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Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Mile Post 318.5 Sunken Vessel

 
Site Contact:
Jacob Hassan
OSC

(hassan.jacob@epa.gov)

Site Location:
MP 318.5 Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
Chicago, IL 60623
 response.epa.gov/CSSCmp318-5sunkenvessel
NRC#: 1094345

On September 4, 2014 the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reported a sheen from an approximately 30' long sunken vessel in the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal at mile-post 318.5.

OSC Jacob Hassan mobilized to the incident, confirmed the sheen, and attempted to identify vessel ownership. However, nearly the entire vessel was submerged, so ownership was impossible to determine.

Therefore OSC Hassan opened the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and mobilized ERRS to the incident. ERRS is booming the vessel to contain the sheen. Once the sheen is contained, the vessel will be raised.


ILDNR stickers on the boat. ID numbers are missing from the tags. Vessel fully raised and the recovered. Chicago Marine Towing conducts investigation of the boat for possible leaks. Air bags and pumps are deployed during the salvage effort raise the boat. Chicago Marine and Towing conducting salvage operations Chicago Marine Towing conductin initial assessment of sunken vessel ERRS deploying boom around the vessel to contain gasoline release hard and soft boom deployed around the sunken vessel Top of sunken vessel Sheen from the right decending bank along the Crawford Power Plant property. Sheen on the CSSC from the sunken vessel
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.