NYC FD COMMUNICATIONS (Spill #0109967) is a program facility involved in a spill incident in STATEN ISLAND recorded by the Division of Environmental Remediation of NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The contributing factor is Tank Test Failure. The inclident source is Vessel. The spill occurred on January 16, 2002. The received date is January 16, 2002. The case was closed on November 6, 2008.
| Spill Number | 0109967 |
| Program Facility Name | NYC FD COMMUNICATIONS |
| Address | 65 Slosson Ave Staten Island |
| County | Richmond |
| Spiller Name | MCHALE ALISHILER |
| Spiller Company | NYC FD COMMUNICATIONS |
| Spiller Address | 65 Slosson Ave Staten Island ZZ 001 |
| Contact Name | MCHALE ALISHILER |
| Telephone | (718) 784-6568 |
| SWIS Code | 4301 |
| DEC Region | 2 |
| Spill Date | 2002-01-16 |
| Received Date | 2002-01-16 |
| Close Date | 2008-11-06 |
| Contributing Factor | Tank Test Failure |
| Source | Vessel |
| DEC Lead | JAKOLLEE |
| Dispatcher ID | 397 |
| Reported By | Other |
| Happened After Hours | False |
| Material Name | #2 fuel oil |
| Material Family | Petroleum |
| Units | Gallons |
| Material Classification | B3 |
| Meet Standards | False |
| Penalty | False |
| Federal UST Trust Eligible | False |
| Site ID | 129243 |
| Program Type | ER |
| Facility ID | 111426 |
| Caller Remark | TANK TEST FAILURE |
| DEC Remark | Prior to Sept, 2004 data translation this spill Lead_DEC Field was KOLLEENY KOLLEENY OF DEC SPOKE TO GREGORY SUHR (CALLER) ON 1/16/02; SUHR DOESN'T BELIEVE TANK IS LEAKING NOW, BUT NOT SURE IF ANY PRODUCT WAS RELEASED INTO SOIL. THEY WILL EXCAVATE TO FIND PROBLEM AND MAKE REPAIRS, THEN RE-TEST. Kolleeny spoke with Tony Caggiano (of LiRo?) on 9/27/02, who stated that leak was in ullage portion of tank - dry leak, so tank was left in service. However, he said it would be removed and replaced in mid or late October 2002. Kolleeny instructed him to file a PBS Application Form prior to tank work, and to notify Kolleeny in advance of tank removal. - JK 7/24/03: Kolleeny reviewed July 2003 Tank Closure Report submitted by LiRo, prepared by Gemstar Construction Corp. Rpt summarized removal of 4,000-gallon heating oil UST, which failed tightness test in Jan. 2002. Results of end-point samples showed some SVOCs above TAGM 4046 cleanup guidelines, suggesting possible release of petroleum from tank system to environment. Kolleeny sent letter to Afsar Samani of NYCDDC requesting a work plan for a site investigation to determine extent and severity of petroleum impacts to soil and GW, including installation of at least 3 monitoring wells, with soil and GW sampling, and collection of soil sample at fill port, which wasn't investigated during UST closure, with installation of well at fill port if soil contamination is encountered. - JK 9/23/03: Kolleeny received letter from Afsar Samani of NYCDDC stating that they agree additional investigation should be conducted, but that DDC is in process of closing out old contracts and procuring new contracts for continuation of UST/Remediation Program, and that once new contracts have been awarded, DDC will address this site. - JK 12/24/2003-Vought-See closed spill #0210112 at same location. 1/8/04: Kolleeny sent email to Afsar Samani of NYCDDC reminding her of her 9/23/03 letter which stated that once DDC has new contracts in place, this site would be addressed, and asking her to inform Kolleeny when site has been assigned to new construction management firm to develop site investigation plan. - JK 06/13/08: Renee Wong of Roux Assoc. sent email on 6/11/08 saying that they're preparing investigation plan, but are trying to determine location of former tank & fill port. - JK 09/25/08: On 9/23/08, received email from Renee Wong of Roux Assoc.: We recently had NAEVA conduct geophysical survey at this site to prepare for soil borings. I have attached map of their findings and our soil boring work plan (LiRo tank closure report included). [Work plan plus LiRo tank closure rpt in eDocs.] I understand you had wanted borings before closing out spill number. However, since tank was removed in 2002, a new building has been built over tank grave (see Fig. 3). According to FDNY employees at site, area had also been excavated a few times (no documentation found). And geophysical survey shows that area is dense in buried underground utilities. Proposed boring locations were chosen at points that were a safe distance away, but close to building under which tank was located. Given complexity of this site, is there a way to go about this without having to do borings? Can you make other suggestions on how to proceed with closure of spill? Or, if borings are absolutely needed, can we reduce number of borings/wells we've proposed, to minimize amount of intrusive work? I reviewed work plan and sent email reply: I'd be uncomfortable closing spill without any investigation. To reduce number of borings (and cost of investigation), I suggest using geoprobe rather than hollow-stem auger drill rig, drilling borings at 4 locations to collect soil samples and installing temporary wells to take groundwater grab samples, as follows: 1. One boring/well point at proposed location for RXSB-01, or further to east if possible; 2. One boring/well point at proposed location for RXSB-04/RXMW-02; 3. One boring/well point at proposed location for RXSB-06; 4. One boring/well point at proposed location for RXSB-07, or a little to east if