contaminant hit water intake area at 1700
 or  1800  hours. 3/15/80.

 Oil  soaked debris spotted entrapped in several cove areas 1/2 mile up-
 stream of Bull Run Marina.
 By  1600  hours  2 Navy booms will be removed and Army personnel pulled
 out.                       - 01  _

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3/15/80
   1315    Next sounding of product  recovery tanks by U.S.C.G. will  be Sunday
           3/16/80.

           Colonial  requested to repair dam just upstream of 234 and remove
           collected product at dam  and place sorbent material at dam.

           Unofficial total of 12 dead beavers to date.  State Game Commission
           still projecting total kill of  fur bearing animals on river.  Two
           deal oiled birds found yesterday.

           Eagles reported in spill  area,  however no problems expected.
  3/16/80

    0830
    0900
    0925
 Slug of kerosene moving through the reservoir system reached the water
 intakes at the dam on Staurday evening - Sunday morning, (3/15-3/16).
 The data generated by the Health Department at their consolidated labs in
 Richmond did not coordinate well within the TCO data generated by Versar.
 However, the concentration of kerosene in the finished water indicated
 no detectable kerosene either by the State lab or Versar.

  Overflight  indicates boom at dam  just  below WTP is damaged and pinned
  against intake.

  Sheen  from  Gun  Club to Marina.

  Work needs  to be  performed  in  cove immediately above Bull  Run marina.
                                                                          I
  Problem identified  with  the Versar sampling team in that they were
  sampling from the most contaminated  to  the  least contaminated sampling
  stations raising  some questions concerning  their capabilities and the
  reliability of  their past data-.

  Meeting
  OSC tasks  VA Water Control  Board and-Atlantic Strike Team as on-scene
  coordinator, in  his abscence.

  WTP reports  no odor in  finished water.

  WTP using  2-3  safety  factor  for  doseage  of carbon.

  Overflight determined  that  the  area adjacent to the soccer  field  (approx
      mile above marina) was  top  priority  clean-up location.
 o        S,tates Product collected to date from Manassas  is'
 £40,000 gal .

 Peak odors below Fountainhead.

 Based on odor test, appears now that for the latest slug of kerosene

                                   9°ne °ver the dam w1t
.in°debri?!
                                                         st111 has Product
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  3/16/80

    0925 2 vac.  trucks  will  remain on scene at Bull  Run Marina just in case
        needed.


        Atlantic Strike  Team Command Post moved  out due to oil  spill  in Miss.
        River AST now  down  to 3  personnel.

        All booms presently -in place to  remain.

        Oil soaked debris removal  has priority over boom replacement.
                                                                 \
        3rd dam completed on east  side of  rte 234.

        OSC to leave site on 3/16/80.

        State geologist to study ground in area of  pipe  break to establish  need
        for further oil' removal.                                  ..

        RRT meeting to be held in Manassas on 3/20.


        Sampling protocol worked out and coordination begun with Versar and
        Carl Lieberman to get them to use the same sampling stations and in
        fact the same sampling boat.  Sampling program consisted of collecting
        two samples a day at various depths at preselected sample stations.

        Scientific  coordinator now relying on TCO method as primary method for
        hard decisions.  Taste and odor tests to be used as quick-turnaround
        relative indication of the presence of the leading edge  of  the  slug  of
        oil  as it proceeded through the reservoir system.
        VA WCB & AST to determine & maintain long term recovery  points.
        (Placement of static booms & sorbent booms).

        Mobile command post to remain for time being.

        Damage Assessment Task Force - ERT to coordinate  this  and  determine  311
        activities that can be funded for this.

        Scope of work to be set up to evaluate available  &  needed  resources.

        U.S.  F & WL considering performing impact assessment study at  Patuxent
        Wildlife Research Lab, Laurel, MD to assess  effect  of  sea  gulls  feeding
        on contaminated .f-ish.

1400    On 3/15 odors noted in raw water supply  to water  treatment plant

1430    OSC left siteTto return to PhiladelpKIo.

1500    Contacted Bob Zebulkis, OSC Fredricksburg, informed him that we needed
        Mason & Hanger command Post Trailer as soon as it was  no  longer needed
        in Fredricksburg.

 ,800"  Odor  increased and  stayed  this way  thrown night, however, no odors
        after carbon adsorption.


                                                              20  ppm'break'
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    3/16/80
      1800
   Treatment  plant  now has adequate storage and supply of carbon.
   **Water  authority  has  special  account set up for costs incurred due to
   spill.

