Tanker Truck Fuel Spill; Leesburg, VA

Leesburg, VA | 2009-Jan-26

Initial Notification: VADEQ notified the NOAA SSC about a tanker truck accident on Rt. 267 within the Dulles Greenway, 5 miles east of Leesburg, Loudon County, VA. An estimated 5,000 gallons of deisel fuel spilled into a nearby storm water drain and then into a nearby creek. The spill occurred in remote area and the surrounding are is heavily wooded making access to the spill site difficult. VADEQ is on-scene and overseeing response activities. A vac truck is on-scene and is stationed just south of the spill site attempting to recover the fuel. According to on-scene VADEQ personnel, there is a section of stream below where the spill took place but above where the vac truck is located with a relatively heavy concentration of floating deisel fuel. SSC made recommendations to initiate flushing above the spill site in order to expedite movement of product downstream to area where vac truck is working. SSC also recommended that sorbents be placed alonmg the shoreline where accessible and if available, placement of boom to use to deflect free floating product toward vac truck. No further support requested. VADEQ contacts Mark Miller 866-640-0883 John Geise 804-698-4287