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1. Introduction
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1.1 Background
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Site Number: |
Z8EK |
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Action Memo Date: |
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Response Authority: |
OPA |
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Response Type: |
Emergency |
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Response Lead: |
EPA |
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Incident Category: |
Removal Action |
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NPL Status: |
Non NPL |
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Mobilization Date: |
1/25/2013 |
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Start Date: |
1/25/2013 |
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Demob Date: |
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Completion Date: |
8/30/2013 |
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State Notification: |
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FPN#: |
E13803 |
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1.1.1 Incident Category
Emergency
1.1.2 Site Description
On January 25, 2013, at approximately 6 a.m. a tanker truck hauling 6,000 gallons of gasoline and 2,000 gallons of diesel went off Highway 141, flipped over the guardrail, and went down a steep embankment into West Creek, approximately 20 feet below the highway. Both tanks on the tanker were breached and a fire ensued. The Gateway-Unaweep Volunteer Fire Department and the Grand Junction Fire Department responded to the accident and fire. Initial reports from the fire department indicated a three quarter mile running fuel fire down the creek. The fire department deployed sorbent boom at approximately 1 mile and established another boom location approximately 2 miles downstream. The product in the tanker was allowed to burn.
There was an initial fish-kill of approximately 200 fish according to the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife(CDPW). On Monday, January 28th, an additional 50 fish (approximately) were recovered.
West Creek enters the Dolores River approximately 10 miles downstream from the site.
The site is located approximately 30 miles southwest of Grand Junction, Colorado.
1.1.2.1 Location
8 miles east of Gateway, CO.
1.1.2.2 Description of Threat
As of July 2013, there were very few remaining locations where fuel could be re-floated by disturbing sediments. See the Operations Sections for more details.
1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results
Please see POLREPs 1 and 2 for this information.
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2. Current Activities
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2.1 Operations Section
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2.1.1 Narrative
2.1.2 Response Actions to Date
Containment and recovery sites were established at 4 locations on the creek:
1.) Bridge Site - immediately below the crash site at Hwy 141 milepost 120
2.) Survey Marker Site - at milepost 118.8
3.) West Creek Picnic Area Site - at milepost 116.9
4.) Beaver Pond Site - at milepost 116.3
During the intervening time since the last report, crews finished removal work identified in POLREP 2 below the highway bridge.
The Responsible Party's contractor, Environmental Management Inc, along with the OSC and a START member, moblized to the site in July of 2013 to conduct the additional assessment of the stream that was discussed in POLREP 2. Details of this sampling event can be found in both the EMI Report and the START Trip Report in the documents section on the http://epaosc.org/westcreektanker site.
The ultimate conclusion from the sample results and the OSC's observations on scene was that the response is complete, and that any remaining hydrocarbon related issues are best resolved through the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process already underway.
2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs)
Groendyke Trucking is the owner and operator of the vehicle that crashed.
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2.2 Planning Section
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2.2.1 Anticipated Activities
2.2.1.1 Planned Response Activities
None.
2.2.2 Issues
None.
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2.3 Logistics Section
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Not Applicable.
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2.4 Finance Section
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No information available at this time.
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2.5 Other Command Staff
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Not Applicable.
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3. Participating Entities
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3.1 Unified Command
Not Applicable.
Responding Agencies:
Gateway-Unaweep Volunteer Fire
Grand Junction Fire HAZMAT
Colorado State Patrol (CSP)
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife (CDPW)
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (USBLM)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
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4. Personnel On Site
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All personnel have demoblized from the site.
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5. Definition of Terms
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No information available at this time.
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6. Additional sources of information
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6.1 Internet location of additional information/report
www.epaosc.org/westcreektanker
www.startview.org/wc
6.2 Reporting Schedule
This is the final report.
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7. Situational Reference Materials
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No information available at this time.
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