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Complaint lnformallon

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Complnl ld:

MunlclpaliV:
Ent red By:

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279494
Charleston Twp
BARBARA L SANTONICO

Reletsd Cohplnt ld:
Confidenlial(Y/N):
ER Rolatsd (Y/N):

Yes

0si09/2011
Water supply

Dats ,cknowledged:

05/13/2011

SourcE:

Dal Rec€ived:
Abbrv. Descripdon:
Long Description:

County:

l,lone

'Ti€a

N

Affer HouB lnd (Y/N): N

Well lvater has an oily/gasy smell. Started last week. Se\€ral gas Pads

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EP DOGO NCDO

neady staned tsacking.
As of 5/1311, there is still odor. Creek runs lhru their yad (slight ttickle
today).

CI\4PT FI,AS OUESIIONS-PLEASE CALL CTRY HOII4E # FIRST).

Site Location:

RslDonCblo Partv lntonna{on
Name:
Home Phona:

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company Nam.:
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Moblle Phono:

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Co!niy:

Municipalily:

Roapon3a lnformatlon

Priority:
Program:
Complaint Typoi
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Daie
Dat€
Date
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Oil Gas
Water Suppiy

Ardgn.d:
R.spon$ Dua:

05t1312011

Firg Rospom.:

05t1712011

Resolvod:

06/032011

Rosp

05t27t2011

Rsftn€d:

Rstoned To:
CommenG;

lnsp€clor:

TERRA L TOKARZ

Sup€M3o.:

JOHN W RYDER

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Pennsylvanla Departmont ol Environmental Protec{ion
Conlidential lnvestigation Report

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lnveEdoadon lntormation

Dalr lnvostn Assigned:
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eFACTS lnspec{ion ld:

lnvestlgallon Descrlplloni

Daie lnvosllgated:

o5t2612011
]ERRA L TOKARZ

Violation(Y/N):
lnvedgadon

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Type: Phone Call

No

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278268
On $1711 I contacted the complainant to gather additionel infurmation and
to schedule a time to sample the wEter supply.

On 5-1911

I

sampled

the

complainanl's water supply

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parameters, tulbidily, melhane/elhane and TPH. While purging the water in

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preparation br sampling, a hydrocafton smell was noted, wilich
'rds
slrongesl $hen the hot water was tumed on. The complainant had staled
that her w6ter sm€lled like a'mechanics shop', \ /hich was \ery descdptile
ol the odor The bmily has ceased drinking the weter or using it for cooking
The waler u€ll w6s obsen€d. At one time, lhe well was appoximately

810

fuet lto.n the edge of lhe house. A porch addition on the eest side of the

house now somewhat encloses the M/ell. The casing had originally be€n
abo\e ground, but now the concete porch toor is llush with the top of lhe
$€ll casing. A boad p€rtially co\,ers lhe lop of the u€ll. ln this condition. lhe
ucll is able to freely \€nt. In addition, the location of the water well is

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of rhe

casing and lr€s

water vrell. water could be seer

eslimated to be about 15

bel

dovwl.

ir ll'e w€ll

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The complainant stated that they flst noticed the odor in their water around
May 1, 2011, which r as shortly afrer lh€ hea\y rainfall dudng the last week
in Apdl. Ihe l'amily has li\ed at the residence approximately 13 yeals No
preSdll data was a\6ilable. There is no treatment on the wEter supply and no
issues ha\e been noted \arth quality or quantity. The complainant was unable
to pro\,ide much inbrmatiof on the well construction, depth date drilled or
dnlling fm.

On S1911 Iconducted a search lo detennine the acti\e gas wells in the
area of the complainant's home. The closest ' ell is the Wi\€ll well pad'
au"ay and is ope6lgd by Seneca
which is approximately !-

On S2&11 the methane/ethane €sults \ /ere rccei\€d. The

methane

concentration u/as 0.01 22 mgy'L.
On &1-11 the TPH results u€re recer\ed. The TPH result was <smg/L.

On 6-1-11 I relumed to the rcsidence and sampled the water suppiy for
\olatile and semi-\olatile organic compounds. ln addition a bacteia samde
was collected tor a helerctrcphic plate coont. The samples were cdlecled
ftom the kitchen tap. While purging the water supply, a faint hydrocadon
odor ! ras still present, althdgh not as strong as during the initial sampling
e\ent. Follotling sampling, I obse^ed the well l remor€d the board co\€trng
the u,ell and smelled the headspace ol the M,rll, whi6h had a strcng odor
similar to gasoline.
On

&311 I recei\pd notice tom our laboratory of the preliminary rcsults lor

the vOC sample. Preliminary r€sults M€le as bllol /s: b€nzene was 30ppb'
tduene was 63 ppb, and total xylenes lvas 55ppb. The MCL fur benzene is 5
ppb. The same day, I called the complainanl to infom her oflhe preliminary
results and
Erded infonnation on EPA'S drinking water standards and

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h€alth ad\iso.ies. lcautio.Ed the co.nplainant to not ddnk ihe lyater or use it
for cooking.

this complainl is being lebned to the

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ilonrnental Cleanups Prcgram for

bllow up.

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