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Utah Environmental Emergency Response Conference (February 17, 2011)

Utah Environmental Emergency Response Conference (February 17, 2011). Lessons Learned. Participants. 76 individuals Over 40 local, state and federal agencies Emphasis on group discussion and lessons learned concerning the most critical events from 2010. Strawberry River Crude Oil Spill.

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Utah Environmental Emergency Response Conference (February 17, 2011)

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  1. Utah Environmental Emergency Response Conference(February 17, 2011) Lessons Learned

  2. Participants • 76 individuals • Over 40 local, state and federal agencies • Emphasis on group discussion and lessons learned concerning the most critical events from 2010

  3. Strawberry River Crude Oil Spill

  4. To Upper Stillwater Reservoir (35 Miles) Starvation Reservoir To Green River (44 Miles) Impacted Areas: Strawberry ~ 1 mile Duchesne ~ 3 miles Duchesne River 25 CFS Strawberry River 135 CFS

  5. Spill Discovery • Discovered by local resident on recreation path • “Midnight dumping” of “up to 80bbls of produced water and oil” into the Strawberry River. Duchesne County (DC) Emergency Management notified on 9/24/2010 at 1:30 PM • DC Emergency Management hired a contractor and began cleanup under the assumption that the State or federal government would reimburse costs.

  6. Notification to National Response Center • County Health Department call to National Response Center • Monday, 9/27/2010 @ 2:30 PM • “~20 bbls of crude oil dumped into Strawberry River” • “impacting 4 mi of Strawberry and Duchesne Rivers” • Notification requested federal reimbursement of response costs • EPA OSC was dispatched

  7. Cleanup Costs • Recovered 10-12 bbls of crude oil during 10 days of response, which cost almost $500k • DC still negotiating with the OPFC and the response contractor for payment of the $88k expended during the first 3 response days before EPA was notified

  8. Points of Emphasis • Local emergency planners may be unfamiliar with federal response protocols associated with environmental emergencies • Area Contingency Plans lose their value unless regularly updated and exercised • Maintaining an adequate response knowledge base is especially challenging in rural locations

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