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Toppenish Creek Truck Spill

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Overturned semi-truck and trailer, punctured saddle fuel tanks in Toppenish Creek<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Semi-truck aand trailer in creek; oil spill underneath truck<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Spilled cargo laying on top of creek and marsh<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Overturned semi-trailer and spilled cargo in creek and marsh<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Absorbent pads deployed in Toppenish Creek.  Lack of staining appears to indicate the trailer body isolated the diesel against the creek bank.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Absorbent boom placed in Toppenish Creek approximately 50 feet from the crash site.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Absorbent boom placed across Toppenish Creek.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Removal of non-contaminated debris from the crash site.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Extraction of tractor from Toppenish Creek.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Wrecked tractor at the crash site.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Removal of the tractor from the crash site.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Removal of the trailer from the crash site.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Removal of the trailer from the crash site.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Removal of the trailer from the crash site.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Assessing the contamination of the water and shoreline.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Medium sheen observed within the boomed area of Toppenish Creek.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Most heavily contaminated area of the creek bank where the engine came to rest.<br />Date Taken: 8/11/2021<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: