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NWAC/RRT BRIEFING

NWAC/RRT BRIEFING. USCG SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER 10 March 2011. 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

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NWAC/RRT BRIEFING

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  1. NWAC/RRT BRIEFING USCG SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER 10 March 2011

  2. 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.

  3. 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. SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS

  4. SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS • Oil 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.

  5. 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

  6. Training, Drills, Exercises and Conferences: MFSA Board and Subcommittee Meetings (Monthly) DOE Quarterly Meeting - Jan ICS 210 Instruction - Jan D13/Seattle ICS 341 Instruction - Jan ICS 300-400 Instruction - Dec OREGON RESPONDER training with IMD - Jan GRP Workgroup Meeting - Jan Lock 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 OTHER SECTOR ACTIVITIES

  7. Looking Ahead • MFSA Board and Subcommittee Meetings - Monthly • DOE Quarterly Meeting • LEPCs (Clatsop, Columbia, Clark, Grays Harbor, Multnomah, and Cowlitz Counties) - Monthly • ICS 339 Group Supervisor Course – Astoria – April 18-19 • ESF -10 – Oakland – May 9-11 • International 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

  8. QUESTIONS?? SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER

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