US EPA REGION 10FEDERAL ON-SCENE COORDINATOR

REPORT

NWAC Meeting – Boise, IDJuly 24, 2013

Calvin TeradaEPA Region 10

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Changes at EPA Region 10

Due to salary shortfalls in FY13, the ER and Removal Program is reduced 0.5 FTE of an FOSC position. Current total is 14.5 FTE FOSC. No Planner positions were affected in FY13. No changes to ER response readiness is

expected at this time. CERCLA, OPA, and HS contract funding

nearly equal to FY12 levels New Superfund Technical Assessment

and Response Team (START) contract awarded to Ecology & Environment

EPA Planning Updates Idaho:

TTX with Yellowstone PPL and P66 being planned for September 2013

Kick-off mtg scheduled with new owner of Chevron PPL (Tesoro) in August

Oregon: Meeting with Oregon Fire Marshal on

hazmat capacity building Washington:

Marine Terrorism Response Planning around Puget Sound

Tribes: Working on developing mechanisms

for coordinating and consulting with tribes

Canada: Discussions with Environment Canada

being held to plan meeting to discuss CANUSWEST plan

Responses February thru July 2013

Hanford Underground Release, WA (RCRA)

Repsol Q6 High Pressure Hose Rupture, AK (Oil Spill)

Thomason Chemical, ID (CERCLA orphan radiological source removal)

Pocatello Combustible Gas, ID (CERCLA soil gas investigation)

ResponsesEast Renton Drum Site, WA

(CERCLA abandoned containers)Derelict Vessel Response, WA (Oil Spill)

UPRR La Grande Derailment, OR (Oil Spill and CERCLA)

Money Creek Campground Chemical Odor, WA (CERCLA)

Salmon River Fuel Tank, ID (Oil Spill)

East Renton Drum Site7/1/13

45 drums found on unoccupied residential property, many leaking with unknown content. Many other smaller containers and debris.

Issues: Coordination of criminal

and civil site investigation and response needs.

Hazard categorization and hazardous waste determination of many unknown containers.

Pocatello Combustible Gas

EPA responded at the request of Pocatello Fire Department and the State of Idaho to conduct additional air monitoring;

EPA worked in unified command with Pocatello Fire and IDEQ to determine source

Owner installed intrinsically safe air ventilation system

No source identified at this time.

UPRR La Grande Derailment7/10/13

27 cars derailed, including 2 hazmat tank cars (benzene and sodium hydroxide) and 4 refrigerated cars (350 gals each diesel).

Issues: CERCLA and OPA

components – sodium hydroxide slowly leaking from valve, and over 1,000 gals diesel lost – adjacent wetland.

Coordination of oil spill cleanup with clearing/rebuilding track.

Salmon River Fuel Tank 7/17/13

Mudslide washed a 500 gal fuel tank into Salmon River northwest of Salmon, ID. Tank reportedly contained 250 gals unleaded gasoline.

Issues: Safety – accessing tank

and recovering tank without discharging remaining fuel.

Emergency ESA consultation with NMFS for Chinook Salmon.

FOSC Report

QUESTIONS?