Governor's Office Emergency Services
Hazardous Materials Spill Report

    DATE: 09/26/2024
    TIME: 1238
    RECEIVED BY:
    CONTROL#:
    Cal OES - 24-5455
    NRC -
1.a. PERSON NOTIFYING Cal OES:
1. NAME:2. AGENCY:3. PHONE#:4. Ext:5. PAG/CELL:
Heraeus Precious Metals
1.b. PERSON REPORTING SPILL (If different from above):
1. NAME:2. AGENCY:3. PHONE#:4. Ext:5. PAG/CELL:
2. SUBSTANCE TYPE:
2. a. SUBSTANCE:b.QTY:>=<Amount Measurec. TYPE:d. OTHER:e. PIPELINEf. VESSEL
>= 300 Tons
1. Ammonia Chloride=Unknown UnknownVAPORNoNo
2. = NoNo
3. = NoNo
g. DESCRIPTION: Per reporting party, For unknown reasons, an unspecified amount of ammonium chloride was released into the atmosphere from an ammonia scrubber system. The release was stopped and contained at 1149. As the release is unrecoverable, there were no evacuations necessary. The release is still under investigation.
h. STOPPAGE/CONTAINMENT:i. WATER INVOLVED: j. WATERWAY:k. DRINKING WATER IMPACTED
Stopped, ContainedNoNoneNo
l. MARITIME VESSEL
No		m. KNOWN IMPACT
None
3. a. INCIDENT LOCATION: 15524 Carmenita Road
b. CITY:c. COUNTY: d. ZIP:
Santa Fe Springs
Los Angeles County90670SOUTH COAST AQMD
4. INCIDENT DESCRIPTION:
a. DATE:b. TIME (Military):c. SITE:d. REPORTED CAUSE
09/26/20241146 Merchant/Business Unknown
e. INJURIESf. FATALITY g. EVACUATIONh. CLEANUP BY:
NoNoNoUnrecoverable
6. NOTIFICATION INFORMATION:
a. ON SCENE:b. OTHER ON SCENE: c. OTHER NOTIFIED:
d. ADMIN. AGENCY: Santa Fe Springs Fire Departmente. SEC. AGENCY: LACoFD Health Haz-Mat
f. ADDITIONAL COUNTY: g. ADMIN. AGENCY:
h. NOTIFICATION LIST:
Cal GEM:
RWQCB Unit:

4
Cal OES Region:
AA/CUPA, DTSC, RWQCB, US EPA, USFWS, AIR RESOURCES BD, Co/WP, Co/Hlth, Co/E-Hlth
Photo Attachment:
11. Cal OES Reg.
********* Control No: 24-5455 *********

Created by: Warning Center on: 09/26/2024 12:38:54 PM Last Modified by: Warning Center on: 09/26/2024 12:47:17 PM