Table EIR 8. Hazardous waste incident, industrial waste discharge into Airplane 

 Bayou, Escambia County (Teaf 1980). 



Personal damage: None . 



Environmental damage: An estimated 20,000 poeciliid fish were killed. 



Economic damage: Cost to the State of Florida for tracing, controlling 

 and abating the pollution was estimated at $455.22. Penalty damages for 

 fish kill were settled for $600.00. 



Cause of problem: Malfunction of an industrial waste treatment lift (pump) 

 station at the U.S. Navy Aircraft Rework Facility, Pensacola. 



Type and quantity of hazardous waste: Approximately 80,000 gal of untreated 

 industrial . wastes, primarily paint sludges containing oils, grease and 

 phenols . 



Date of incident: 12 January 1979. 



Location: U.S. Navy Aircraft Rework Facility in Pensacola. Discharge was 

 into Airplane Bayou near this facility. 



Narrative: On 12 January 1979 a lift (pump) station malfunction at the 

 U.S. Navy Aircraft Rework Facility in Escambia County caused approximately 

 80,000 gal of untreated industrial sludge to be discharged into Airplane 

 Bayou. This sludge contained primarily grease, oils and phenols. As a 

 result of this spill, about 20,000 fish were killed. 



The Navy signed a Department of Environmental Regulation (DER) consent 

 order in August 1979 thereby agreeing to reimburse the State of Florida 

 for pollution control efforts and for damages resulting from the fish kill. 

 Reimbursement for pollution control amounted to $455.72. Damages were 

 settled for a total of $600.00. The Navy also agreed to submit operation 

 and emergency procedures designed to prevent a recurrence of the problem. 



The waste sludges produced by the Navy at the rework facility had been 

 of concern since at least 1976. Several laboratory analyses were conducted 

 to determine the types and relative amounts of hazardous materials present 

 in the sludge. The results of these analyses showed the presence of 

 phenols, some heavy metals, and other substances classified as hazardous. 

 This knowledge required changing disposal procedures which had previously 

 consisted of dumping the sludge in a nearby landfill. A decision was made 

 to ship the sludge to the Chemical Waste Management of Alabama waste dis- 

 posal facility in Livingston, AL . 



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