possible. Your site location map shows that Clove Lake and Richmond Lake are located more or less to east of site, so I am guessing that local groundwater flow may be eastward toward lakes. All your proposed well locations are on west side of building, so I'm concerned that they might miss groundwater plume, if one exists. In fact, it would be even better if you could manage to get in well point directly east of building, near air conditioners beside larger building. If that's not feasible, I'd be content with locations I suggested. If you think that geoprobe may not be able to get down to water table and want to go with auger drill rig, I would ask for 3 wells and 2 soil borings (5 drilling locations instead of 7 you proposed), but wells should be installed at locations of proposed boring RXSB-01 (or a little to east), proposed boring/well RXSB-04/RXMW-02, and proposed boring RXSB-07, with soil borings being advanced (1) at your proposed location for boring/well RXSB-03/RXMW-01 (or in between that location and location for boring/well RXSB-02/RXMW-03) and (2) at your proposed location for RXSB-06. Can you please revise and resubmit Roux's investigation work plan? - J. Kolleeny 10/02/08: Reviewed revised Site Investigation Work Plan by Roux, dated 10/1/08 (in eDocs). Plan proposes drilling 6 temporary wells, with soil and groundwater sampling, and if contam is encountered at any drilling location, a permanent well will be installed there and at minimum of two other drilling locations, to triangulate and determine GW flow direction. Sent approval letter (in eDocs) to Afsar Samani of DDC, cc's to Roux and Greyhawk. - J. Kolleeny 10/29/08: Got phone call from Afsar Samani and Fatemeh Ashkan of NYCDDC, who explained that implementing investigation plan at site would be very difficult due to layout of building over former tank area and multitude of subsurface utilities, and urging me to reconsider need for additional investigation. I reviewed 12/27/02 Gemstar Tank Closure Rpt (in eDocs as part of Roux's investigation work plan) and found that, although conclusions section states that VOCs and SVOCs were detected in end-point samples and recommendations section states that additional investigation and remediation should be performed, this appears to be boiler-plate language from other reports, since body of text indicates that no VOCs, only a few PAH compounds, were detected in end-pt samples. Furthermore, text states that no holes or corrosion were observed in tank, and no evidence of contamination was observed in soil beneath tank. I called Afsar and told her Roux should submit a spill closure request. - JK 11/07/08: Received pdf of 11/3/08 Spill Closure Request (in eDocs) from Renee Wong of Roux on 11/5/08. Document summarizes tank closure report end-point sample data indicating only a few SVOCs detected above TAGM 4046, notes that large amount of additional soil was excavated for construction of current on-site building over former UST area, that GW is estimated to be about 40 feet below grade, and that large number of subsurface utilities are present at site, and concludes that additional investigation is not warranted. I concur, so closed spill case and sent NFA letter (in eDocs) to DDC on 11/7/08. - J. Kolleeny |
| Create Date | 2002-01-16 |
| Record Update Date | 2008-11-07 10:39:39.273000000 |
| Street Address |
65 SLOSSON AVE |
| City | STATEN ISLAND |
Address: 65 Slosson Ave, Staten Island Spill Date: 2003-01-07 Contributing Factor: Tank Failure Material Name: #2 fuel oil |
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Address: 321 Manor Rd, Staten Island Spill Date: 2012-03-26 Contributing Factor: Equipment Failure Material Name: diesel |
Address: 39 Knox Place, Staten Island Spill Date: 1995-09-05 Contributing Factor: Equipment Failure Material Name: #2 fuel oil |
Address: 321 Manor Road, Staten Island Spill Date: 2004-06-08 Contributing Factor: Unknown Material Name: diesel |
Address: 321 Manor Road, Staten Island Spill Date: 1999-04-15 Contributing Factor: Equipment Failure Material Name: diesel |
Address: 276 Potter Avenue, Staten Island Spill Date: 1995-07-19 Contributing Factor: Tank Failure Material Name: #2 fuel oil |
Address: 66 Utter Avenue, Staten Island Spill Date: 1996-02-13 Contributing Factor: Equipment Failure Material Name: #2 fuel oil |
Address: 321 Manor Road, Staten Island Spill Date: 2001-03-11 Contributing Factor: Human Error Material Name: motor oil |
Address: 321 Manor Road, Staten Island Spill Date: 2000-07-10 Contributing Factor: Equipment Failure Material Name: diesel |
Address: 11 Governa Rd, Staten Island Spill Date: 1994-12-06 Contributing Factor: Tank Failure Material Name: unknown petroleum |
Address: 265 Industrial Park Drive, Kirkwood, 13795 Spill Date: 2021-04-26 Contributing Factor: Equipment Failure Material Name: #2 fuel oil |
Address: 496 Mcconkey Drive, Tonawanda Spill Date: 1996-02-07 Contributing Factor: Deliberate Material Name: waste oil/used oil |
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Address: 16 Old State Rd, Poland, Newport T Spill Date: 1994-01-31 Contributing Factor: Equipment Failure Material Name: antifreeze |
Address: 54 Central Ave, Owego Spill Date: 2001-07-08 Contributing Factor: Human Error Material Name: degreaser |
Address: 44 Holworthy St, Rochester, 14606 Spill Date: 1989-11-22 Contributing Factor: Unknown Material Name: gas condenser |
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