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NWAC/RRT BRIEFINGUSCG SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER

10 March 2011

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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 INCIDENTSOil 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 - JanICS 210 Instruction - JanD13/Seattle ICS 341 Instruction - Jan

ICS 300-400 Instruction - DecOREGON RESPONDER training with IMD - Jan

GRP Workgroup Meeting - JanLock 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 - MonthlyDOE Quarterly Meeting LEPCs (Clatsop, Columbia, Clark, Grays Harbor, Multnomah, and Cowlitz Counties) - Monthly

ICS 339 Group Supervisor Course – Astoria – April 18-19ESF -10 – Oakland – May 9-11International 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

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