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1 Oregon DEQ Operational Report Northwest Area Committee Meeting Astoria, Oregon Jeff Christensen Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 18 November, 2010

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3 Oil Spills in Oregon (Spills over 42 gallons) Number of Spills Gallons Spilled

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5 1978 Toyota Maru (Columbia River) 30,000 Gallons 1983 Blue Magpie (Yaquina Bay) 80,000 Gallons 1984 Mobil Oil (Columbia River) 200,000 Gallons 1991 Tenyo Maru (North Coast) 15 Miles of tar balls 1991 Tai Chung (Willamette River) 11,000 Gallons 1993 Southern Pacific (Yoncalla Creek) 5,000 Gallons 1993 MV Central (Columbia River) 3,000 Gallons 1994 An Ping 6 (Columbia River) 3,000 Gallons 1999 MV New Carissa (South Coast) 70,000 Gallons

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7 Fishing Vessels Recreational Vessels

8 1500 Cargo Vessels Per Year 50 to 100 Tank Vessel per year And 1200 to 1500 Tank Barge Trips per year

9 20 Large Facilities that transfer oil products over water on the Columbia and Willamette River Bunker Barges

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14 DEQ Offices Warrenton Coos Bay Pendleton Eugene Bend Medford EASTERN REGION WESTERN REGION Salem The Dalles NORTHWEST Grants Pass Tillamook REGION Hermiston

15 DEQ Response Authorities – ORS 468B.300-500, ORS 465, ORS 466 – Oregon spill prevention, spill preparedness, spill reporting and cleanup requirements – CERCLA – Release or Threat of Release of hazardous substances – Oil Pollution Act-Clean Water Act – Oil impacts or threatens to impact waters of the United States – Oregon Emergency Management Plan – Northwest Area Contingency Plan

16 DEQ Emergency Response Resources

17 DEQ Partners: USEPA/USCG/WDOE/Private Sector Alone, or with our response contractor, DEQ is not resourced to respond to large or complex events. Under the National Contingency Plan, The National Response Framework and CERCLA - EPA and the US Coast Guard have the authority to rapidly respond to significant events in Oregon DEQ Operates in a Unified Command Structure with other response organizations

18 Mike Renz, Oregon DEQ State On-Scene Coordinator, Eastern Region

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20 Wes Gebb, Oregon DEQ State On-Scene Coordinator, Western Region

21 Ray Hoy, Oregon DEQ Headquarters, State On-Scene Coordinator

22 Kimberlee Van-Patten, Oregon DEQ Daytime Duty Officer

23 Mike Zollitsch, Oregon DEQ Emergency Response Lead Worker

24 Don Pettit, Oregon DEQ Senior Emergency Response Planner

25 Steven Jett, Oregon DEQ Geographic Information System Coordinator

26 Scott Smith, Oregon DEQ Spill Contingency Planner

27 For more information… http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/cu/index.htm Jeff Christensen, Manager Emergency Response/Environmental Cleanup Land Quality Division Oregon DEQ (503) 229-6391 christensen.jeff@deq.state.or.us


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