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NWAC/RRT BRIEFING
USCG SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER
10 March 2011
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Coast Guard
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 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.
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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 - 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
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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
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SECTOR COLUMBIA
RIVER
QUESTIONS??
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