US EPA Region 10Federal On-Scene

Coordinator ReportRRT/NWAC Meeting – Wenatchee, WA

March 10, 2011

Angie ZavalaEPA Region 10

USEPA Region 10Emergency Response Unit 15 FOSCs

◦ 9 Seattle, 2 Oregon, 2 Idaho, 2 Alaska

◦ On call 24/7/365 with response conducting support

Emergency Response Unit (cont’d)

Emergency Responses in FY 2011◦ Hazardous materials (CERCLA)

= 3◦ Oil Spill (OPA)

= 1

Time Critical Removals (clean ups) in FY 2011◦ Hazardous materials sites (CERCLA) = 3◦ Oil sites (OPA)

= 0◦ Pollution Removal Funding Authorization = 0

Emergency Response Unit (cont’d)

EPA FOSC Report Portland General

Electric Newberg, Oregon

◦ A 275 gallon oil filled circuit breaker failed, explored and burned

◦ PCB contaminated immediate residential area

◦ The oil contained 12 ppm PCB

EPA FOSC Report (cont’d) White Swan Fire

Response (Yakima, WA)

◦ A fire consumed 22 homes.

◦ Provided post-fire assessment with Ecology

◦ Provided technical assistance of post-fire drum disposal

EPA FOSC Report (cont’d) Lummi Reservation

Unknown Drum

◦ 55 gallon drum with unknown contents was left on the Lummi Reservation in Ferndale, WA

◦ the Lummi Police and Whatcom County Fire Department were concerned that the drum may contain hazardous substances

◦ The drum was assessed and removed for disposal

EPA FOSC Report (cont’d)

Pettit Oil Spill Chalaat Creek

◦ Fuel tanker truck crashes, spills fuel into creek near Fork

◦ Responders from multiple agencies were on the scene of an overturned tanker-truck on Highway 101 near Forks

◦ Ecology, Department of Fish and Wildlife and EPA worked with the Hoh Tribe and Pettit Oil to clean up the remaining diesel and monitor for natural resource impact

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