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NWAC/RRT BRIEFINGUSCG SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER
10 March 2011
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SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS Tug SEA HAWK and Barge LEO tangled with Buoy 29:
Columbia River, OR 16 Dec 2010 – Desdemona Sands Lighted Buoy 29, Columbia River
Potential 2.9 million gallons of low sulfur diesel aboard Barge LEO and 24,000 gallons of diesel aboard Tug SEA HAWK.
Tug K-SEA-H notified to assist.
Tug SEA HAWK free of buoy at 0530 and continued up river to final destination Conoco-Phillips.
No loss of product. All State partners notified.
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SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS
Tar Ball, Pacific City, OR. 03 January – Sector Columbia River received a notification of a tar ball on
the beach in excess of 3 months.
Incident Management team responded to verify and took samples.
05 January - Contractors hired to begin clean-up and disposal process.
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SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTSOil Discharge - DAVY CROCKETT - Camas, WA.
•27 January – Sector Columbia River received a notification of a sheen on Columbia River. IMD team and WA DOE confirmed sheen near DAVY CROCKETT. Unstable stern caused vessel to move which caused a release of diesel from the double bottom split in hold 2 or 3.
•RP advised USCG he was unable to pay for clean-up; incident became federally funded. Full ICS structure stood up for response.
•Pollution Removed: 22,000+ gallons of oily waste and 287+ tons of contaminated debris
•Approval letter received from COMDT to remove derelict barge.
• Fund ceiling raised to $7.5M.
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LST 1166
• COTP provided EPA with Pollution Removal Funding Authorization providing reimbursement to conduct disposal alternatives assessment and generate Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis report on for the LST
• EPA plans to have EECA complete by end of April
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OTHER SECTOR ACTIVITIES Training, Drills, Exercises and
Conferences:MFSA Board and Subcommittee Meetings (Monthly)
DOE Quarterly Meeting - JanICS 210 Instruction - JanD13/Seattle ICS 341 Instruction - Jan
ICS 300-400 Instruction - DecOREGON RESPONDER training with IMD - Jan
GRP Workgroup Meeting - JanLock Closure Pollution Response Discussion (Bonneville Dam) - Jan
Trumbull Asphalt Linnton Plant Exercise - Jan
On-Scene Coordinator Course - Dec
Responded to:
16 Unknown Sheen cases
03 Sunken vessels
14 vessel discharges
12 facility discharges or releases
Administration/Penalties
16 Letters of Warning
02 Notice of Violations
02 Class I Civil Penalty
00 Criminal
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Looking Ahead
MFSA Board and Subcommittee Meetings - MonthlyDOE Quarterly Meeting LEPCs (Clatsop, Columbia, Clark, Grays Harbor, Multnomah, and Cowlitz Counties) - Monthly
ICS 339 Group Supervisor Course – Astoria – April 18-19ESF -10 – Oakland – May 9-11International Oil Spill Conference – Portland – May 23-27 NOAA Oil Awareness Course – Seattle – June 9 MFSA & Sause Bros. Worst Case Discharge Exercise – Longview, WA – July 19-20
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SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER
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