Re: oil in ground

Posted by Tim B on September 09, 2004 at 10:20:13 from (68.162.218.211):

In Reply to: oil in ground posted by stan on September 09, 2004 at 01:25:54:

Stan,

Firstly, don't tell anyone about the oil spraying if you can avoid it. Let who ever the city hires to do the work make their own decisions as to what problems they will be concerned with and look for.

Aside from that; what's there is there. If something is found it will need to be dealt with in accordance with the oil and hazardous material regulations of your state. Don't be proactive at this point. They may not find anything, and if they do it may not be considered a problem that needs to be cleaned up.

If your soils are "tight" (i.e., clayey with low permeabilty) the oil may have stayed near the soil surface (though is also may have moved overland with rain runoff). Oil is an organic material that certain bacteria will eat for lunch. If nutrients were available along with some warmth and moisture and the oil stayed near the surface there may not be much left after 15 years.

Used oil has metals associated with it (lead, copper, chromium, cadmium) but unless there was some migration to a wetland or pond, or for some reason your used oil had unusually high levels of metals, the levels in soil resulting from that practice are not likely to be a signficant concern.

Good luck.

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