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North Santiam River Gasoline Spill

 
Site Contact:
Brooks Stanfield, Eric Vanderboom
On-Scene Coordinator

(stanfield.brooks@epa.gov)

Site Location:
Milepost 62
State Hwy 22
Idanha, OR 97350
 response.epa.gov/northsantiamriverspill
NRC#: 1199790

At approximately 11:00 pm on 12/15/17, a tanker truck and trailer loaded with 11,500 gallons of gasoline was reported to have lost control on an icy patch of Oregon State Highway 22, overturning, breaching, and causing a fire and discharge of gasoline onto soil and into the North Santiam River. Highway 22 has been shut down. Gasoline odors have been reported in the town of Detroit, OR, and oil sheen has been reported in Detroit Lake, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake on the North Santiam River.

Local and state fire and police have responded to the incident, as well as Oregon Department of Transportation. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) has mobilized a State On-Scene Coordinator and other personnel, and EPA has mobilized a Federal On-Scene Coordinator and START contract resources to the site. The Responsible Party has also mobilized contract resources for oil spill response and removal actions.


Unified Command meeting on 12/17/17 with EPA, ODEQ, ODOT and RP. ODOT Trip check website map Excavation on river side. Truck wreckage being removed Excavation of river side contaminated soil on 12/17/17 Staging area for excavated soil Staged debris following removal of fire-damaged trees. Completed excavation on the river side of Highway 22 looking downstream. Completed excavation of contaminated soil river side of Highway 22. Soil and rocks remaining provides needed slope stability and erosion prevention from the river. View of site looking downstream (west). View of excavated area on uphill side of Highway 22 looking upstream (east). Response crews excavating contaminated soil on the river side of Highway 22. RP contractor deploying boom on the Santiam River at the scene. RP contractor deploying boom on the Santiam River at the scene. Looking east, scene of the accident from the Santiam River. Boom and sorbent pad deployment on the Santiam River at the scene. Saturated sorbent on the Santiam River at the scene. RP contractors deploying boom on the Santiam River at the scene. Saturated sorbent and sheen on the Santiam River at the site. START collecting a sample from the Santiam River near the City of Gates surface water intake. Looking west along the Santiam River from the spill location. Looking east on Highway 22 at the spill location with boom placed around the spill area on the Santiam River. Boom placed in the Santiam River at the spill location. START collecting a sample from the Salem Public Works drinking water intake. START collecting a surface water sample from the Santiam River at Mile Marker 60. Location of the sample collected from the City of Gates water supply in the Santiam River. START collecting a surface water sample from the Detroit Lakes reservoir. START collecting a sample from the Stayton Water Supply system. START collecting a surface water sample on the Santiam River at Mile Marker 58. Location of the surface water sample collected from the Mongold Camp Ground Winter Boat Ram. START collecting a sample from the Lyons Mehama Water District. START collecting a surface water sample from the Mongold Camp Ground winter Doc.