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Vessel OR969MU

 
Site Contact:
Marc Callaghan
ON SCENE COORDINATOR

(callaghan.marc@epa.gov)

Site Location:
Oregon City, OR
response.epa.gov/OR969MU
NRC#: 788399

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality requested EPA's assistance related to a partially sunken vessel on the Willamette River that was releasing diesel fuel and creating a sheen. The site is located at 19100 S. Highway 99E south of Oregon City, Oregon. The site is on the east bank of the Willamette River, and is currently used for light marine-industrial use and for waterfront moorage use. The partially sunken vessel was moored at a set of docks in poor condition near an abandoned green house. Railroad tracks run parallel to the property along highway 99E; the crossing is passive and trains travel at high speed.


Vessel as observed during intial response. Sheen and emulsion near partially sunken vessel. Oil floating inside vessel cabin. Continuing release from stern of vessel. Sorbent boom deployed around sunken stern of vessel. Agreed statement of work between PRPs and EPA OSC.
For additional information, visit the Pollution Report (POLREPS) section.