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NWAC Meeting – Boise, ID
July 24, 2013
Calvin Terada
EPA Region 10
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Due to salary shortfalls in FY13, the ER and
Removal Program is reduced 0.5 FTE of an
FOSC position. Current total is 14.5 FTE
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No Planner positions were affected in FY13.
No changes to ER response readiness is expected
at this time.
CERCLA, OPA, and HS contract funding
nearly equal to FY12 levels
New Superfund Technical Assessment and
Response Team (START) contract awarded to
Ecology & Environment
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Idaho:
 TTX with Yellowstone PPL and P66 being
planned for September 2013
 Kick-off mtg scheduled with new owner of
Chevron PPL (Tesoro) in August
Oregon:
 Meeting with Oregon Fire Marshal on
hazmat capacity building
Washington:
 Marine Terrorism Response Planning
around Puget Sound
Tribes:
 Working on developing mechanisms for
coordinating and consulting with tribes
Canada:
 Discussions with Environment Canada
being held to plan meeting to discuss
CANUSWEST plan
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February thru July 2013
Hanford Underground Release, WA
(RCRA)
 Repsol Q6 High Pressure Hose
Rupture, AK (Oil Spill)
 Thomason Chemical, ID (CERCLA
orphan radiological source removal)
 Pocatello Combustible Gas, ID
(CERCLA soil gas investigation)
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East Renton Drum Site, WA (CERCLA
abandoned containers)Derelict Vessel
Response, WA (Oil Spill)
 UPRR La Grande Derailment, OR (Oil
Spill and CERCLA)
 Money Creek Campground Chemical
Odor, WA (CERCLA)
 Salmon River Fuel Tank, ID (Oil Spill)
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45 drums found on
unoccupied residential
property, many leaking
with unknown content.
Many other smaller
containers and debris.
Issues:
Coordination of criminal and
civil site investigation and
response needs.
 Hazard categorization and
hazardous waste
determination of many
unknown containers.
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EPA responded at the
request of Pocatello Fire
Department and the
State of Idaho to conduct
additional air
monitoring;
EPA worked in unified
command with Pocatello
Fire and IDEQ to
determine source
Owner installed
intrinsically safe air
ventilation system
No source identified at
this time.
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27 cars derailed, including 2
hazmat tank cars (benzene and
sodium hydroxide) and 4
refrigerated cars (350 gals each
diesel).
Issues:
 CERCLA and OPA
components – sodium
hydroxide slowly leaking
from valve, and over 1,000
gals diesel lost – adjacent
wetland.
 Coordination of oil spill
cleanup with
clearing/rebuilding track.
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Mudslide washed a 500 gal
fuel tank into Salmon River
northwest of Salmon, ID.
Tank reportedly contained
250 gals unleaded gasoline.
Issues:
 Safety – accessing tank
and recovering tank
without discharging
remaining fuel.
 Emergency ESA
consultation with NMFS
for Chinook Salmon.
QUESTIONS?