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USCG SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER 29 June 2011

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SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS

 Tsunami Response – Brookings, Or.

 12 March – Sector Columbia River IMD personnel responded to severe damage caused by the Japan Tsunami in the Port of Brookings Harbor.

 Set up Incident Command Post and ICS.  Multiple broken and free floating docks within the Sporting Basin.

 6 sunken vessels within the area.

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SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS

 F/V JB runs aground on beach – Gray’s Harbor, Wa.

 06 June – Near the entrance to Westport Marina.

 2 persons onboard rescued by local Coast Guard Station.

  Potential 250 gallons of diesel fuel and lube oil onboard.

All product successfully recovered. 120 gallons of diesel fuel and 130 gallons of lube oil  No loss of product. All state partners notified.

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SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS

 Coffer Dam has been built and vessel is being salvaged in place. Estimated completion date of 25 July 2011 (not including soil remediation)  Total oil water mixture recovered: 1.7 million gallons  Total steel removed: 2.5 million pounds  Oiled debris disposed of: 468,720 pounds  Fund ceiling raised to $16.7 million

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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 currently completing EECA

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OTHER SECTOR ACTIVITIES

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Training, Drills, Exercises and Conferences:

 MFSA Board and Subcommittee Meetings (Monthly)  DOE Quarterly Meeting - Apr  ICS 339 Instruction - Apr  Science of Oil Spills Workshop (Seattle) - Apr  MFSA spill training - May  MOBEX- May  CERCLA training (EPA)- May  International Oil Spill Conference May  VOSS – DIP – SORS annual maintenance - Jun 

Responded to:

 21 Unknown Sheen cases  04 Mystery Drum removals  01 Sunken vehicles  16 Vessel discharges  05 Facility discharges or releases 

Administration/Penalties

 15 Letters of Warning  03 Notice of Violations  00 Class I Civil Penalty  00 Criminal

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Looking Ahead

 MFSA Board and Subcommittee Meetings  DOE Quarterly Meeting - Monthly  LEPCs (Clatsop, Columbia, Clark, Grays Harbor, Multnomah, and Cowlitz Counties) – Monthly  MFSA & Sause Bros. Worst Case Discharge Exercise – Longview, WA – July 19-20  VOSS system deployment – CGC Fir – Astoria – Sept. 19-22

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SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER

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