Oil ar•d Hazardous Substance Spill Continqency Plan

Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Mayville, Wisconsin

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Regional Environmental Contaminants Biologist

011 and Hazardous Substance Spill Contingency Plan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

REFUGE DESCRIPTION . ......................•.......•...•.•.. 1

WILDLIFE USE . ........•...........................•.••...•. 1

CONTAMINAl'IT SOURCES . ...................................... 1

SPILL NOTIFICATION LIST ....•......•.....••.•..••....••..•. 2

~E~lJC3E 1?E~~O~~E~ ..................................... 2

LOCAL EMERGENCY NUMBERS .•••..•••....•••.••..••.•..••• 2

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ....••...... 3

REGIONAL CONTAMINAl'ITS COORDINATOR .....•.......••..... 3

FIELD RESPONSE COORDINATOR ......•........•........... 4

KOCH PIPELINE Al'ID AERIAL SPRAYERS .•.•..•....•........ 4

RESPONSIBILITIES OF ON-SITE FWS PERSONNEL ••••••••...•••••• S

EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT 1: MAP OF 811 PIPELINE .•.......•.....••..•... 6

EXHIBIT 2:

EXHIBIT 3:

MAP OF 1 0 11 PIPELINE .•...•....•••....•.... 7

MAP OF 10 11 PIPELINE .......•.....••....... 8

EXHIBIT 4 : OTHER CONTACTS ..•................•.....•. 3

EXHIBIT 5: SICK Al'ID DEAD WILDLIFE .•••...•........... 10

WILDLIFE HAZING .................•.....•.. 10

REFUGE DESCRIPTION

The Horicon National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located in Dodge and Fond du Lac Counties in southeastern Wisconsin. Currently, the size of the refuge is 20,976 acres with 20,023 acres in Dodge and 953 acres in Fond du Lac. The refuge is the northern two-thirds of Horicon Marsh; the southern one-third is managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). The Marsh is 14 miles long and from 3-5 miles wide.

Horicon Marsh is located in the upper reaches of the Rock River watershed. Several waterways flow into Horicon NWR: West Branch of Rock River, Libby Creek, Plum Creek, and Mill Creek.

WILDLIFE USE

Horicon NWR was established in 1941 for the protection and preservation of migratory waterfowl. Total duck use days in 1985 to 1989 ranged from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 plus, with spring peak numbers ranging from 7,500 to 36,600 and fall peak from 40,000 to 190,000. Canada goose use days in 1985 to 1989 ranged from 8,000,000 to 20,000,000, with fall peak at 125,000 to 236,000.

In addition, many species of wildlife breed on Horicon NWR. This includes mallards, black ducks, gadwalls, Northern pin tails, green­winged teal, blue-winged teal, Northern shoveler, wood ducks, redheads, ruddy ducks, Canada geese, American coot, black-crowned night herons, sandhill cranes, Forster's tern (endangered - state of Wisconsin), otters, muskrats, and white-tailed deer.

Several raptors use the refuge, such as red-tailed hawks, rough­legged hawks, Northern harriers, American kestrels, great-horned owls, and an occasional osprey.

CONTAMINANT SOURCES

Several state and county highways and railroads are adjacent to or nearby the refuge that oil and hazardous substances are transported on. State highway 49 is of greatest concern because it runs through the refuge and across the West Branch of the Rock River. Railroads are highlighted on all maps in Exhibits 1-3.

Another source for contamination would be an aerial crop dusters. An assortment of insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides are commonly applied to sweet corn and peas.

