DEP Emergency Response units responded to an oil spill in Hillsboro today, into a small tributary to the Millstone River.
Earlier this afternoon I was driving by as cleanup crews were on site, located on the North side of Rt 514 (Amwell Road).
It looked like they had excavated about 20 cubic yards of oil soaked stream bank and sediments. A pumper truck had sucked an unknown amount of oil out of a small culvert.
Crews were laying down sorbent fabric in about 1/2 mile of the stream and had installed a boom on the Millstone River. Â Not sure where that is in relation to the water supply intake. There were strong petroleum hydrocarbon odors, oil sheen on the stream, and oil stained stream banks for about half a mile into the woods.
The source of the oil was a residential above ground oil tank – more to follow (I lost my glasses and can’t type or process the photos, so apologies if they are poor!)
source of oil spill - Amwell Road *Rt 514 - south side)