Kidder Point GAC, Delta and Northern Chemical

 Two acid sources for the plumes (1) leaked sulfuric acid from 30 years of sulfuric acid making, (2) more than sixty officially reported sulfuric acid spills at the site beween 1983 and 2004, alone.

GAC aerial photographs Use Back Button to Return Here aerial photos from 1940 and 2011. See expansion of the point into the harbor. See a large 1993 map of then-Delta Chemical's waste sites and landfills . * News &reports from 1903 -1974 about this site & nearby Mack Point * Google earth aerials of site 1997-2011 * 2011 GAC Chemical aerial w/company property lines. * (5) Kidder Point waste fill areas * 2004 Aerial with now-razed fertilizer-then-bauxite quonset hut. *** w/o quonset hut (2011).

FOPB GAC Shore visits 7/21/13 ** 3/10/13 ** 5/6/12 ** 4/22/12 Kidder Point Industrial Site History Use back Button to return * 1984 DEP consultant's 1984 sulfuric acid spill report. * 1984 Surface sampling * 1984 pH testing of acid spill. Drawn map * 1990 Testing of 'Alum Reactor Waste' 9/14/90 * 1993 DEP consultant's 1993 site summary * 1998 photo of tainted mud (acid tank in background) * 1998 site assessment by Delta Chemical 3/17/98 pt1 * 1998 site assessment 3/17/98 pt2 * 1998 media coverage of spill detection & cleanup * 2002 draft settlement agreement CLF & GAC

MDEP staff with oversight responsibilities July 17, 2014 Lighthawk Flight * GAC property, Sears Island & upper Penobscot Bay * Abandoned Peninsula, old acid factory, plume * Abandoned sulfuric acid plant, plume * Abandoned acid plant from above, close-in plume * May 3, 2013 LighHawk Flight * Tainted cove looking South. ** looking North. * Kidder Point tainted cove & Sears Island. * Old acid factory, eroding wastes & leacheates

Stockton Harbor restoration plan. A draft framework

1. Here is a swift outline of  measures for reviving Stockton Harbor aka Esssq
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3. Introduction Why restoration matters

• Brief description of Stockton Harbor's location and importance
• past and present bathymetry charts at various scales.
• Current ecological status
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2. Historic Impacts  Timeline

• Pre-industrial period
• Early industrial development
• Major industrial facilities (Northern Chemical, GAC Chemical etc.)
• Key environmental events/incidents

3. Current Environmental Issues

• Shoreline erosion and waste discharge
• Nearby causeway's flow blockage
• Sediment contamination
• Impact on estuarine life and shellfish
• Water quality concerns

4. Restoration Goals

• Short-term priorities
• Long-term objectives
• Measurable targets

5. Proposed Solutions

• Shoreline stabilization
• Contaminated sediment remediation
• Habitat restoration
• Water quality improvement

6. Implementation Strategy

• Phasing of work
• Stakeholder roles
• Funding options
• Monitoring plan

Bay History. Northern Chemical site at Kidder Point examined in 1965 by consultants re a Superfund court case in Massachusetts

 Chemical company  Grace Brothers was part owner of Northern Chemical site at Kidder Point. The report below describes in detail the industrial processes  active there in the late 1960s. It was submitted to court in a Superfund case in Massachusetts. That case was later dramatrized in the feature movie "A Civil Action".

 Information Request Response by W.R. Grace & Co,

Appendix 3.   Plant Description for Northern Chemical, Searsport 

Complete document  75 pages (pdf)    (Pages 58 to 75: Maps & Diagrams)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page# and Title

1. Location              

1. Place                

2. Community    

3. Communications: land, water, telephone, telegraph 

4. Climate

4. Topography

4. PLANT SITE

4. Boundaries

4. Map

5. Plot  Plan

5. PRODUCTS & RAW MATERIALS

5. History

5. Products

6. Raw Materials

6. Block Flow Diagram

6. Performance

8. Table 1  NCI Annual Production 1962-1963 1963-1964 1964-1965

9. Manufacturing  Facilities

9. Normal Superphosphate Plant

9. Sulfuric Acid Plant

10. Ammonium Sulfate Plant

11.  Alum Plant

11. Ammonia Plant

12. Nitric Acid Plant

13. Ammonium Nitrate and Solutions Plant

13. UTILITY FACILITIES

13 Power Generation

13 City Water

13. Salt Water

14. Purchased Power

14. Natural Gas

14. Fuel Oil

14 OFFSITE FACILITIES

14. Offices

15. Fences

15. Roads

16. Dock

16. Laboratories

16. Railroad Spurs & Rolling Stock

17. Employee Change House

17. Parking Area

17.Yard Lighting

17. Safety and Fire Equipment

18 .Stores

18. Maintenances Shops

19. Warehouse

19. Portable Tools and Vehicles

21. PROCESS DESCRIPTIONS

21. Sulfuric Acid 

24. Normal Superphosphate

29. Ammonium Sulfate

32. Alum 

36. Ammonia

42. Nitric Acid 

46. Ammonium Nitrate

51 Utilities (bottom of page)

55. AMMONIA STORAGE 

58 DIAGRAMS

58 FIG 1  Location Map NCI Plant

59 FIG 2 Property Plan  NCI Plant

60 FIG 3 Plot Plan NCI Plant

61 FIG 4 Block Flow Diagram 

62  FIG 5 Simple Flow diagram. NCI sulfuric acid plants

63  FIG 6 Simple Flow Diagram NCI Superphosphate Plant

64  FIG 7 Simple Flow Diagram  Ammonium Sulfate Plant

65 FIG 8 Simple Flow Diagram  NCI  Alum Plant

66 FIG 9 Simple Flow Diagram Syn Gas Prep, Ammonia plant

67  FIG 10 Simple flow Diagram Syn gas puriufication

68  FIG 11 Simple Flow Diagram, compression, synthesis & storage

69  FIG 12  Simple Flow Diagram NCI Nitric Acid Plant

70  FIGURE 13 Simple Flow Diagram Ammonium Nitrate Plant

71  FIG 14 Simple Flow Diagram NCI Solutions Plant

72   FIG 15 Simple Flow Diagram Power Distribution 

73   FIG 16 Steam Distribution NCI Plant

74  FIG 17 Water Distribution NCI Plant

75  FIG 18 10,000 ton Ammonia Terminal

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