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Spills of petroleum or hazardous materials can damage the environment unless immediate action is taken. REI responds quickly by mobilizing equipment, resources, and personnel to the site.
Our emergency response team is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week when spills or releases of petroleum, non-hazardous, and hazardous materials threaten public health, welfare, or the environment.
REI’s professional spill response services include:
- Experienced environmental professionals
- Short-notice mobilization to the site
- Proper notification and reporting
- Coordination of response with state and local agencies, law enforcement, traffic control, and health departments
- Rapid assessment to determine extent of spill impacts
- Fully stocked spill response units ready for deployment
- Boats available for responses on small inland waterways
- Photographic documentation of spill, response methods, and site cleanup
- Waste disposal coordination and documentation
- Timely summary report for client, insurance carriers, and regulatory agencies
REI has provided services for a variety of responses including:
- Accidents involving semi-trucks releasing up to hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel, hydraulic fluid, antifreeze, or motor oil
- Sulfuric acid from ruptured tank at a cheese factory
- Fuel truck line break accident at boat landing
- Ruptured drums in semi-trailer release hundreds of gallons of paints
- 200 gallons of mineral oil release from truck hitting transformer
- Ruptured fuel tank in house basement releasing hundreds of gallons
- Released acid from automotive batteries
- Plane crashes
Section 292.11 Wis. Statutes, also known as the “spills law,” requires that a person who possesses or controls a hazardous substance, which is discharged or who causes the discharge of a hazardous substance, immediately notify the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) of any release not exempted by law. Consequently, the release of these substances must be cleaned up to comply with state requirements.
TESTIMONIALS
“As a garbage hauler and recycling operation IROW has many hydraulic systems in use on a daily basis. With our exposure, a leak or spill is bound to happen, and of course with ”Murphy’s help” it did. We had a hydraulic line on the very back of one of the trucks fail and before the driver realized it he had traveled 4 city blocks spilling oil! Of course, we called REI to help us properly respond to this disaster, that is where I was introduced to your “Spil Kil” product. We had always used the standard granular clay “oil dry” materials but due to its particle size it never really picked up the fine sheen of oil whenever we had to use it in the shop. With our disaster on the street, that would never be acceptable to IROW or the people of the neighborhood. The “Spil Kil” lifted so much of the oil off of the blacktop that it didn’t even look wet afterward. One person drove through the spill and onto a concrete driveway, the “Spil Kil” lifted it right off and you couldn’t even tell the tracks were there! Spil Kil is a great product and it helped us look good in the face of a disaster. The township and the people affected were very pleased with our response and the effectiveness of the cleanup. Thanks for having our back!”
“Whenever I refer our firm’s clients to REI for environmental, civil engineering, surveying, and safety & health services, I do so in full confidence that they will be in the best of hands based on my long experience in collaborating with REI’s service area professionals.”
“I had a small tank to be removed at a home that was needed to settle an estate. I contacted REI and Ken Lassa returned my call with-in a few minutes and asked questions about my job and had a quote to me very quickly. It was a real pleasure working with Ken as he kept me up to date on the schedule of my project and it was complete when they said it would be complete. If I ever come across a need for a tank removal again I will definitely call REI.”
