
The following is detail information of the resources (equipment and personnel) that have been requested formally or informally to assist in the response in the Gulf of Mexico. This information will be updated as resources are committed.
Last updated 7/14/2010 **TBD = To be determined
| Response Organization | Request (Date) | Mobilized (Date) | Equipment Requested | Personnel Requested | Impact and Mitigation | Estimated Return | Confirmation of Return (Date) |
| United States Navy Northwest | 7/6/2010 | Five near shore skimmers and five workboats. | Navy, Ecology & USCG adopt elevated response posture and Navy will rely on private contractors for response. Additional conditions for approval placed on contingency plan including elevated manning levels for oil transfers, daylight transfers, prevention message to all Navy ships and installations. | ||||
| United States Coast Guard District 13 including Sectors Seattle and Portland | Over 120 personnel (active, reservist, and auxiliary status) from the PNW. USCG District 13 will provide a “sustained” long-term work force for the Gulf Coast Spill response representing 15% of personnel based in the PNW. | Reduced capability to investigate and respond to minor spills, reported sheens, abandoned drums, etc. | |||||
| Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) |
20 Compliance and Inspection Trained Environmental Scientists: 20
persons; 12 Hurricane Debris and Disposal Site Inspection; 8 Ambient
Water Sampling Specialists |
This is related to the potential for hurricanes in the Gulf and anticipation of the inland oil impacts from that. | |||||
| United States Coast Guard District 13 | West Coast-based Buoy Tenders (USCG assets) have been deployed to the Gulf | In the event navigational buoys are lost or displaced due to winter storms or other events, an increased risk to boats and vessels transiting off-shore coastal areas, bar crossings, and the Columbia River. | |||||
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—Region 10 | Deployed one Region X Federal On-Scene Coordinator representing approx. 10% of R10 FOSC resources. | Likely to continue to support Gulf Coast Spill at this, or higher level, over time. EPA may not be able to investigate or respond to smaller spills they would have responded to previously. | |||||
| United States Navy Northwest | 6/20/2010 | 6/25/2010 |
2 Rapid Response Skimmers, 3 Work Boats, 1 Harbour Buster portable
skimmer. |
Vessels are pre-boomed while in port (not just during fueling ops);
restrictions on transfers between the hours of sunset and sunrise for
pure petroleum or oily-water unless it is demonstrated to be an
operational necessity to support mission; following established Naval
Directives, Standing Orders, etc., applicable to fuel transfers while
in-port. |
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| Chevron Pipeline | 6/13/2010 | 6/13/2010 | Elastic Drum Skimmer; 1000 Feet of Kepner containment boom mobilized to a pipeline spill response in Utah. | Returned 6/28/10 | |||
| NWFF Environmental (NWFFE) | 6/4/2010 | 3000' of 18" boom from Philomath, OR | NWFFE does not maintain contracts with any WA state contingency plan holders. | 4000' of 18" boom is expected to be delivered on 7/15/2010 | Returned on 7/20/10 | ||
| Cowlitz Clean Sweep (CCS) | 6/1/2010 | 6/2/2010 | A total of 1200' of 20" boom mobilized from Washington and Oregon. Longview, WA - 700' Eugene, OR - 500' | - | TBD | ||
| Burrard Clean | 6/1/2010 | 500' fire boom | Canadian contractor | ||||
| United States Coast Guard- Sector Portland | 6/1/2010 | Sector Portland has now sent 38 personnel to the Gulf- 13 Active Duty and 25 Reservists. | Public Sector Asset | ||||
| Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) | 5/25/2010 | 5/23/2010 | 3 Shallow water barge systems from the following Washington/Oregon locations. 1) Bellingham, 1) Port Angeles and 1) Portland. These barge systems include 400 bbls of storage, a skimmer (either a GT-185 or QME Tri), 60’ of 24” boom and propulsion (workboat or propulsion unit). | MSRC has a total of 7 shallow water barge systems here, 4 shallow water barges remain in the Northwest | TBD | ||
| Personnel from various agencies that are called up as USCG reserves being sent to the Gulf | 5/20/2010 | various dates | The Coast Guard has called up a number of reserves that work in various state agencies. | Public Sector Asset. State agencies are losing personnel from their spill management teams that have been called up as reserves. | unknown | ||
| NWFF Environmental (NWFFE) | 5/20/2010 | 5/20/2010 | A total of 15 personnel from NWFFE have been mobilized in support of the Deepwater Horizon Response | NWFFE does not maintain contracts with any WA state contingency plan holders. | |||
