Fwd: U.S. EPA Serving as On-Scene Coordinator in Emergency Response to Ohio River Oil Spill

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From: U.S. EPA <usaepa@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 3:37 PM
Subject: U.S. EPA Serving as On-Scene Coordinator in Emergency Response to Ohio River Oil Spill
To: iammejtm@gmail.com

Media Contacts: Francisco Arcaute, 312-898-2042, arcaute.francisco@epa.gov Phillippa Cannon, 312-353-6218, cannon.phillippa@epa.gov   U.S. EPA Serving as On-Scene Coordinator in Emergency Response to Ohio River Oil Spill CHICAGO (August 19, 2014) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is serving as the Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the emergency response to an oil spill that occurred last night when approximately 3500 gallons of diesel fuel was released into the Ohio River from Duke Energy's Beckjord power plant. Twenty-four hour operations are underway to contain and clean up oil along a 12 mile stretch of the Ohio River immediately upstream from Cincinnati. "U.S. EPA, the U.S. Coast Guard and Ohio EPA quickly mobilized and are taking a series of steps to minimize the damage this spill does to the Ohio River and surrounding communities," said U.S. EPA Incident Commander Steven Renninger. "U.S. EPA is on the scene to ensure the leaked oil is contained and cleaned up as quickly and effectively as possible." U.S. EPA has established a unified command with the U.S. Coast Guard, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and Pierce Township. U.S. EPA is directing response efforts carried out by Duke Energy. Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, U.S. EPA has the responsibility for inland oil spills.    Boom was deployed in the Ohio River to contain the spill. Sheen extends approximately 12 miles from Duke's plant down the Ohio River toward Cincinnati. The U.S. Coast Guard closed 15 miles of the river to vessel traffic. As a precaution, the Greater Cincinnati Waterworks and the Northern Kentucky Water District each closed drinking water intakes on the Ohio River. The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission is conducting water sampling on the river. For updates on the response to this oil spill, go to www.epa.gov/region5/newsevents/duke-energy-spill/   You can unsubscribe or update your subscriptions or e-mail address at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. All you will need is your e-mail address. If you have any questions or problems, please e-mail subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com for assistance.  This service is provided to you at no charge by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.    This email was sent to iammejtm@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW · Washington DC 20460 · 202-564-4355

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Jeremy Tobias Matthews