DOWINV07052006PHOTOSIII FOLLOW UP WESTERN KY PARKWAY SPILL 210263 I272 HOPKINS COUNTY MM 30 EASTBOUN

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DOWINV07052006PHOTOSIII FOLLOW UP WESTERN KY
PARKWAY SPILL 210263 I272 HOPKINS COUNTY MM 30
EASTBOUND LANE AFTER A NIGHT OF RAIN

• by L. PEYTON ADAMS
• MADISONVILLE REGIONAL OFFICE
• KENTUCKY DIVISION OF WATER

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WRECK SITE WHERE CAB WAS PULLED OUT WITH HALF
DOLLAR SIZE SHEEN WASHING UP OUT OF SOIL.
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CAB AREA AFTER A NIGHT OF RAIN
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THREE STAKED BOOMS OF AES STILL CLEAN AFTER A
NIGHT OF RAIN
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MAIN PUDDLE AREA BELOW DITCH CAB ENTRY POINT
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UPPER CLEAN BOOM
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SHEEN IN EDDY CURRENT ABOVE THE BOOM TRAPPED IN
VEGETATION READY FOR MANUAL PADDING. DITCH SMELL
DECREASED AFTER AES VACUUM TRUCK FINISHED
CLEANING THE DITCH JUST BEFORE THE HARD RAIN
BEGAN YESTERDAY
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STAKED IN BY AES BOOM STILL NOT DISCOLORING BELOW
THE 6 INCH DIAMETER SHEEN CAUGHT IN EDDY CURRENT
IN UPPER PUDDLE. THIS IS THE UPPER BOOM
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BOOM NEAR MIDDLE STAKED IN BY AES BEFORE THE HARD
RAIN AND STILL CLEAN AFTER AES VACUUMED THE DITCH
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LOWER BOOM JUST BEFORE THE CONCRETE TROUGH
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CLEAN STAKED IN BOOM LOOKING UPSTREAM TOWARD THE
WRECK SITE WHERE THE CAB ENTERED
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STREAM BELOW THE SPILL SITE SHEEN FREE. THIS IS
DOWNSTREAM FROM THE HEADWALL
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LOOKING BACK UPSTREAM FROM THE HEADWALL AT THE
ERODED CONCRETE TROUGH AND THE WHITE BOOM JUST
BEFORE THE CONCRETE
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CAB ENTRY POINT WHERE THE PADS WERE PLACED THE
NIGHT OF THE SPILL WITHOUT A SHEEN IN THIS AREA.
SOIL IS ODORLESS AT THIS POINT AFTER DITCH LINE
WAS VACUUMED MINUTES PRIOR TO THE HARD RAIN ALL
NIGHT BY AES TRUCK AND CREW PICKING UP ALL OF THE
SATURATED PADS AND BOOMS OF HAZMAT 2. IT RAINED
ALL NIGHT AND WAS DRIZZLING DURING THESE PHOTOS