Oregon DEQ Operational Report

Northwest Area Committee Meeting Astoria, Oregon

Jeff Christensen Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 18 November, 2010

Number of Spills Gallons Spilled

Oil Spills in Oregon

(Spills over 42 gallons)

90 80 70 83

2009 Petroleum Spills

60 50 40 30 20 18 11 10 6 5 4 0 Bulk Oil Facility Commercial Industrial Facility Commercial Truck Municipal/Power Generation Utility Miscellaneous Private Vehicle 6 Vessel 7 Private Property

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1978 Toyota Maru (Columbia River) 30,000 Gallons

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1983 Blue Magpie (Yaquina Bay) 80,000 Gallons

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1984 Mobil Oil (Columbia River) 200,000 Gallons

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1991 Tenyo Maru (North Coast) 15 Miles of tar balls

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1991 Tai Chung (Willamette River) 11,000 Gallons

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1993 Southern Pacific (Yoncalla Creek) 5,000 Gallons

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1993 MV Central (Columbia River) 3,000 Gallons

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1994 An Ping 6 (Columbia River) 3,000 Gallons

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1999 MV New Carissa (South Coast) 70,000 Gallons

Recreational Vessels Fishing Vessels

50 to 100 Tank Vessel per year And 1200 to 1500 Tank Barge Trips per year 1500 Cargo Vessels Per Year

Bunker Barges 20 Large Facilities that transfer oil products over water on the Columbia and Willamette River

DEQ Offices

Warrenton Tillamook NORTHWEST REGION Salem The Dalles Hermiston Pendleton Eugene WESTERN REGION Coos Bay Grants Pass Medford Bend EASTERN REGION

DEQ Response Authorities

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ORS 468B.300-500, ORS 465, ORS 466

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Oregon spill prevention, spill preparedness, spill reporting and cleanup requirements CERCLA

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Release or Threat of Release of hazardous substances Oil Pollution Act-Clean Water Act

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Oil impacts or threatens to impact waters of the United States Oregon Emergency Management Plan Northwest Area Contingency Plan

DEQ Emergency Response Resources

DEQ Partners: USEPA/USCG/WDOE/Private Sector

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Alone, or with our response contractor, DEQ is not resourced to respond to large or complex events.

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Under the National Contingency Plan, The National Response Framework and CERCLA - EPA and the US Coast Guard have the authority to rapidly respond to significant events in Oregon

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DEQ Operates in a Unified Command Structure with other response organizations

Mike Renz, Oregon DEQ State On-Scene Coordinator, Eastern Region

Wes Gebb, Oregon DEQ State On-Scene Coordinator, Western Region

Ray Hoy, Oregon DEQ Headquarters, State On-Scene Coordinator

Kimberlee Van-Patten, Oregon DEQ Daytime Duty Officer

Mike Zollitsch, Oregon DEQ Emergency Response Lead Worker

Don Pettit, Oregon DEQ Senior Emergency Response Planner

Steven Jett, Oregon DEQ Geographic Information System Coordinator

Scott Smith, Oregon DEQ Spill Contingency Planner

For more information…

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http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/cu/index.htm

• Jeff Christensen, Manager Emergency Response/Environmental Cleanup Land Quality Division Oregon DEQ (503) 229-6391 [email protected]