   Health Dept.  states that if breakthrough occurs at water plant  even after
   100  ppm  carbon addition immediate considerations will  be given  to shut
   down the plant.

   Soil  sampled  around pipe break site.

   Colonial begun working cove just upstream of Marina to remove oil
   trapped  debris.


   4 filter fences on unnamed  tributary  removed.

   Pit at break site  to  be pumped  out  again.

   Colonial reports reestimate of  336,000 gal. total spill for 35.6 mile
   of pipe line,  (distance between breaks Manassas & Fredricksburg).  This
   is increase of 169,000 gal. over previous estimate for Manassus.
       1830    U.S.C.6., SWCB, & EPA notified  Colonial  that  they  expect J & L to provide
               better performance on clean up  of oil  entrapped debris  in coves upstream
               of Bull Run Manna or new contractor will be  brought  in          "P^ream
                           f i that C°lonial have a contingency plan  that can  be put into
                           & L crew does not produce  positive results by "1000 hrs., 3/17.
3/17/80
   0850
EPA l;ab data now being given in ppb total  fluorescent  organics.
EPA data for 3/16/80 indicates present slug  of kerosene moving downstream
towards water treatment plant is already partially  past Occoquan  Dam.
Versar data also tends to indicate kerosene  slug  already  begun passing  dam.

State Lab in Richmond reports that samples taken  3/16/80,  0730 hrs.  show in-
fluent to WTP plant - 350 ppb kerosene \ effluent  -  not detectable.

Damage assessment task force to meet again tomorrow.

6 - 12 sea gulls that are eating dead fish to  be  shot  today  for analysis
to assess damage to birds, if any, from eating the  contaminated fish.

Weather; raining with heavy rain expected for this afternoon.

Operation at cove greatly improved today.  Have requested  aid from  Dave
Brown, Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, for  removal of  large
wooden debris.                                                          •

Joint effort today by Colonial & U.S.C.G.  to make new  gauging of
product recovery tanks.

Debris still trapped against booms - removal to continue.

New sorbent material to be placed at all 3 dams on  unnamed tributary.

SWCB on alert for possible fish kill downstream of  Occoquan  Dam

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3/17/80
   0850   on 3/18/80 canoe trip beginning at unnamed trip confluence will be
          undertaken to evaluate spill area down to Marina.  Will also note wildlife
          situation and any unidentified remaining pockets of oil or oil entrapped
          debris.
          Last aerial photos to be taken on       3/19     so as to be available
          for RRT meeting.
          Damage Assessment Task Force conference to be field at 0900 on 3/18/80.
          to define preliminary scope of work.
          FDA fish tissue analysis to be available on 3/18.
          State WCB geologist on scene evaluating potential groundwater contamination.
          Sea gull shooting put off  till tomorrow.
          Static boom locations:
              1)  Bull Run Marina -  upstream of bridge - harbor & sorbent boom
                                  -  downstream   "     - sorbent boom
              2)  1000' below Marina - leave harbor & sorbent booms presently there
                   in place.
              3)  Gun Club - sorbent boom
     •         4)  Old Centreville Road C616) - sorbent boom
              5)  Water Plant Intake - harbor & sorbent booms
              6)  Maintain 3 dams on unnamed tributary.
           Federal cost as of 3/14/80 estimated to be $183,000.  Using $35/day
           room & expenses for personnel.
           Boom debris removal going'real good.  Removal operations at cove going
           real  good.
           Coast Guard boom being removed, to be replaced by Colonial  boom.
           Product Recovery:
               Colonial  Utility Tank      160,566 gallons
               Texaco Tank                110,670   "
               Chantilly                   16.884  "
                                  Total   288,120   "
           OSC has requested increase in ceiling of pollution fund for Manassas,
           VA. to $300,000.
           Steve Dorrler and Tom Grizzard recommended that sediment sampling be
           undertaken.
           Dr. Dean, Pr.  Wm. Co. Health Dept.  advised of local  concern for around
           water contamination
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3/18/80
   0815   Geologist for SWCB proposes to set up series of monitoring wells to eval-
          uate groundwater contamination using existing private water supply wells
          and drill any new wells as needed.
          Clean-up of large cove very close to completion.
          AST & SWCB to set up program of long term monitoring and operations.
          Conference on damage assessment held today encompassing all interested
          agencies, federal, state and local.
   1030   Colonial states that failure of pipeline at Manassas was due to
          corrosion.
          On 3/17/80, 3 loads of contaminated material (5.6 tons) taken to
          landfill.
   1800   Steve Dorrler, ERT, left scene to return to Edison, N.J.
          Wayne Jackson reports that Colonial is doing a  good job in the big
          cove.
   1550   Overflight reveals that Bull Run apparently returning to pre spill
          condition, 5 mallards observed swimming in creek.
   1700   Wayne Jackson turned OSC responsibilities over  to SWCB personnel.
                               Situation 3/26/80
3/19/80
   0900   2000'  of boom now in place
          2nd largest cove has been cleaned
          3rd cove to be cleaned today      ,.
          Colonial to put up fence which meets PWC reqmts. around dam at
          confluence unnamed trib. and Bull Run.
          Beaver and muskrat carcasses to Patuxent Lab for hydrocarbon
          analysis.
                                    *
          Canoe trip today.
          RRT meeting to be held tomorrow at 2:00.
  1700    All 5 static boom locations still being maintained.
          Lower dam on unnamed trib still maintaining integrity.
          Light sheen noticeable just upstream of marina.
          Decision made not to go into cove area with a backhoe and dig out
          contaminated soil since we could create a  worse  environmental
          situation than what we now have.
                                   - 96  -.

