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United
States Environmental Protection Agency
Region V
POLLUTION REPORT
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| Date: |
Saturday, June 14, 2008
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| From: |
Tom Cook/ Kathy Clayton
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| To: |
Beverly Kush, U.S. EPA ERB
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Jason El-Zein, EPA R5
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Mick Hans, U.S. EPA
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Mike Harris, US EPA Region 5
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Linda Nachowicz, U.S.EPA
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Roxanne Chronert, WDNR
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Jason Moeller, WDNR
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Patrick Ryan, USCG
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Subject:
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Initial
Oshkosh Train Derailment
Waukau Ave and County Road I,
Oshkosh, WI
Latitude: 43.9764000
Longitude: -88.5378000
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| POLREP No.: |
1
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6/13/08-6/14/08
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6/13/2008
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Response Authority:
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CERCLA/OPA
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Mob Date: |
6/13/2008
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Response Type:
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Emergency
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NPL Status:
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Non NPL
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Incident Category:
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Removal Assessment
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At approximately 0100 on June 13, 2008, one locomotive and two cars of a CN train derailed just south of Oshkosh. As a result of the derailment, approximately 1,200 gallons of engine oil and diesel fuel escaped from the locomotive into Johnson Creek. Early afternoon, U.S. EPA and their START contractors responded to the site and met with WDNR and railroad officials. CN Railroad and their contractors, Veolia Environmental Services, placed booms and absorbent pads in the creek to minimize the impact to Lake Winnebago. The remainder of the diesel in the railcar was pumped out and the locomotive was stabilized. U.S. EPA performed air monitoring activities in the surrounding community, the initial results indicated non-detect for VOCs. The tracks were repaired and re-opened at approximately 11:30 pm on June 13, 2008.
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U.S. EPA and START are continuing to work with WDNR and CN Railroad to assess the impacted areas, conduct air monitoring, notify residents of response activities, oversee the clean-up, and plan for the remediation of impacted areas.
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CN Railroad will submit remediation work plan for impacted soils, water, and air for U.S. EPA and WDNR approval. Locomotive unit and derailed box cars will be erected and removed. Free product will be collected from Johnson Creek with Vac-Truck.
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Continue to coordinate removal activities with WDNR, CN Railroad and local officials.
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Public Information flyer will be distributed to affected residents.
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Budgeted |
Total To Date |
Remaining |
% Remaining |
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Extramural Costs
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Intramural Costs
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| Total Site Costs |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
0.00% |
* 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/OshkoshTrainDerailment
POLREP #1 Last Updated 6/14/2008
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