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RRT BRIEFINGUSCG SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER

29 June 2011

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SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS Tsunami Response – Brookings, Or.

12 March – Sector Columbia River IMD personnel responded to severe damage caused by the Japan Tsunami in the Port of Brookings Harbor.

Set up Incident Command Post and ICS. Multiple broken and free floating docks within the Sporting Basin. 6 sunken vessels within the area.

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SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS F/V JB runs aground on beach – Gray’s Harbor, Wa.

06 June – Near the entrance to Westport Marina. 2 persons onboard rescued by local Coast Guard Station. Potential 250 gallons of diesel fuel and lube oil onboard. All product successfully recovered. 120 gallons of diesel fuel and 130 gallons

of lube oil No loss of product. All state partners notified.

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SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS Coffer Dam has been built and

vessel is being salvaged in place. Estimated completion date of 25 July 2011 (not including soil remediation)

Total oil water mixture recovered: 1.7 million gallons

Total steel removed: 2.5 million pounds

Oiled debris disposed of: 468,720 pounds

Fund ceiling raised to $16.7 million

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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 currently completing EECA

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OTHER SECTOR ACTIVITIES Training, Drills, Exercises and

Conferences:MFSA Board and Subcommittee Meetings (Monthly)

DOE Quarterly Meeting - AprICS 339 Instruction - AprScience of Oil Spills Workshop (Seattle) - Apr

MFSA spill training - MayMOBEX- MayCERCLA training (EPA)- MayInternational Oil Spill Conference - May

VOSS – DIP – SORS annual maintenance - Jun

Responded to:21 Unknown Sheen cases04 Mystery Drum removals01 Sunken vehicles16 Vessel discharges05 Facility discharges or releases

Administration/Penalties15 Letters of Warning03 Notice of Violations00 Class I Civil Penalty00 Criminal

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Looking Ahead

MFSA Board and Subcommittee MeetingsDOE Quarterly Meeting - MonthlyLEPCs (Clatsop, Columbia, Clark, Grays Harbor, Multnomah, and Cowlitz Counties) – Monthly

MFSA & Sause Bros. Worst Case Discharge Exercise – Longview, WA – July 19-20

VOSS system deployment – CGC Fir – Astoria – Sept. 19-22

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