Oregon DEQ Operational
Report
Northwest Area Committee Meeting
Astoria, Oregon
Jeff Christensen
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
18 November, 2010
Oil Spills in Oregon
(Spills over 42 gallons)
Number
of Spills
Gallons
Spilled
90
83
80
2009 Petroleum Spills
70
60
50
40
30
18
20
11
10
6
5
4
Miscellaneous
Private Vehicle
6
7
Vessel
Private Property
0
Bulk Oil Facility
Commercial
Industrial Facility
Commercial Truck Municipal/Power
Generation Utility
•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
And
1200 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
Hermiston
Tillamook
The Dalles
NORTHWEST
REGION
Pendleton
Salem
Eugene
WESTERN REGION
Coos Bay
Grants
Pass
Medford
Bend
EASTERN REGION
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 DEQ
State On-Scene Coordinator, Eastern Region
Wes Gebb, Oregon DEQ
State On-Scene Coordinator, Western Region
Ray Hoy, Oregon DEQ
Headquarters, State On-Scene Coordinator
Kimberlee Van-Patten, Oregon DEQ
Daytime Duty Officer
Mike Zollitsch, Oregon DEQ
Emergency Response Lead Worker
Don Pettit, Oregon DEQ
Senior Emergency Response Planner
Steven Jett, Oregon DEQ
Geographic Information System Coordinator
Scott Smith, Oregon DEQ
Spill Contingency Planner
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