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United
States Environmental Protection Agency
Region IX
POLLUTION REPORT
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
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| From: |
Robert Wise
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| To: |
ERT Support,
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Steve Calanog, EPA
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Paul Casa Grande, EPA
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Eugene Rainwater, EPA
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Barbara Lee, EPA
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Ivania Brown, EPA
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Peggy De La Torre, EPA
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Pat Port, DOI
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Sherry Fielding, EPA
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Carole Kirby, Cinncinatti Finance, USEPA
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Harvey Packard, RWQCB
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Harry Allan, ERS
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Hedy Salter, USEPA R9
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Craig Benson, ERS
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Daniel Meer, US EPA R9
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Peter Guria, ERS
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Lt. Brian Gollhopher, CADFG
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Mark Samolis, USEPA
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Mary Simms, EPA
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Steven John, EPA
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Jason Musante, ERS
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Kenneth Wilson, DFG
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Melissa Boggs-Blalack, DFG
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Jim Hanson, EPA
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Josha Curtis, CADFG-OSPR
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Donn Zuroski, ERS
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John Holland, DFG
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Damian Higgins, USFWS
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Rich Martyn, EPA
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Will Duncan, ERS
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Janet Yocum, ERS
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Michelle Rogow, ERS
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Martin Powell, ERS
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Tom Dunkelman, ERS
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Peter Reich, EPA
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Greg Haas, Congression Staffer
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Josh Neipp, SBCOFD
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Richard Todd, SBCoFD
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Kate Sulka, SBCFD
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Michael Massey, EPA ORC
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Mike Connell, CADFG OSPR
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Steve Nailor, SBCOFD
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Todd Stanley, CCRWQCB
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Terry Snyder, APCD
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Pam McNulty, SBCO Petroleum Office
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Mike Zimmer, SBCO Petroleum Office
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Denise Steurer, USFWS
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Ian Zelo, NOAA
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Steffanie Wood, EPA
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Subject:
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Continuation of Cleanup
Greka Energy Zaca Lease Davis Tank Battery 2008 Spill
5017 Zaca Station Road,
Los Olivos, CA
Latitude: 34.7265878
Longitude: -120.1471478
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| POLREP No.: |
5
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Site #:
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| Reporting Period: |
01/20-25/2008
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D.O. #:
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| Start Date: |
1/5/2008
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Response Authority:
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OPA
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Mob Date: |
1/6/2008
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Response Type:
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Emergency
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| Demob Date: |
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NPL Status:
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Non NPL
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| Completion Date: |
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Incident Category:
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Removal Action
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| CERCLIS ID #: |
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Contract #
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Reimbursable Account #
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| FPN# |
E08903
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The sparging continued until the rain started on January 22, 2008. On January 22, 2008, heavy rains destroyed the containment dams in the creek and heavily damaged the hay dam at the border of the Chamberlain Ranch. Oil water migrated another 1/4 miles downstream to the first dam on the Chamberlain Ranch. By January 23, water began to buildup on the dam. With the permission of the land owner, Greka's contractor sand bagged off the two conduits going through the dam to the other side. By the morning of January 24, 2008, water and oil had migrated through the two conduits to the south side of the first dam. The water and oil migrated approximately 1/2 mile to the other dam. By the morning of January 25, 2008, water was flowing though a 20" conduit through the second dam, into the creek on the other side. This completed the pathway from the initial entry point into the unnamed blue line creek to the Zaca Creek which is a tributary to the Santa Ynez River, which flows to the Pacific Ocean. Greka's contractor starting on January 23, 2008 began booming the unnamed blue line creek past the two dams, into the Zaca Creek. Booming stopped where the Zaca Creek went under HWY-101.
On January 23, 2008 at EPA, DFG and Santa Barbara Co. Petroleum's direction, Greka pumped free oil or oily water out of a number of places including the secondary containment for the undamaged injection pump, around the portable storage tanks, the Davis Tank Battery and several well cellars.
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Removal operations in the creek are on-hold with the exception of preventive measurs until after the rain ceases. This is due to health and safety issues associated with flash-flooding in the unnamed blue line creek.
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1. Complete sparging of the creek.
2. After the rain stops the areas downstream of the initial spill will be evaluated for oil contamination. Any oil contamination detected will be removed.
3. Assessment of the soil in the creek.
4. Disposal of all contaminated soil.
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Budgeted |
Total To Date |
Remaining |
% Remaining |
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Extramural Costs
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| PST |
$50,000.00 |
$25,000.00 |
$25,000.00 |
50.00% |
| RST/START |
$0.00 |
$50,000.00 |
($50,000.00) |
0.00% |
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Intramural Costs
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| Total Site Costs |
$50,000.00 |
$75,000.00 |
($25,000.00) |
-50.00% |
* The above accounting of expenditures is an estimate based on figures known to the OSC at the time this report was written. The OSC does not necessarily receive specific figures on final payments made to any contractor(s). Other financial data which the OSC must rely upon may not be entirely up-to-date. The cost accounting provided in this report does not necessarily represent an exact monetary figure which the government may include in any claim for cost recovery.
response.epa.gov/GrekaDavisBatterySpill2008
POLREP #5 Last Updated 1/26/2008
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