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       3/20/80

                RRT meeting held to discuss future plans.

                Water Treatment Plant requested help on disposing of PAC sludge
                in treatment plants.

       3/21/80

         1000   Tom Massey left site to return to Philadelphia,

                FDA's John Dietrick called and advised no  kerosene detected in
                fish tissue samples from all 3 stations for detection limit of
                1 ppm.

         1730   Colonial reports fencing at lacge dam completed,  boom replaced,
                sorbents changed at all 3 dams.
       3/24/80
                At Bull Run Marina very little sheen was observed behind the booms.
                A large site of debris had been pulled from behind the booms.

                SWCB advised Colonial  that depending on tomorrows overflight and a
                check with local government, they would probably allow the booms to
                be pulled out.
       3/25/80
                Overflight shows downstream of the cove, very strong rainbow.
                Cove area looked good.

                Colonial advised that booms not to be removed until  sheen was
                less strong.

3/26/80
           Water authority is still  collecting samples although the frequency is
           now once per day.  Versar is not running anything.  20 ppm of PAC is
           still being added to the treatment plant.

           Colonial advised they can remove booms from  stream tomorrow but to keep
           them around for a week because of the Park Authority interest in oiled
           debris at Fountainhead marina.  Also advised to leave in large dam for
           a couple of weeks.

           SWCB contacting local agencies for input on water quality, if no objection
           static booms and dam to be removed.
           SWCB monitoring booms daily.
           Colonial has begun contacting people whose property affected  due to spill
           and/or clean-up including No. Va. Park Authority.

          - Sampling and analysis program continuing
           Water treatment plant considering ending activated carbon treatment.

           Incineration operation for oil soaked debris continuing at Prince William
           County Landfill.

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4/1/80



4/2/80
4/3/80
   1350

4/8/80
State geologist recommend that contaminated soil in spill site area •
be removed down to 2 inches.

Tom Massey discussed 311 studies and assessment of long term damage.

OSC attended NRT meeting
All containment booms out

Little visible sheen observed at Bull Run Marina.


Woodward & Clyde Associates hired by EPA to assess extent of contamination
under Sect. 311 funding.


No sheen noticeable.

Lower Dam  staying until contaminated earth around break site removed. .

P.W.C. personnel to monitor earth removal and dam stability and water
quality marina area.

Occoquan Lab now performing sampling on once a week basis.

Water Treat Plant still adding carbon (20 ppm).

Groundwater contamination study and sediment contamination analysis
to be performed.

Shoreline  survey for vegetation damage to be studied.

Pitt Oil Inc. has bought recovered product from Manassas
Robb St.
McKees Rock, Pa.  15136
412-777-3900 (Fred Grove)                                            .  -
Started hauling it out on,4/2/80


OSC spoke  with Al Millet, RRT rep Virginia WCB concerning Extent of
Contamination meeting on 4/9/80.

Colonial in the process of removing soil on the East side of rt 234.

State Health Dept. reports March 22 was the last time FCWA detected an
odor at the intake.  Also reported March 28 as the date when carbon feed
was discontinued.
    4/9/80
              Field Surveillance shows at west side of Rt 234  oil  is  still bleeding
              out, slight sheen is present.

              East side of 234 ground had been scraped.

              Large pit on west side of 234, oil  and water observed,  needs to be
              pumped.

              At large dam; a sheen was present.
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Thomas I. Massey
Federal On-Scene Coordinator
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