APEX 3508 MAJOR INLAND SPILL September 2, 2015 Lower Mississippi River MM 937 RRT IV Brief March 3, 2016 U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, KY CDR Mark Sawyer and Mr. Adam Davis (NOAA SSC) Sector Ohio Valley U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, KY CDR Mark Sawyer and Mr. Adam Davis (NOAA SSC) MSU Paducah Overview • 469 river miles on the Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi Rivers • 3 EPA Regions • 4 USACE Districts • 4 States • 8 of the 11 CG missions • Two major lakes, Kentucky Lake & Lake Barkley , 218K Acres of water surface, 318 miles • 5 Locks & Dams, 8 bridges • 200+ Reportable Marine Casualties/Year • 24 Active; 4 Civilians U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, KY CDR Mark Sawyer and Mr. Adam Davis (NOAA SSC) MM 109.9 MM 867.4 MM 80 MM 869 U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, KY CDR Mark Sawyer and Mr. Adam Davis (NOAA SSC) Initial Response (24 Hrs) • Dispatched MSU Team: Investigations, Inspections & Pollution Responders • Vertical/Horizontal Briefings • River Closure • IMT/ICP at MSU Paducah • Initial Requests from RP • Resource gaps, Unified Command, ICS Process • Media • Established MTSRU & Sustainable ICP U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, KY CDR Mark Sawyer and Mr. Adam Davis (NOAA SSC) Incident Overview U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, KY CDR Mark Sawyer and Mr. Adam Davis (NOAA SSC) Incident Location- LMR, MM 937 U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, KY CDR Mark Sawyer and Mr. Adam Davis (NOAA SSC) Incident Objectives OBJECTIVES:  PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF CITIZENS AND RESPONSE PERSONNEL  INITIATE ACTIONS TO STOP OR CONTROL THE SOURCE, AND MINIMIZE THE TOTAL VOLUME RELEASED  CONTAIN, TREAT AND RECOVER SPILLED MATERIALS FROM THE WATER.  CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT AND INITIATE SHORELINE CLEANUP EFFORTS  CONDUCT A SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE TO BARGE APEX 3508  MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM  MINIMIZE ECONOMIC IMPACT  IDENTIFY AND PROTECT RESOURCES AT RISK DURING THE ASSESSMENT AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS OF ANY IDENTIFIED SUBMERGED OIL.  CONTINUE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING. PRIORITIES: • SAFETY OF PUBLIC/COMMUNITIES • ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS • REOPENING OF RIVER WITH SUBSEQUENT MOVEMENT OF MARITIME TRAFFIC U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, KY CDR Mark Sawyer and Mr. Adam Davis (NOAA SSC) Incident Challenges • Incident Location • Environment ICP • Connectivity • Product Fate • Specialized Equipment • Traffic Management Staging • Timing U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, KY CDR Mark Sawyer and Mr. Adam Davis (NOAA SSC) Incident Summary (Type II) Unified Command included: FOSCR – CDR Mark Sawyer – MSU Paducah RPIC – Jason Adams / Greg Brown – Inland Marine Services SOSC- Robert Francis / Kevin Strohmeier – KY Dept. of Environmental Protection Number of OPS period: 8 Total Personnel Responded : 120+ Total Equipment Responded :65 + Number of days : 23 Including USCG (IMAT/NSF), NOAA, EPA,OSRO- Including various barges and tug boats, 18ft- 2 SEP15 –25 SEP 15 SWS, T&T 25ft response boats, dive boats, aircraft and cranes River Closure: 18 miles (48 hours) Oil Released: Type of product: Clarified Slurry Oil, Group V Resources at risk: 2 (USFWS) ESA listed 120,588 gallons Residual Fuels Oils (GPVFRO) referred to by freshwater mussels industry as LAPIO (Low API Oils) Experts believe majority of product was confined in two anomalies near incident location Detection: Combination of low resolution Recovery: Combination of Cable Arm Oily sediment/water recovered : and high resolution side scan sonar, along Environmental Bucket with ClamVisiondredge 3,111Cubic Yards with overflightand dive ops were used. positioning system, VesselSubmerged Oil (~4,667 tons) Recovery System (VSORS)and a decanting–water polishing processes were used. Oily Sediment recovered (after decanting): 2,261 Cubic Yards (~3,392) Number of water & sediment samples : Outcome After Recovery: BothAnomalies were FPN 15050 –Ceiling: $300 K 220 determined to have nomore than 10% sporadic Number of samples positive oil distributionwithin each 25 meter by 25 meter Costs as of 30 SEP 15: for oil : grid on 25 SEP 15. Indirect $281,437 -Direct $193,308 5 Total $474,745 U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, KY RP-Actual as of 25SEP15 : CDR Mark Sawyer and Mr. Adam Davis (NOAA SSC) $2.9 million 11