ARIZONA DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
UNIT
INCIDENT REPORT
FORM
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Report Taken By: Steve
Calderon |
Phone
#: (602) 207-4163 |
Date
Reported: 9-10-04 |
Time
Reported: 1241 hours |
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ERU
#: 05-022-J |
AZSERC
#: � |
NRC
#: � |
Provisional I.D. #: |
CALLER INFORMATION:
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Caller
Name: Jeff Campbell |
Title:
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Organization:
Phelps Dodge Baghdad |
Address:
Phelps Dodge Baghdad Inc.� Baghdad, AZ
86321 |
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Phone
#: (928) 633-3235 |
Incident
Date: 9-10-04 |
Incident
Time: 1211 hours |
Other: |
POTENTIAL RESPONSIBLE PARTY INFORMATION:
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Potential Responsible Party
Name: �Phelps Dodge Baghdad |
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Address:
Phelps Dodge, Baghdad, AZ 86321 |
City:
�Baghdad |
County:
Yavapai |
State:
AZ |
Zip Code: 86321 ������ |
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Phone
#: (928) 633-3235 |
2nd
Phone #: |
Other: |
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INCIDENT LOCATION/INFORMATION:
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Site
Location Description/Directions: � |
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Street
Address: Phelps Dodge, Baghdad, AZ 86321 |
City:
Baghdad |
County:
Yavapai |
State:
AZ |
Zip Code: �86321 ������� |
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GPS
Coordinates: |
Highway
# & Milepost # |
Railroad Milepost #.9 |
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INCIDENT DESCRIPTION:
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Incident
Type\Description: �Sulfuric Acid Spill |
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Incident
Source: Pipe |
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Incident
Cause: �Crack in process pipe which was
connected to a storage tank |
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Affected
Media (air, soil, water); Extent, Body of Water Name: Soil |
MATERIALS INVOLVED:
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Material
Name: |
CAS
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Physical
State: |
Container
Type: |
Quantity
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Units: |
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Sulfuric
Acid |
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Liquid |
Tank |
354 |
Gallons |
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DAMAGE DESCRIPTION:
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Responding
OSC: |
Responsible
for Cleanup: Phelps Dodge |
Referred To: |
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#
of Injuries: |
#
of Deaths: |
Property Damage in $: |
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Evacuation Zone: |
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Remedial
Action: Pump standing acid and remove contaminated soil |
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Environmental
Consultant/Cleanup Contractor� (Name
and Address): |
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ADITIONAL DETAILS/COMMENTS:
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The ADEQ Emergency Response Unit
(ERU) personnel received a notification of a spill of sulfuric acid from a
cracked pipeline |
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located at the Phelps Dodge facility
in Baghdad, Arizona on September 10, 2004.�
Approximately 354 gallons of sulfuric acid was |
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released into a secondary containment
area due to the cracked line.� �The contaminated soil in the retention area
was removed along |
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with standing acid and returned to a
nearby leach pad for recovery.� This
occurred in the SX-EW plant on Phelps Dodge property, |
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no offsite release had occurred.� |