| United States Coast Guard- District 13 (USCG D13) | 5/13/2010 | 5/13/2010 | 1 VOSS Trailer (Astoria, OR) enroute Amelia, LA staging. 1 VOSS trailer (Manchester, WA) enroute Amelia, LA staging. 3 Boom trailers (4000’) Astoria, OR) enroute Amelia LA staging. 3 Boom trailers (4500’) (Indian Island, WA) enroute Amelia, LA staging. | Public Sector Asset | |||
| National Response Corporation (NRCES) | 5/5/2010 | 5/6/2010 | 10,000' of boom from Washington and Oregon. 3000' - Portland, 2000' -Tacoma, 2000' - Port Angeles, 2000' - Seattle, 1000' - Kent. | - | NRCES maintains additional caches of boom in these locations and the loss for each area is not significant. In addition, NRCES is committed to retaining resources to continue their pre-booming activities in Washington. | TBD | |
| Clean Rivers Cooperative (CRC) | 5/5/2010 | 5/9/2010 | 20,000' of boom from Washington and Oregon. Port of Vancouver – 5000’, Longview - 5500', St. Helens – 4500’, Portland - 5000' | - | The boom being sent from locations along the Columbia River have additional response resources in place through CRC and contracts with NRCES. | TBD | |
| Global Diving & Salvage (GDS) | 5/5/2010 | 5/5/2010 | 23 personnel, 3 Rope Mop skimmers, 1 RBS-5 skimmer, and a Shoreline Cleanup Trailer. | - | Purchased an additional RBS-5 skimmer for replacement; ordered replacement bales of snare to backfill. | TBD | |
| Cowlitz Clean Sweep (CCS) | 5/4/2010 | 5/4/2010 | A total of 6500' of 18"-20" boom mobilized from Washington and Oregon. Washington locations: 1000' - Portland, 1000' - Longview, 1500' - Aberdeen, 1500' - Port Angeles. | - | TBD | ||
| NWFF Environmental (NWFFE) | 5/4/2010 | 5/4/2010 | 4000' of 18"-24" boom mobilized from Philomath, Oregon | - | NWFFE does not maintain a contract with Washington State contingency plan holders. | TBD | |
| Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) | 5/4/2010 | Not deployed | availability of state agency personnel trained to a minimum of ICS level 200, * 24 hour OSHA training (preferred), * oil spill experience , * emergency operations center experience (preferred) * knowledge of National Response Framework (preferred) | ||||
| Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) | 5/4/2010 | Not deployed | Gov of Louisiana requests info on availability of Oil Containment Booms from Washington State to supplement the BP booms in his state. | Provided link to the WRRL, an online database that lists all equipment in the northwest | |||
| NWFF Environmental (NWFFE) | 4/29/2010 | 4/29/2010 | - | NWFFE has mobilized 10 personnel to assist with MSRC's communications in the Gulf. | NWFFE does not maintain a contract with Washington State contingency plan holders. | TBD | |
| Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) | 4/28/2010 | 4/29/2010 | 1400' of Fire Boom from Port Angeles has been requested in the Gulf to support in-situ burn operations. | - | A small cache of fire boom remains in the state. While fire boom is the most appropriate resource for in-situ burn, contractor boom can be used with a limited life span. | TBD. The WA equipment has not been used as of yet but will not return until burning has been ruled out as alternative | |
| Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) | 4/25/2010 | 4/26/2010 | Dispersant product (about 15,000 gallons of Corexit 9527) from the Pacific Northwest has been sent to support the Deepwater Horizon response in the Gulf. | - | All dispersant stockpiles nationwide are being shipped to Stennis Mississippi for immediate application. Nalco has ramped up their production and is shipping all of the daily production directly to Stennis for immediate application. | TBD. it would be safe to assume that local stockpiles will not be replenished until dispersant application in Gulf ends. Product to be returned will be COREXIT 9500. | |
| Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) | 4/25/2010 | 4/26/2010 | - | 26 Region personnel to staff in the Gulf supporting the response efforts. | MSRC has activated an agreement with Global Diving and Salvage to provide trained personnel to remain in Washington State to backfill for MSRC. | TBD | |
| O'Brien's Response Management | - | Overhead support of Gulf response | under analysis | TBD | |||
| Genwest | - | Overhead support of Gulf response | under analysis | TBD | |||
| NAVY SUPSALV | 5/2/2010 | All major response assets in PT. Hueneme, CA. | - | under analysis. The SUPSALV equipment staged in Alaska is still available for the west coast. | TBD | ||
| BP BART TEAM (spill management team) | unknown | - | 7 local refinery personnel are rotating through the Gulf to assist in efforts. | The loss of 7 personnel on a rotational basis is not a significant impact to the BP spill management team. | TBD | ||
| United States Coast Guard- District 13 (USCG D13) | 4/30/2010 | A portion of the D-13 Incident Management Assist Team has been released to support response operations in the Gulf. | Public Sector Asset | TBD. Two week rotations for the team. |