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United
States Environmental Protection Agency
Region V
POLLUTION REPORT
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| Date: |
Thursday, January 8, 2009
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| From: |
Ramon Mendoza
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| To: |
John Maritote, USEPA
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Beverly Kush, USEPA
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Thomas Geishecker, USEPA
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Linda Nachowicz, USEPA
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Walter Nied, USEPA
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Joseph Kawecki, USEPA
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Don Klopke, IEPA
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Bryce Yturbe, USCG Marine Safety Unit Chicago
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David Chung, USEPA
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Mick Hans, USEPA
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Afif Marouf, USEPA
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Jason El-Zein, USEPA
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Subject:
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First & Final Polrep River City Marina, Chicago
River City Marina, Chicago
800 South Wells,
Chicago, IL
Latitude: 41.8719000
Longitude: -87.6342000
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| POLREP No.: |
1
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| Reporting Period: |
1/5/2009 - 1/8/2009
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D.O. #:
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| Start Date: |
1/5/2009
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Response Authority:
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OPA
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Mob Date: |
1/5/2009
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Response Type:
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Emergency
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| Demob Date: |
1/7/2009
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NPL Status:
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Non NPL
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| Completion Date: |
1/8/2009
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Incident Category:
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Removal Action
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On January 4 2009, Chicago Police reported a sunk boat at the River City Marina located on the South Branch of the Chicago River. U.S. Coast Guard called USEPA Emergency Response Branch on January 5 2009, 1115 hrs for action to remove the boat and address any oil spills (or potential of) into the Chicago River. USEPA OSC was onsite by 1300. Over the next two days USEPA OSC and enforcement civil investigator tracked down and contacted the boat owner and River City Marina and worked with them to ensure that they 1)installed and maintained a containment boom; and 2) hired a qualified contractor to conduct the removal as soon as possible. The boat was successfully raised by the owner's contractors on January 7, 2009, 1530 hours and subsequently towed to the Chicago Yacht Yard for repairs.The contractors suspected a bilge pump failure as the potential cause of the sinking. No oil spills were observed during the PRP led removal.
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response.epa.gov/RiverCity
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