Northwest Area Committee MeetingSector Columbia River

On-Scene Coordinator ReportTuesday, Feb. 10, 2015

Sequim, WA

U.S. COAST GUARD SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVERIncident Management Division

AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY33 CFR 3.65-15 / ACP 1000-8 thru 1000-12

OSC REPORTOctober 2014 – February 2015

F/V TITAN (Astoria)

F/V CAP’N OSCAR (Astoria)

Mystery drums (Tillamook)

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT DIVISIONMission

The 20-person Incident Management Division at Sector Columbia River responds to all pollution threats along the Columbia River, and the coastlines and navigable waters of Oregon and southern Washington state.

TYPICAL CASES:• Mystery sheens• Sunken vessels• Grounded vessels• Mystery drums• Facility discharges

and releases• Vessel discharges

and releases• Exercises• Derelict vessels• Japan Tsunami

marine debris

U.S. COAST GUARD SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVEROSC Report – Feb. 10, 2015

Amount spilled Date Case Type<1 gallon gasoline Oct. 7 Car in Columbia River20 gal fuel/2 gal oil Oct. 14 Grounded 18’ pleasure craft, Chinook, WA3,500 gad diesel, 700 gal H/O, 400 gal L/O

Dec. 5 Grounded 78’ fishing vsl, Jetty “A” at Cape Disappointment, WA

<10 gal diesel Dec. 22 Sunken P/C at slip on Columbia (Vancouver)5 gal diesel Dec. 23 Sunken P/C on Willamette (Portland)25 gal diesel Dec. 25 Drum recovery Coos Bay2 gal oily mix Dec. 26 Drum recovery Dune City5 gal diesel Dec. 30 Sunken CFV SANS SOUCI at Garibaldi, ORUnknown Jan PDX Remediation Site10 teaspoons diesel Jan. 2 Unknown source in to Hayden Bay Marina.1 gal gasoline Jan. 7 Car in Willamette River4 oz. diesel Feb. 5 USCG Station Coos Bay accidental discharge<10 gal diesel Feb. 5 F/V CAPN’ OSCAR at Tongue Point, OR

VEHICLE IN COLUMBIA RIVER16800 Marine Drive, Portland, OR – Oct. 7, 2014

Unrecoverable amount (est. 1 gal. gas) after car accident; vehicle removed from Columbia River in <2 hours.

GROUNDED 18’ VESSELChinook Day Park, WA – Oct. 14, 2014

20 gallons of gas; approx. 2 gallons miscellaneous oils

F/V TITANCape Disappointment, WA – Dec. 5, 2014

F/V TITAN ran aground on “A” Jetty on 05DEC15 with 40-50k lbs of crab, 3,500 gal of diesel, 700 gal of hydraulic, and 400 gal of lube oil onboard. All personnel rescued. Global Marine & Salvage hired by RP for salvage and clean-up operations. Inclement weather prevented successful dive operations.

Inclement weather thwarted all dive, salvage, & towing ops. F/V TITAN now rests at a location north and west of its original grounding location and is considered a total loss.

F/V TITANCape Disappointment, WA – Dec. 5, 2014

F/V TITANCape Disappointment, WA – Dec. 5, 2014

Crew boats & FOSS tug used for dive and salvage ops. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were instrumental.

NUMEROUS DRUMS THROUGHOUT AORNovember - January Time Frame

• CERCLA and OPA funds used for mystery drums

• One contained diesel and one contained oil

• 3 Drums in November• 5 Drums in December

ENVIRONMENTAL UNIT LEADER TRAININGMSU, Portland, OR – Jan. 20, 2015

FOSC-R SYMPOSIUMAstoria, OR - January 29-30

HOQUARTEN SLOUGH DRUMSTillamook, OR – Jan. 30, 2015

• CERCLA opened for mystery drums

• 10 recovered – all empty

• Likely used for chemicals required in cheese making

• No damage

F/V CAP’N OSCARAstoria, OR (Tongue Point) – Feb. 5, 2015

Port of Astoria assumed ownership & had been working salvage plan. Vsl sank at pier on Feb. 5 and IMD assisted port with technical expertise on booming. Vsl removed from Columbia River.

F/V CAP’N OSCARAstoria, OR (Tongue Point) – Feb. 5, 2015

F/V CAP’N OSCARAstoria, OR (Tongue Point) – Feb. 5, 2015

PDX REMEDIATION SITEWillamette River- January 2015

Reoccurring sheen from outfall located on EPA remedial site. Arcadia is the contracted site caretakers

PDX REMEDIATION SITEWillamette River- January 2015

U.S. COAST GUARD SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVEROSC Report – Feb. 10, 2015

Sector Columbia River has issued 7 Notices of Violation (NOV) and 15 Letters of Warning (LOW) since the last RRT in October (slightly above average). Usually, IMD responders see on average 1-2 mystery drums per month … this period, it was 5 per month.

Since last RRT (Oct 2014 – Feb 2015) Last RRT Avg (2010-14)

85 NRC reports 90 83

17 Mystery sheens 21 14

8 Sunken vessels 6 7

2 Grounded vessels 4 7

18 Mystery drums 5 5

6 Facility discharges/releases 8 5

10 Vessel discharges/releases 8 5

10 Exercises 8 9

6 Derelict vessels 5 5

0 Reports Japan tsunami debris 0 3-5

U.S. COAST GUARD SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVERQuestions?