1 Farmland Industries informed the OSEI Corporation that, they had an oil spill covering approximately one mile.
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2 The U.S. EPA Regional Response Team VI approved the use of OSEII to be applied to this U.S. Navigable water spill.
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3 A U.S. EPA contractor official met with OSEI Corporation officials to determine how much OSE II would be needed
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4 OSEI personel along with Michael Yyuan from Taiwan, and Mr. Tree from China extracted samples for initial test evaluation
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5 Mr. Yyann wore a mask due to the hydrocarbon smell
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6 The spill came from a rupture in the pipeline running over the creek behind the two visitors
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7 Rocks were turned over to see how much oil absorbed under the rocks along creek
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8 Booms were placed across the creek at the end of the spill contaminated area to trap free floating oil being mobilized off the rocks and soil
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9 A large water tank was brought in to mix OSE II with
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10 Water was extracted out of a well to fill the water tank.
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11 The water tank then had OSE II mixed in it.
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12 The same pumper system that filled the water tank was used to apply OSE II once the water was mixed in the tank.
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13 Drums of OSE II were staged in several areas along the spill area
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14 Farmland Industries personel applying OSE II mixed with water to the spill
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15 Farmland personel applying OSE II to the entire spill area
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16 OSE II was applied up to and just past the pipeline where the break occured
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17 OSE II was applied was applied first at the highest point and then application continued until the lowest point of the oil spill was reached.
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18 OSE II was applied with some pressure to the rocks
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19 OSE II was applied with very little pressure to the oiled soil area's
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20 within 20 minutes the oil started lifting and mobilizing from the rocks and soil
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21 The initial oil TPH was 41,000 ppm of heavy oil and the diesel TPH was 11,000 ppm initially
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22 The diesel TPH was ND non detect after the 30 day testing was performed and the heavy hydrocarbons was down to 39,000 ppm, however in 90 days the h
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