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By Jim Carney
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 07:54 p.m. EDT, May 26, 2009
BOSTON HEIGHTS:The mystery over the source of stinky vapors in northern Summit County has been solved.
The nontoxic emissions that could be smelled in northern Summit County late last week came from the delivery of 14,000 gallons of oil-field compressor oil in a 2.2-million gallon Heartland Petroleum tank at Dyna Guard in Boston Heights, according to Jim Irwin of the Emergency Response Section of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
Because the tank contained only 14,000 gallons, the floating lid did not properly seal and vapors escaped, Irwin said.
Boston Heights officials originally believed the smell was from American Ultra Specialties, also in Boston Heights.
Gene Gornall, vice president of Heartland Petroleum, based in Columbus and Zanesville, said that when the compressor oil is pumped in, the tank usually has some oil in it already, so the floating lid seals and vapors cannot escape.
He said the smell ''is not hazardous, it is just offensive.''
The vapors are no longer a problem, but Gornall said the company still plans to add a masking agent into the tank that will eliminate the smell.
Gornall said oil-field compressor oil is recycled as fuel in the steel industry or as asphalt burner fuels.
Jim Carney can be reached at 330-996-3576 or jcarney@thebeaconjournal.com.
BOSTON HEIGHTS:The mystery over the source of stinky vapors in northern Summit County has been solved.
The nontoxic emissions that could be smelled in northern Summit County late last week came from the delivery of 14,000 gallons of oil-field compressor oil in a 2.2-million gallon Heartland Petroleum tank at Dyna Guard in Boston Heights, according to Jim Irwin of the Emergency Response Section of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
Because the tank contained only 14,000 gallons, the floating lid did not properly seal and vapors escaped, Irwin said.
Boston Heights officials originally believed the smell was from American Ultra Specialties, also in Boston Heights.
Gene Gornall, vice president of Heartland Petroleum, based in Columbus and Zanesville, said that when the compressor oil is pumped in, the tank usually has some oil in it already, so the floating lid seals and vapors cannot escape.
He said the smell ''is not hazardous, it is just offensive.''
The vapors are no longer a problem, but Gornall said the company still plans to add a masking agent into the tank that will eliminate the smell.
Gornall said oil-field compressor oil is recycled as fuel in the steel industry or as asphalt burner fuels.
Jim Carney can be reached at 330-996-3576 or jcarney@thebeaconjournal.com.
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