mckenzie watershed emergency response - us epa
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McKenzie Watershed Emergency Response Karl Morgenstern, Eugene Water & Electric Board
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Why Is Watershed Emergency Response Important To EWEB?
• EWEB’s water intake on river provides sole source of drinking water to over 200,000 people.
• Raw water treatment plant is located in watershed near intake.
• EWEB has three hydroelectric projects in McKenzie River watershed that provides 30-40% of electricity to Eugene area.
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Source Protection Program Objective
• To measure the balance between watershed health and human use over time and to implement actions that maintain a healthy balance for production of exceptional water quality.
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Elements of Source Protection Program
• Comprehensive Monitoring • Disaster Preparedness and Response • Point Source Evaluation and Mitigation • Nonpoint Source Evaluation and Mitigation • Education and Research Assistance • Land Acquisition • Watershed Land Use Tracking and Management • Public Outreach and Information Sharing
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What Is MWERS?
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Participating Agencies • McKenzie Fire & Rescue • McKenzie Watershed Council • Mohawk Rural Fire • Upper McKenzie Rural Fire • Springfield Fire & Life Safety • Springfield Public Works • Springfield Environ Srvcs • Eugene Fire & EMS • Lane County Public Works • Lane County Public Health • Lane County Sheriff • Springfield Utility Board • Rainbow Water District • Region 2 HazMat Team
• Lane Council of Governments • Lane Air Pollution Authority • Oregon DEQ • Oregon Health Division • Oregon DOT • Oregon Fish & Wildlife • Oregon State Police • Oregon Water Master • Weyerhaeuser • US EPA • Army Corps of Engineers • US Forest Service • US BLM
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Objective of MWERS
• To recognize and be prepared for events that have a low likelihood of occurring, but would cause extensive problems to Eugene’s water supply.
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Scope of MWERS • Hazardous material spills
in the watershed • Hazardous material
releases from fixed facilities
• Terrorism incident response and preparedness
• Forest fire response and preparedness
• Natural disasters
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GIS-Based Emergency Response
• MWERS currently addresses hazardous material spills and/or chemical releases from fixed facilities.
• Use HazMat preparedness as foundation for adding future “modules” /GIS applications – Terrorism Preparedness & Incident Response – Fire Hazard Assessment & Response – Natural Disasters (flood, volcanic, earthquake)
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GIS Key to Response System • Received ESRI Homeland Security grant in
July 2002 – ArcGIS (4 user license) – ArcPad (17 copies) – ArcPad Application Builder – ArcSDE – ArcIMS – Free training/ESRI data
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Components of Response System
• Watershed Characteristics • Threats to the Watershed • Resources to be Protected • Containment, booming, or
other response strategies. • Equipment inventory and
other response resources. • Communications Plan • Training & Exercise
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Type of Data Used in MWERS • Base Map Images • Infrastructure • Response Resources • Critical Resources • HazMat Facilities/Threats • Response Strategies • Emergency Notification/Contacts • Aerial Photo Library • Chemical Library (CAMEO)
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McKenzie Watershed Emergency Response System Development and Delivery
GIS Database Development
Field Mapping via Boat and Helicopter:
River Characteristics Response Resources Critical Resources
Photograph Locations
Collect and Process Existing Data for Input to GIS:
HazMat Facilities Accident Areas Critical Resources Equipment Inventories Equipment Warehouses Emergency Contacts
Collect, Reformat, Process Basemap Data:
Aerial Photography USGS Digital Topo Maps Infrastructure Data Natural Resource Data
Multi-Agency Workshop
Interactive GIS Session: Critical Resources
Response Resources Potential Threats
River Characteristics Photographs
Strategy Options Theme Creation Resource Protection Prioritization
MWERS Database
Oil Spill Response Strategy Development
MWERS Delivery
Responder Laptop Using
ArcView 8.3 Software Custom Application
Pocket PC Using
ArcPad Software Custom Application
Internet Using
ArcIMS Software Custom Application
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Current Response Approach
• First responder arrives at scene • Focus on assessing accident, injuries,
spilled, immediate dangers, traffic, etc. • Confusion and uncertainty on how to address
spilled material • Other agencies start arriving at the scene, spill
contractor called • After 12-24 hours initial actions to stabilize spill
are implemented • 2-4 days later spill is stabilized and cleanup begins
material
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Our Approach
• Provide first responders with the tools they need to avoid confusion and implement response actions to stabilize an incident within the initial hours of a spill or chemical release.
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March 10, 2004 @ 1152 hours, MP 17.5 - Hwy 126
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Response Status @ 1225 Hours • Accident assessed, traffic stopped, material
identified as waste oil, culvert plugged • Driver died in accident • Tow truck, HazMat team, ODOT response
team in route • Downstream critical resources alerted and
estimated travel times provided • Equipment found and in route to implement
Strategies 19, 18, and 17.
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1235 Hours
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1240 Hours
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1300 Hours
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1445 Hours
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1620 Hours
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What Actually Happened
• Truck spilled 5,800 gallons bunker oil into Yaquina River
• Over 12 hours to start initial spill response • Problems finding boom, could not get to
site (located upriver, highway closure) • 2-3 days passed before real cleanup started • Delay caused bunker to sink as tar balls • Large area impacted, $1.2 million cleanup
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MWERS Role in a Response • Used by first responders during the emergent
phase of a spill (<24 hours).
• Allows quick deployment of an effective response by first responders to stabilize a spill and minimize damage until additional resources can be mobilized.
• After emergent phase of spill, MWERS can be integrated and used as part of ICS/Unified Command in Planning Division, Situations Unit.
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Other Uses of GIS-Based Plan • Excellent for multi-agency planning efforts • Identify spill/chemical release “hot spots” • Determine equipment staging areas • Makes design of drills/exercises easy • Good foundation for other emergency
response planning efforts • Easy to update and distribute new data and
information.
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McKenzie – EWEB’s Life Blood