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West Creek Tanker

West Creek Tanker. Presented by Craig Myers, FOSC. Incident Summary. Early January 25 th , 2013 Tanker blows through a curve on CO Hwy 141 Passed a snowplow as it was chaining up… 6,000 gallons gasoline; 2,000 gallons diesel

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West Creek Tanker

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  1. West Creek Tanker Presented by Craig Myers, FOSC

  2. Incident Summary • Early January 25th, 2013 • Tanker blows through a curve on CO Hwy 141 • Passed a snowplow as it was chaining up… • 6,000 gallons gasoline; 2,000 gallons diesel • Full release to West Creek, river on fire for ½ to ¾ of a mile – reports varied. • Burned vegetation supports ~ ½ of a mile. • Fish kill • CDOW recovered ~ 500 fish • Rainbow/brown trout, sculpin • Local FD assessment: “It all burned, no problem.”

  3. OSRO initial attack… …left much to be desired. Above: bank to bank heavy sheen, .1 miles below crash Right: no sheen, 3+ miles below crash

  4. Is that bad?

  5. After some coaching

  6. Innovations • Flushing • root balls • rocky shoreline • deep eddies

  7. Innovations

  8. Sampling

  9. BTEX levels • Peak water detection - ~200 ppb near bridge • 90-95% reduction w/in 1 week • Routine non-detect results by day 17

  10. As of 2/16

  11. Take Home • Local FDs always think it all burned up. • We should be evaluating that ourselves • HazMat may not bring the right gear • GJ Fire has oil boom, left it in the barn. • Brought/deployed only sorbent boom • Inland OSRO capability varies widely • Contractor brought hard boom w/o being told • Skills to deploy it were lacking

  12. Final POLREP pending “post runoff” site inspection.Questions? Craig Myers Myers.craig@epa.gov (303) 312-7067

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