Titan Express
Spill Response Program Site Number 750373
The site contained a pump island for
fueling vehicles.
Funding and Partner Agencies
In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded DEC $9 million in Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Funds from this grant are being used to remediate releases from federally regulated underground storage tanks (USTs) at approximately 50 open petroleum spills.
Site Description
The Titan Express site once contained a convenience store and a pump island for fueling vehicles. Five (5) registered USTs were known to exist at the start of this project, and a ground penetrating radar survey was performed to identify any unknown tanks. The survey identified existing fuel supply lines, underground utilities, and a small anomaly that turned out to be two unregistered tanks.
Over 4,000 tons of soil were removed
from the Titan Express site.
Cleanup
All USTs were removed, along with the pump islands, fuel supply lines, and petroleum contaminated soil. UST closure was performed according to DEC's Petroleum Bulk Storage Regulation. In total, 4,526 tons of petroleum-contaminated soil were removed for off-site disposal.
To clean the USTs, the sides of the tanks were cut open to provide access and make the tanks unusable to store petroleum. The tanks were flushed with a pressure washer, and wash water was pumped into 55 gallon drums. The removed tanks were then sent off-site for scrap recycling.
All USTs remaining onsite were dug
out, cleaned and closed.
During tank removal and soil excavation, the influx of groundwater into the excavations complicated cleanup activities. Continuous pumping/dewatering was required during UST removal, and an estimated 500,000 to 750,000 gallons of petroleum impacted groundwater were treated onsite. The Titan Express cleanup was completed in 2010.
