Oregon DEQ Operational Report  

Northwest Area Committee MeetingAstoria, Oregon

Jeff ChristensenOregon Department of Environmental Quality

18 November, 2010

Oil Spills in Oregon (Spills over 42 gallons)

Numberof Spills

Gallons Spilled

•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

Fishing Vessels

Recreational Vessels

1500 Cargo Vessels Per Year

50 to 100 Tank Vessel per year 

And1200 to 1500 

Tank Barge Trips per year

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

Bunker Barges

DEQ Offices

Warrenton

Coos Bay

Pendleton

EugeneBend

Medford

EASTERN REGIONWESTERN REGION

Salem

The DallesNORTHWEST

Grants Pass

Tillamook

REGION

Hermiston

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

DEQ  Emergency Response Resources

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

Mike Renz, Oregon DEQState On-Scene Coordinator, Eastern Region

Wes Gebb, Oregon DEQState On-Scene Coordinator, Western Region

Ray Hoy, Oregon DEQHeadquarters, State On-Scene Coordinator

Kimberlee Van-Patten, Oregon DEQDaytime Duty Officer

Mike Zollitsch, Oregon DEQEmergency Response Lead Worker

Don Pettit, Oregon DEQSenior Emergency Response Planner

Steven Jett, Oregon DEQGeographic Information System Coordinator

Scott Smith, Oregon DEQSpill Contingency Planner

For more information…

• http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/cu/index.htm

• Jeff Christensen, ManagerEmergency Response/Environmental CleanupLand Quality DivisionOregon DEQ(503) 229-6391christensen.jeff@deq.state.or.us