RRT/NWAC Meeting – Wenatchee, WA March 10, 2011 Angie Zavala EPA Region 10.
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Transcript of RRT/NWAC Meeting – Wenatchee, WA March 10, 2011 Angie Zavala EPA Region 10.
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US EPA Region 10Federal On-Scene
Coordinator ReportRRT/NWAC Meeting – Wenatchee, WA
March 10, 2011
Angie ZavalaEPA Region 10
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USEPA Region 10Emergency Response Unit 15 FOSCs
◦ 9 Seattle, 2 Oregon, 2 Idaho, 2 Alaska
◦ On call 24/7/365 with response conducting support
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Emergency Response Unit (cont’d)
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Emergency Responses in FY 2011◦ Hazardous materials (CERCLA)
= 3◦ Oil Spill (OPA)
= 1
Time Critical Removals (clean ups) in FY 2011◦ Hazardous materials sites (CERCLA) = 3◦ Oil sites (OPA)
= 0◦ Pollution Removal Funding Authorization = 0
Emergency Response Unit (cont’d)
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EPA FOSC Report Portland General
Electric Newberg, Oregon
◦ A 275 gallon oil filled circuit breaker failed, explored and burned
◦ PCB contaminated immediate residential area
◦ The oil contained 12 ppm PCB
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EPA FOSC Report (cont’d) White Swan Fire
Response (Yakima, WA)
◦ A fire consumed 22 homes.
◦ Provided post-fire assessment with Ecology
◦ Provided technical assistance of post-fire drum disposal
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EPA FOSC Report (cont’d) Lummi Reservation
Unknown Drum
◦ 55 gallon drum with unknown contents was left on the Lummi Reservation in Ferndale, WA
◦ the Lummi Police and Whatcom County Fire Department were concerned that the drum may contain hazardous substances
◦ The drum was assessed and removed for disposal
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EPA FOSC Report (cont’d)
Pettit Oil Spill Chalaat Creek
◦ Fuel tanker truck crashes, spills fuel into creek near Fork
◦ Responders from multiple agencies were on the scene of an overturned tanker-truck on Highway 101 near Forks
◦ Ecology, Department of Fish and Wildlife and EPA worked with the Hoh Tribe and Pettit Oil to clean up the remaining diesel and monitor for natural resource impact
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