Sector San DiegoArea Committee and Incident Management Division Update

RRT9June 27, 2012

Sector San DiegoIncident Management Division

Recent Cases

• BAE Systems Dry Dock

- Incident occurred March 3rd, 2012.

- ~4,180 gal. diesel discharged.

- Discharge occurred at ~ 3:00 a.m. during super de-ballasting process in prep for NAVSEA inspection.

- Cal Marine & Navy Port Ops led clean-up operations.

Sector San DiegoIncident Management Division

Recent Cases

• BAE Systems Dry Dock (con’t)

- Dime size hole discovered in Waste Oil Tank ~80K gal. capacity.

- Samples taken by CG Pollution Responder confirmed positive match.

- ICS training and Facility Response Plan in progress with CG Prevention Dept and Cal. Fish & Game.

- Enforcement Action: CG Civil Penalty & EPA investigation in progress.

Sector San DiegoIncident Management Division

Recent Cases

• USS PELELIU

- Incident occurred March 24th, 2012

- Location: 32nd Street Naval Base

- Source of ~860 gal. diesel discharge

- Vessel was in the process of an internal transfer and inadvertently discharged overboard.

Sector San Diego Incident Management Division

Recent Cases

• M/V SHOGUN– Incident occurred April 27th, 2012– Location: America’s Cup Harbor– ~35 gals. diesel discharged.– Cause: due to an operator error

during an internal transfer, vessel overfilled the day tanks and diesel flowed though the goose neck vents.

– Enforcement Action: $500.00 Notice of Violation was issued.

Sector San DiegoIncident Management Division

Recent Cases

• Harbor Island West Fuel Dock

- Incident occurred April 30th, 2012

- Source of ~15 gal. diesel discharge.

- After normal business hours a response vessel fueled up and inadvertently spilled 15 gal.

- Enforcement Action: Issued a Letter of Warning. Requested the facility to conduct training with all vessels that have the ability to fuel afterhours.

Sector San Diego Incident Management Division

Recent Cases

• M/V AURORA– Incident occurred on May 12th, 2012– Location: Marina Cortez, Harbor

Island– ~40 gal. diesel discharge.– Vessel sank due to frame collapse

due to wood rot.– Enforcement Action: Issued Letter

of Warning. Vessel was used for charity for kids.

Sector San Diego Incident Management Division

Recent Cases

• Manson Construction Barge ROCKPORT– Incident occurred on May 22nd, 2012– ~400 gal. discharge of hydraulic oil.– Location: 32nd St Navy Base– Cause: hydraulic line failure.– Enforcement Action: Issued Notice of

Violation for $1500.00.

Sector San DiegoBoom Deployment Drill

• NRCES/MSRC Boom Deployment

- Deployment date April 19th, 2012

- Location: San Luis Rey River, ACP Site 6-150.1

- NRC and MSRC conducted a joint deployment exercise.

- Evaluated 6-150.2 (sand berming the river mouth).

 

Sector San Diego IMD 2nd Quarter CY12 ACP Notification Drill

• ACP Notification Drill – Sensitive Site 6-175-A Los Penasquitos Lagoon

- Drill conducted May 17th, 2012 Situation: F/V HORIZON reported to be taking on water and discharged diesel after the packing seal failed. The F/V was 4NM off-shore Northwest of Torrey Pines State Beach. Approx 3,000gal have already been released with a potential of 50,000gal in the tank. Goals: • Make applicable ACP notifications• Deploy mobile ICP in vicinity of incident location.• Get satellite, internet and radios operational.• Complete ICS 201 for situation brief.• Develop a response strategy for discharged oil.

Sector San Diego3rd Quarter FY12 Oil Discharge Stats

• NRC Reports: 69

• Reponses: 50

• Enforcement Actions/fines: 09

• Estimated Gallons Spilled: 5,995

• Notice Of Violations (NOVs): 04

• Letters Of Warning (LOWs): 04

• Civil Penalties: 01

*** Numbers include Navy discharges & unknown sheens.

Questions and Other Discussion Items

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