On 25 December 2007 the Nacogdoches County Sheriffs Office was notified of an oil spill located off Oil Spring Road (East of State Highway 226) in Woden, Nacogdoches County, Texas. The origin of the spill was determined to be a gunshot hole in an abandoned 210 barrel above ground storage tank (AST).
Approximately 170 barrels of oil was released into Oil Spring Creek. Oil Spring Creek feeds Moss Creek, which ultimately empties into Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Sam Rayburn Reservoir is a public water supply to the surrounding towns and communities.
EPA OSC Leos and Adams arrived on-site at approximately 18:00 hours on 25 December 2007 and met with the Texas Railroad Commission (TRRC). TRRC informed EPA of current clean-up activities which included the mobilization of equipment and materials to the site such as frac tank, vacuum trucks, rubber tire backhoes, sorbent and containment booms. The TRRC deployed sorbent and containment boom throughout Oil Spring Creek to prevent the migration of the product into Moss Creek. The TRRC estimates that approximately 120 barrels of product has been removed from Oil Spring Creek.
At 17:00, Texas Railroad Commission (TRRC) in consultation with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) authorized the PRP contractor to begin in-situ burning of the contained oil within the creek due to very limited access points for product recovery.
The TRRC will continue remediation within Oil Spring Creek. Additional in-situ burns may be required.
The current Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) is the Texas Railroad Commission. Clean-up activities are being coordinated between federal, state, and local authorities.
Clean up crews have contained the oil spill in Oil Spring Creek within a half of the spill location. Moss Creek was threatened from the spill, but not impacted with oil
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