Table A-10. Beach Cleanup Procedure for Schuylkill River 

 Flooding Oil Spill 



Item 

 Date 



Location 

 Product Spilled 

 Quantity 

 Circumstances 



Extent of Contami- 

 nation 



Cleanup Procedure 



Remarks 



23 June 1972 



Douglasville , PA 



Sludge Oil 



6,000,000 gallons 



Heavy rains from hurricane caused overflow of 

 oil stored in diked lagoons adjacent to river. 



About 30 miles of shoreline contaminated. 



Used front-end loader to pick up oil and trash 

 from edge of river bank. Acciamulated trash was 

 dumped in railroad hopper cars on a track which 

 ran parallel to the river. 



Reference 22 



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