A transportation truck roll over resulted in the release of approximately 11000 gallons of fuel (9000 gal of gasoline and 2000 gal of Diesel on March 11, 2006 at approximately 0530. The incident occurred on US Hwy 5, at milepost 118. The fuel released to the ground and entered an unnamed tributary to Roberts Creek and the South Fork of the Umpqua River.
The Environmental Protection Agency responded at the request of the Oregon Department of Environmenal Quality. EPA contacted the START-3 and requested that 2 personnel respond with an OSC Marc Callaghan to a spill near Roseburg Oregon. The spill involved a double fuel tanker carrying 11,000 gallons of fuel, a class 3 combustible (UN 1853). The trailer flipped over relasing its contents. The trailer released its entire contents onto the west side of Hwy 5 and the adjorning shoreline entering navigable waters of the US.
A Unified Command Sturcture was formed on March 11th and is currently composed of representatives from the, Responsible Party: First Strike Environmental, USEPA, and the State of Oregon: DEQ, ODOT, OSP
Emergency crews responded and inititated the removal of fuel soaked soils. Placed boom (skirted and absorbent), and developed underflow dams in an unnamed creek.
The removal of the fuel soaked soils is planned to prevent further impacts to local waterways.
