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Northwestern Selecta (NWS) Diesel Discharge

 
Site Contact:
Carlos Huertas
OSC

(huertas-hernandez.carlos@epa.gov)

Site Location:
796 Calle C Urbanización Industrial Mario Juliá
San Juan, PR 00920
 response.epa.gov/NWSDieselDischarge
NRC#: 1197085

On Monday November 13, 2017 the USEPA responded to a diesel oil spill in the Municipality of San Juan. An EPA OSC visited the Site and learned that an unknown amount of diesel fuel was discharged into the storm water drain, threatening the nearby estuary.

This project is being conducted under the authority of the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90). This project is being funded with federal money from the OPA90 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.


Partial view of a section of the channel by PR-22. Partial view of a section of the channel by PR-22. Clean Harbors conducting clean-up. Partial view of a section of the channel by PR-22. Preliminary investigation inside the NWS property. NWS diesel storage tank that supplies generator. View of the storm water drain impacted by oil discharge. View of the sidewalk at 15th street (facing southeast). View of the storm water drain impacted by oil discharge. Sorbent pads deployed in various sections of the channel as part of the response activities. View of 15th street (facing north) during a rain event. Partial view of the impacted channel (end of concrete section). Containment structures built on the sidewalk of 15th street. Partial view of one of the containment structures during construction. Partial view of the impacted channel. Partial view of the impacted channel. Partial view of the impacted channel. Partial view of the impacted channel by PR-22.
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