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Home My WebLink AboutNCS000250_Email RE Oil Spill NCDOT Notification_20231025 Prakash, Varun From: Owens, Wesley A Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 7:23 AM To: Prakash, Varun; Dumpor, Samir; Moore, Bill;Tankard, Robert; Stone, Carrie; Edwards, Jared; Toppen, Sarah A; Barkes, Richard W; Morris, Marty W Cc: McDaniel, Andrew H.; Lipscomb, Brian S Subject: Re: Kinston jetport oil spill incident Varun— This email is a follow-up to you regarding the spill incident that occurred at North Carolina Global TransPark(GTP) on 10/6/23,that was reported verbally to NCDEQ by Ronald Beaver with FlyExclusive (LGM Enterprises), who is an tenant here at GTP. We wanted to make sure to clearly inform NCDEQ of the following: • The spill occurred on GTP's apron in front of Kinston Jet Center when an aircraft was being refueling with Jet-A fuel by a refueler truck. • The spill was caused by an improperly secured fuel tank component. • The refueler truck operator implemented emergency shutdown procedures, and the duration of release lasted approximately 60 seconds. • The estimated spill volume was approximately 50 gallons. • The Jet-A fuel spill was completely contained on the apron. • At no time did any portion of the spill enter the storm drainage system (which includes any apron storm drain inlet or any adjacent drainage ditch). • Therefore, no portion of the spill was discharged off-site. • The fuel spill was cleaned up immediately by on-site personnel, using appropriate on-site spill response materials. • The used spill response materials which included six fuel socks, 2 pillows, and 13 bags of speedy dry,were properly cleaned up and disposed. • NCGTP staff are working on assessing our after-incident corrective actions, which include discussions with FlyExclusive staff and will include the incorporation of this incident into our ongoing stormwater pollution prevention and spill prevention and response training program as a lessons learned/training moment here at NCGTP for all our tenants. In addition, the FlyExclusive company safety officer was notified and is working with FlyExclusive staff to make sure this incident will not reoccur. We wanted to make sure that we definitively clarified to NCDEQ that "no oil discharge left the apron". We are not sure where the image in your email originated from, but we recommend not using it in records associated with this spill incident since it is mislabeled as "ditch that may lead discharge to surface waters". Since no portion of the spilled fuel left the apron, there is no discharge that may reach surface waters. Please let me know if you have any other questions related to this spill incident. I can be reached via email at waowensl@ncdot.gov or via telephone at 828-557-1287. Wesley A. Owens, PE Stormwater Operations Management Roadside Environmental Unit North Carolina Department of Transportation 919 707 2924 office 1 828 557 1287 cell waowens1 @ncdot.gov 1 South Wilmington Street 1557 Mail Service Center(MAIL) Raleigh, NC 27699-1557 IL � � a From: Prakash, Varun <Varun.Prakash@deq.nc.gov> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 4:06 PM To: rbeaver@flyexclusive.com; Lipscomb, Brian S<blipscomb@ncdot.gov>; McDaniel,Andrew H. <ahmcdaniel@ncdot.gov> Cc: Dumpor, Samir<samir.dumpor@deq.nc.gov>; Moore, Bill <bill.moore@deq.nc.gov>;Tankard, Robert <robert.tankard@deq.nc.gov>; Stone, Carrie<carrie.chapman.stone@deq.nc.gov>; Edwards,Jared <jared.edwards@deq.nc.gov>; Barkes, Richard W<rbarkes@ncdot.gov>;Toppen, Sarah A<Sarah.Toppen@deq.nc.gov> Subject: Kinston jetport oil spill incident Hi Ronald, Further to our conversation on 10/16/2023 for reporting the 50-gallon jet fuel spill on the hanger/runway at Kinston Regional Jetport(near building#2730) on 10/6/2023. Based on this information and spill location indicated in the map screenshot below, it is likely that the jet fuel from this spill may have contacted surface waters (Stonyton creek and Neuse River). This facility has NPDES stormwater permit NCS000250 with NCDOT as the Permittee. Permit is attached here for your reference. As per section 3.7.2 of the stormwater permit, the Permittee shall implement a spill response program for non-roadway NCDOT facilities that are owned and operated by the Permittee. Along with spill response,the Permittee must also take steps to mitigate any discharge in violation of this permit. Please confirm what all steps were taken to contain the spill. Oil spills need to be reported to the respective agencies as given in the link below: https://www.deg.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-quality-regional-operations/emergency- response#OilSpil Is-4167 I have copied contact persons from other NCDEQ agencies for reference. 2 • I ' J 1 I ' I SP -1 Ocateion ' . - a p p r0 )..( . J f 5�k.�i��!rv� •.1.r.:C r L S4 f�• -` ditch that may lead discharge =rt to surface waters • • i i� o D— E aunt ai'€n4N�K�ns�n.�.,i�� Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. Email correspondence to and from this sender is subject to the N.C. Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. 4