U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY POLLUTION/SITUATION REPORT Huntington Beach Channel Oil Spill - Removal Polrep Final Removal Polrep UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Region IX
Subject:	POLREP #7 Final POLREP Huntington Beach Channel Oil Spill Z9CU Huntington Beach, CA Latitude: 33.8550499 Longitude: -118.3903683
To:	Trevor Anderson, Cal Emergency Management Agency Pat Port, Dept of Interior Carole Kirby, EPA Cincinatti Sherry Fielding, EPA Office of Emergency Management Tito Irizarry, EPA Office of Emergency Management Harry Allen, EPA Region 9 Craig Benson, EPA Region 9 Ivania Brown, EPA Region 9 Peter Guria, EPA Region 9 Jim Hanson, EPA Region 9 Philip Ingram, EPA Region 9 Rich Martyn, EPA Region 9 Daniel Meer, EPA Region 9 Jason Musante, EPA Region 9 Eugene Rainwater, EPA Region 9 Mary Simms, EPA Region 9 Celeste Temple, EPA Region 9 Curt Ushijima, EPA Region 9 Ian Zelo, NOAA NPFC Oil sites, NPFC Robert Hildebrand, NPFC USCG Lt. Brian Gollhofer, DFG Pat Port, DOI George Baker, DTSC Jay Green, EPA Steven John, EPA Barbara Lee, EPA Mark Samolis, EPA Laurie Payne, HBFD Denise Klimas, NOAA Officer of the Day US Coast Guard, USCG Andrew Helmlinger, EPA Region 9 Eric Engberg, HBFD Duc Nguyen, OCPW James Fortuna, OCPW Bill Reardon, HBFD Sean Moe, CADFG Laurie Sullivan, NOAA
From:	Robert Wise, OSC
Date:	8/16/2010
Reporting Period:
1. Introduction   1.1 Background     Site Number: Z9CU    Contract Number:   D.O. Number:      Action Memo Date:   Response Authority: OPA    Response Type: Emergency Response Lead: EPA    Incident Category: Removal Action NPL Status: Non NPL    Operable Unit: Mobilization Date: 1/27/2010    Start Date: 1/22/2010 Demob Date: 3/9/2010    Completion Date: 8/16/2010 CERCLIS ID:    RCRIS ID: ERNS No.:    State Notification: FPN#: E10903    Reimbursable Account #: 1.1.1 Incident Category See POLREP No. 1 1.1.2 Site Description See POLREP No. 1  1.1.2.1 Location See POLREP No. 1 1.1.2.2 Description of Threat See previous POLREPS. 1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results See POLREP No. 1 2. Current Activities   2.1 Operations Section     2.1.1 Narrative The cleanup is being directed by a Unified Command consisting of the EPA OSC, the CADFG Office of Spill Response and Prevention (OSPR) Game Warden (State IC), OCPW and Huntington Beach Fire Department (HBFD).  The cleanup is being conducted Orange County Public Works. (OCPW).  2.1.2 Response Actions to Date The START collected sediment samples as part of assessment of the assessment of the sediment in the channel.  The samples were submitted to Alpha Analytical, Woods Hole, MA and the data analyzed by Dr. J. Payne, a nationally recognized expert on oil contaminated sediment fingerprinting.  Based the analysis, Dr. Payne determined that there was not sediment contamination that unambigously identified specifically to Angus.  The sediment petroleum hydrocarbon samples collected in the affected channel in the were the same as the background samples collected.  Based on this determination, no sediment removal is necessary. No further action is required for this response.  All cleanup activities under this FPN have been completed. 2.1.3  Enforcement/Potentially Responsible Parties NA 2.1.4 Progress Metrics Waste Stream Medium Quantity Manifest # Treatment Disposal  Clarified Water           Liquid  40,000 gallons      POTW  Crude Oil           Liquid      6 barrels      Recycling at Angus               2.2 Planning Section     NA   2.3 Logistics Section     NA   2.4 Finance Section     All PRFA costs for OCPW have been submitted.  The City of Huntington Beach just notified OSC Wise that all costs were not submitted in their first cost package.  OSC Wise is awaiting the additional cost package from the City of Huntington Beach.   2.5 Other Command Staff     2.5.1 Safety Officer NA 2.6 Liaison Officer NA 2.7 Information Officer NA 3. Participating Entities   3.1 Unified Command NA 3.2 Cooperating Agencies NA  4. Personnel On Site   NA 5. Definition of Terms   No information available at this time. 6. Additional sources of information   6.1 Internet location of additional information/report NA 6.2 Reporting Schedule 7. Situational Reference Materials   No information available at this time. POLREP #7 Last Updated 9/22/2010