Koch Pipelines, Inc. operates an eight inch and a ten inch pipeline that may affect the refuge watershed should a spill occur. Also, Koch has a terminal and pumping station near the town of Waupun. Products are transported in the ten inch pipeline to the station and then transported to Madison in the eight inch line to Madison,

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Wisconsin or in the ten inch line to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. See Exhibits 1-3. Following is a list of products shipped in the pipeline in a course of a year:

1) Light Cycle Oil 2) Aviation Gasoline 1) No Lead Gasoline 4) Premium No Leak Gasoline 5) Regular Leaded Gasoline 6) No. 1 Fuel Oil 7) No. 2 Fuel Oil

SPILL NOTIFICATION LIST

I. Refuge Personnel (Home Phone)

Refuge Manager:

Alternates: Assistant Refuge Manager: Refuge Biologist: Assistant Refuge Manager: Maintenance Mechanic: Administrative Tech:

II. Local Emergency Numbers

Emergency: 911

Fire Departments

Dick Birger

Doug Spencer Diane Johnson Harold Morrow Robert Duncan Jean Pieper

414/922-1923

414/324-2047 414/485-2840 414/324-2355 414/324-9246 414/387-2336

Burnett Kekoskee Knowles Oakfield

386-4455 Rings Dodge County Sheriff's Dept., Juneau

Brownsville

Waupun

Police

929-3370 Rings Fond duLac County Sheriff's Dept., Fond duLac

324-5541

Dodge County Sheriff's Dept., Juneau: 911 Fond duLac Sheriff's Dept., Fond duLac: 929-3370 Wisconsin State Hwy. Patrol, Dist. 3, Hdqtrs Hwy 41, Fond du

Lac: 929-3700 Waupun Police Dept: 324-4421

Ambulance Service

Brooks Ambulance Service, Waupun: 324-3765

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Hospitals

Beaver Dam Community Hospital, 707 S. University Ave: 887-7181 Waupun Memorial Hospital, 620 Brown St: 324-5581

III. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Division of Environment Protection 4802 Sheboygan Ave. P.O. Box 7865 Madison, Wisconsin 53707 Emergency Number

Conservation Warden John Christian

IV. Regional Contaminants Coordinator

608/266-3232

485-3010

Notify one person and begin in the following order:

lJSDI REPRESENTATIVE - REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM

Sheila Minor Huff Regional Environmental Officer U.S. Department of the Interior 230 South Dearborn, Suite 3422 Chicago, Illinois 60604

REGIONAL POLLUTION RESPONSE COORDINATOR

Terence J. Miller U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Building, Ft. Snelling Twin Cities, Minnesota 55111

Comm. 312/353-6612 Res. 312/434-4757

Comm. Res. Fax.

612/725-3536 612/436-1130 725-3508

ALTERNATE REGIONAL POLLUTION RESPONSE COORDINATOR

Gerald R. Lowry U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Building, Ft. Snelling Twin Cities, Minnesota 55111

Comm. Res. Fax.

612/725-3510 715/386-3363 725-3508

*The Regional Contaminants Coordinator will contact appropriate Environmental Protection Agency, Coast Guard, National Response Center, and Department of the Interior personnel.

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V. FIELD RESPONSE COORDINATOR

Contact if the Regional Contaminants Coordinator cannot be reached.

Kenneth Stromberg u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service University of Wisconsin Green Bay Room SE 480 Green Bay, Wisconsin 54302

Janet Smith Alternate FRC u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service University of Wisconsin G.B. Room SE 480 Green Bay, Wisconsin 54302

William Ziegler U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fisheries Assistance Office P.O. Box 37 Iron River, Wisconsin 54847

VI. Koch Pipelines and Aerial Sprayers

Comm. Res.

Comm. Res.

Comm. Res.

414/465-2682 414/863-8797

414/465-2682 414/468-6154

715/372-8510 715/682-5101

Need to be notified if spill pertains to pipeline:

David Schindlbeck Waupun terminal manager

Koch Pipelines, Inc. P.O. Box 67 6483 85th Street South Cottage Grove, Minnesota 55016-0067 24 hour emergency number

Koeh Security - 24 hour emergency number

Local sources of aerial sprayers

Agland Air Inc. N9544 Hwy 151 Bea\rer Dam, Wisconsin

Reabe Flying Service, Inc. W7315 Hwy 68 Waupun, Wisconsin

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324-9153

612/459-2424

316/832-6777

887-7043

324-3519

RESPONSIBILITIES OF ON-SITE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PERSONNEL

Service personnel will be responsible for the following until the Response Team arrives and the On-Scene Coordinator is appointed:

1. First concern is safety:

-No facility personnel should go on the spill site where there are unknown hazardous substances.

