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Crescent Midstream Oil Spill - UCGPE24620

 
Site Contact:
Anish Patel
FOSC

(patel.anish@epa.gov)

Site Location:
4037 Highway 308
Raceland, LA 70394
response.epa.gov/CrescentMidstream
NRC#: 1406083

July 27, 2024 at 9:49 am, the EPA was notified by the National Response Center of a spill of an unknown amount of crude oil from a storage tank at a Crescent Midstream facility located in Raceland, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.  According to the Responsible Party (RP), an above ground storage tank feeding an overflow storage tank released crude oil into secondary containment. The crude oil then migrated through an open valve within the secondary containment area and released an unknown amount of crude oil into Bayou Lafourche. Bayou Lafourche is classified as Waters of the United States (WOTUS). The total volume of crude oil released from the pipeline has been estimated by Crescent Midstream to be approximately 820 barrels of crude oil.  This estimate includes material on-site as well as off-site. Crescent Midstream will provide an updated estimate of amount released to the Bayou after further calculations. Approximately 3 miles of bayou at 80 feet in width, has been impacted by the spill.  The RP currently has contractors on-site conducting an assessment and beginning recovery operations.

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) is on-site conducting an assessment. The Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinators Office (LOSCO) is on site conducting an assessment with LDEQ and will provide state oversight to the RP. The Lafourche Parish President is on site conducting an assessment. The USCG is on-site to ensure their jurisdictional zone is not impacted.

EPA and its technical assistance contractor (START) were activated and mobilized to the incident. EPA will assess the spill area, integrate into on-site Unified Command, and provide federal oversight to the RP on cleanup actions. The spill location is in the EPA’s Area of Responsibility; therefore, EPA is the lead agency.

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