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Malpaso Asphalt

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Taken by Poudre Fire Authority. Wide view of accident scene.<br />Date Taken: 8/19/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Taken by Poudre Fire Authority. View of spilled material in the river.<br />Date Taken: 8/19/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
<br />Date Taken: 8/25/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
<br />Date Taken: 8/25/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
<br />Date Taken: 8/25/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Taken by Poudre Fire Authority.<br />Date Taken: 8/19/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
more asphalt strands wrapped around a boulder. Taken by Poudre Fire Authority.<br />Date Taken: 8/25/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
asphalt strands wrapped around a boulder. Taken by Poudre Fire Authority.<br />Date Taken: 8/25/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Crane used to hoist the tanker out of the river. Taken by Poudre Fire Authority.<br />Date Taken: 8/25/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
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Taken by Poudre Fire Authority.<br />Date Taken: 8/25/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Tanker being hoisted from the water. Note the asphalt clinging to the tank from the river. The tanker was actually starting to roll from the tension. Taken by Poudre Fire Authority.<br />Date Taken: 8/25/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
<br />Date Taken: 8/27/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
cutting and grappling asphalt from the river<br />Date Taken: 8/27/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
grappling asphalt strands out of the river. <br />Date Taken: 8/27/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Belfor crew continuing work on the spilled material - approximately noon on Friday, August 28th.<br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
conditions as of approximately 16:30 on Friday, August 28th. Estimated 40% of the recoverable material has been bagged.<br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
bags of recovered material staged to be carried up the hill (by hand)<br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
bags of material staged to be loaded into trucks and transported down the mountain to awaiting roll-off containers. <br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
ducks stuck in the asphalt<br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Oiled Waterfoul<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Major Justin Smith - Larimer County Sheriff's Office freeing one of the ducks<br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Oiled Waterfoul<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
OSC Myers (EPA) freeing one of the ducks<br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Oiled Waterfoul<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Major Smith with one of the free - but not yet clean - ducks.<br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Oiled Waterfoul<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
OSC Myers and three Belfor employees working on freeing the third duck<br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Oiled Waterfoul<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
URS Employee (EPA Contractor) Kent Alexander with one of the free - but not yet clean - ducks. Kent is also the photographer for the other photos of the ducks. <br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Oiled Waterfoul<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
OSC Craig Myers with one of the free - but not yet cleaned - ducks.<br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Oiled Waterfoul<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Left to Right - D.A. Black - City of Fort Collins Utilities, Craig Myers - US EPA, Justin Smith - Larimer Sheriff's Office with the two surviving ducks.<br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Oiled Waterfoul<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
D.A. Black and Justin Smith beginning to remove some of the asphalt while awating the arrival of Colo. Dept. of Wildlife officers to take custody of the ducks<br />Date Taken: 8/28/2009<br />Category: Oiled Waterfoul<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
building the diversion screens. Made of wire mesh and sandbags, these will seal off the river bed in the event that an asphalt strand breaks away and drifts downriver.<br />Date Taken: 8/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
The bulk of the area at the accident scene is bagged and ready to be packed up the hill - approximately 10 am August 29th. <br />Date Taken: 8/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Packing the material up the river bank to stage it for loading onto a truck to be taken to the roll-off dumpsters.<br />Date Taken: 8/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
cutting and recovering asphalt from the bank. <br />Date Taken: 8/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Site conditions at the end of the day on August 29th, 2009. Taken by URS (EPA Contractor)<br />Date Taken: 8/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Site conditions at the end of the day on August 29th, 2009. Taken by URS (EPA Contractor)<br />Date Taken: 8/29/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Loading bagged recovered product into a truck for transportation down the canyon to waiting roll off containers.<br />Date Taken: 8/30/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
River bank at the accident scene at the end of the day Sunday August 30th. Only a small amount of product remains on the bank. <br />Date Taken: 8/30/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Bagged and recovered product staged for disposal. Both roll off containers (15 cubic yards each) are full. Other material is staged on a plastic liner awaiting additional roll off containers.<br />Date Taken: 8/30/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Belfor employee Robert Lamorie removing a strand of asphalt from a boulder in the river.<br />Date Taken: 8/31/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Removed strand being "towed" to shore.<br />Date Taken: 8/31/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Belfor employee Robert Lamorie removing another strand.<br />Date Taken: 8/31/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Belfor's crew staging removed strands in still water to be cut up and bagged. <br />Date Taken: 8/31/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Recovering strands of asphalt from the river on 9-1.<br />Date Taken: 9/1/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
using rafts to move recovered and bagged product down stream to a place where the river was accessible.<br />Date Taken: 9/1/2009<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:



Taken by Poudre Fire Authority. Wide view of accident scene. Taken by Poudre Fire Authority. View of spilled material in the river. Taken by Poudre Fire Authority. more asphalt strands wrapped around a boulder. Taken by Poudre Fire Authority. asphalt strands wrapped around a boulder. Taken by Poudre Fire Authority. Crane used to hoist the tanker out of the river. Taken by Poudre Fire Authority. Taken by Poudre Fire Authority. Tanker being hoisted from the water. Note the asphalt clinging to the tank from the river. The tanker was actually starting to roll from the tension. Taken by Poudre Fire Authority. cutting and grappling asphalt from the river grappling asphalt strands out of the river. Belfor crew continuing work on the spilled material - approximately noon on Friday, August 28th. conditions as of approximately 16:30 on Friday, August 28th. Estimated 40% of the recoverable material has been bagged. bags of recovered material staged to be carried up the hill (by hand) bags of material staged to be loaded into trucks and transported down the mountain to awaiting roll-off containers. ducks stuck in the asphalt Major Justin Smith - Larimer County Sheriff's Office freeing one of the ducks OSC Myers (EPA) freeing one of the ducks Major Smith with one of the free - but not yet clean - ducks. OSC Myers and three Belfor employees working on freeing the third duck URS Employee (EPA Contractor) Kent Alexander with one of the free - but not yet clean - ducks. Kent is also the photographer for the other photos of the ducks. OSC Craig Myers with one of the free - but not yet cleaned - ducks. Left to Right - D.A. Black - City of Fort Collins Utilities, Craig Myers - US EPA, Justin Smith - Larimer Sheriff's Office with the two surviving ducks. D.A. Black and Justin Smith beginning to remove some of the asphalt while awating the arrival of Colo. Dept. of Wildlife officers to take custody of the ducks building the diversion screens. Made of wire mesh and sandbags, these will seal off the river bed in the event that an asphalt strand breaks away and drifts downriver. The bulk of the area at the accident scene is bagged and ready to be packed up the hill - approximately 10 am August 29th. Packing the material up the river bank to stage it for loading onto a truck to be taken to the roll-off dumpsters. cutting and recovering asphalt from the bank. Site conditions at the end of the day on August 29th, 2009. Taken by URS (EPA Contractor) Site conditions at the end of the day on August 29th, 2009. Taken by URS (EPA Contractor) Loading bagged recovered product into a truck for transportation down the canyon to waiting roll off containers. River bank at the accident scene at the end of the day Sunday August 30th. Only a small amount of product remains on the bank. Bagged and recovered product staged for disposal. Both roll off containers (15 cubic yards each) are full. Other material is staged on a plastic liner awaiting additional roll off containers. Belfor employee Robert Lamorie removing a strand of asphalt from a boulder in the river. Removed strand being Belfor employee Robert Lamorie removing another strand. Belfor's crew staging removed strands in still water to be cut up and bagged. Recovering strands of asphalt from the river on 9-1. using rafts to move recovered and bagged product down stream to a place where the river was accessible.