Posted on 10.26.21
Oil Spill Temporarily Shut Down Sanitary Sewer System But Did Not Harm Waterways, Says DEC
Source: https://rcbizjournal.com/, October 26, 2021
By: Tina Traster
A cleanup team is nearing the end of an oil spill remediation at the HNA Palisades Premier Conference Center in Orangetown that began on Aug. 30th, according to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
The 5,600-gallon fuel spill, which the DEC defined as “significant,” began when a pump in a day tank in the basement malfunctioned. The main 20,000-gallon tank feeds into the day tank, which has a capacity of about 300 gallons of fuel. The DEC said spillage from inside the boiler room basement mainly went into the footing drain, the sump, and the town sewer line. Read more.
