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Oregon DEQ Operational Report
Northwest Area Committee MeetingAstoria, Oregon
Jeff ChristensenOregon Department of Environmental Quality
18 November, 2010
Oil Spills in Oregon (Spills over 42 gallons)
Numberof Spills
Gallons Spilled
•1978 Toyota Maru (Columbia River) 30,000 Gallons
•1983 Blue Magpie (Yaquina Bay) 80,000 Gallons
•1984 Mobil Oil (Columbia River) 200,000 Gallons
•1991 Tenyo Maru (North Coast) 15 Miles of tar balls
•1991 Tai Chung (Willamette River) 11,000 Gallons
•1993 Southern Pacific (Yoncalla Creek) 5,000 Gallons
•1993 MV Central (Columbia River) 3,000 Gallons
•1994 An Ping 6 (Columbia River) 3,000 Gallons
•1999 MV New Carissa (South Coast) 70,000 Gallons
Fishing Vessels
Recreational Vessels
1500 Cargo Vessels Per Year
50 to 100 Tank Vessel per year
And1200 to 1500
Tank Barge Trips per year
20 Large Facilities that transfer oil products over water on the Columbia and Willamette River
Bunker Barges
DEQ Offices
Warrenton
Coos Bay
Pendleton
EugeneBend
Medford
EASTERN REGIONWESTERN REGION
Salem
The DallesNORTHWEST
Grants Pass
Tillamook
REGION
Hermiston
DEQ Response Authorities
– ORS 468B.300-500, ORS 465, ORS 466 – Oregon spill prevention, spill preparedness, spill reporting
and cleanup requirements
– CERCLA
– Release or Threat of Release of hazardous substances– Oil Pollution Act-Clean Water Act
– 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
• Alone, or with our response contractor, DEQ is not resourced to respond to large or complex events.
• 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
• DEQ Operates in a Unified Command Structure with other response organizations
Mike Renz, Oregon DEQState On-Scene Coordinator, Eastern Region
Wes Gebb, Oregon DEQState On-Scene Coordinator, Western Region
Ray Hoy, Oregon DEQHeadquarters, State On-Scene Coordinator
Kimberlee Van-Patten, Oregon DEQDaytime Duty Officer
Mike Zollitsch, Oregon DEQEmergency Response Lead Worker
Don Pettit, Oregon DEQSenior Emergency Response Planner
Steven Jett, Oregon DEQGeographic Information System Coordinator
Scott Smith, Oregon DEQSpill Contingency Planner
For more information…
• http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/cu/index.htm
• Jeff Christensen, ManagerEmergency Response/Environmental CleanupLand Quality DivisionOregon DEQ(503) [email protected]