-Alert residences or public safety officials in the area to t:he hazard and keep people away from the site.

2. If possible, safely obtain the following information: -location -material spilled -source -magnitude -name of discharger (if appropriate)

This information should be reported to the individuals contacted above.

3. If possible, safely collect samples of polluted and nonpolluted water, photographs of the spill, and names and addresses of wi t·nesses.

4. Assess the impacts to fish and wildlife resources and devise ways to alleviate impacts (ex: hazing) ..

5. Consider if containing or directing spill is feasible.

6. All actions should be coordinated with the Field Response Coordinator.

7. After response team and on-scene coordinator have arrived the Service personnel should be available to assist in clean up and provide information relating to the facility and fish and wildlife resources of the area.

-Field Response Coordinator is responsible for organizing oiled-bird rehabilitation (Exhibit 5).

8. If there is a need to haze birds away from a spill site, scare cannons, cracker shells, and flagging is available through Animal Damage Control (Exhibit 5).

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Exhibit 4

OTHER CONT.ACTS

May need to be notified if the Regional Contaminants Coordinator can not.

NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Region 5 230 s. Dearborn St. Chicago, Illinois 60604

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Division of Environment Protection

1-800-424-8802

312/353-2000

4802 Sheboygan Ave. 608/266-3232 P.O. Box 7865 Madison, Wisconsin 53707

SICK AND DEAD WILDLIFE

National Wildlife Health Center 6006 Schroeder Road Madison, Wisconsin 53711

WILDLIFE HAZING

Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Service Animal Damage Control Waupun, Wisconsin

Exhibit 5

608/271-4640

324-4514 1-800-433-0663

IN REPLY REFER TO:

To:

From:

Subject:

United States Department of the Interior FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

P. 0. Box 2484 LaCrosse, Wisconsin 54602-2484 ;o11r0 october 1, 1990

Regional Refuge Biolog fid;lof Refuge Biology, Federal Building - Fort ing, Twin Cities, MN 55111

Assistant Regional Refuge Biologist, Office of Refuge Biology, P. o. Box 2484, La Crosse, WI 54602

Review of Oil and Hazardous Substance Spill Contingency Plan

Let's hope we never need to utilize this plan! The plan is well done except for one important point outlined on Page 5, namely, "Point 7 .... -Field Response Coordinator is responsible for organizing oiled-bird rehabilitation (Exhibit 5) ." Exhibit should, but does not, have an explanation of how that will be accomplished or contain the telephone numbers of local persons (or concerned organizations) who would be willing to assist in oiled bird rehab. These should be added to the plan.

At the last Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee­Wildlife Section meeting, a several-hour session on rehab. of oil-soaked birds that was to have been done by an Iowa DNR person had been scheduled, but was not accomplished. It may be rescheduled for the annual meeting of the UMRCC next March. It may be wise for the Horicon Manager to try to attend that meeting for the training (with attendant literature citations) that might be available. He could contact Eric Nelson, the new biologist at UMR Complex who could perhaps give him a report of the meeting in the event that he did not wish to or was unable to attend; Eric undoubtedly will attend that meeting.

It may be possible to use the emergency response trailer parked at Winona in the event of a spill at Horicon. If the call was made to Winona as soon as it was determined that the trailer would be needed, it could perhaps arrive there before the Field Response Coordinator was ready to put it to use (assuming it would take some time for someone to arrive and take charge of the spill and some time to make contact with oiled bird volunteers). I am enclosing a copy of the trailer's contents (what used to be in it, anyway, in 1989); one would not want to have to duplicate those contents if it could be avoided. Whether the use of that trailer should be made a part of Horicon's plan may require policy review, and T. J. Miller would probably be involved in that.