| Spill Type: | Spill | Facility Name/No.: | SPILL/RELEASE POINT / |
| Facility Type: | SPILL OR RELEASE | Facility Status: | CL |
| Date of Discovery: | 11/12/2014 | Date Closed: | 6/24/2015 |
| Operator: | MURFIN DRILLING COMPANY INC | Operator Number: | 61650 |
| County: | BACA - #009 | Location: | NW NE 1 35s46w |
| Doc Number: | 400730315 | Lat/Long: | 37.031888 / -102.550222 Source: ACTUAL based On LatLong |
Municipality
(if within municipal boundaries): | -- |
| Waters of the State: | | Impacted Media: | |
Related Remediation Project Number
if work proceeding under an approved Form 27: | N/A |
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| Spill Description: |
| The float switch, controlling on/off of transfer pump from 5000 bbl raw water tank to 1500 bbl clear water tank, failed in the on position allowing the clear water tank to fill completely and overflow to 300 bbl emergency overflow tank. The equalizing line between the overflow tank and the other (2) 300 bbl emergency overflow tanks was plugged likely due to 6 F temperature. Since the emergency overflow was limitied to 300 bbl the pumper, who received an alarm before the clear water tank overflowed, could not get to the plant before the overflow tank filled up and spilled. The pumper arrived and shut the field down. All spilled fluid was contained in the tank berm. 100 bbls of SW was recovered with vacuum truck and hauled to a commercial SWD well. 70 bbls of oily sludge/paraffin was recovered and transported to a commercial waste facility. Contaminated soil (all from within the tank berm) will be hauled to a commercial waste facility |
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