11/18/13 - REMOVAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED. THIS ORDER REQUIRES PERFORMANCE OF REMOVAL ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH A TRAIN DERAILMENT LOCATED AT OR NEAR HWY 14 AND HWY 2 IN ALICEVILLE, PICKENS COUNTY, AL. THIS ORDER REQUIRES THE RESPONDENT TO IMMEDIATELY CONDUCT REMOVAL OF A DISCHARGE OR TO MITIGATE OR PREVENT A SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF A DISCHARGE OF OIL.
THE FACILITY IS A 26-CAR TRAIN DERAILMENT AT MILEPOST 683 LOCATED AT OR ABOUT INTERSECTION OF HWY 14 AND HWY 2 IN ALICEVILLE, AL. SHORTLY AFTER 12 A.M. ON FRI, NOV 8, A 90-CAR UNIT TRAIN CARRYING CRUDE OIL ENROUTE FROM AMORY, MS TO WALNUT HILL, FL, DERAILED NEAR ALICEVILLE, AL. 26 TANKER CARS FILLED WITH CRUDE OIL DERAILED INTO A WETLAND SLOUGH AT THE HEAD WATERS OF AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF LUBBUB CREEK. LUBBUB CREEK DISCHARGES INTO THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER. ALL OF THESE WATERS ARE CONSIDERED NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE U.S LUBBUB CREEK CONTAINS MULTIPLE THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES ACCORDING TO THE DEPT OF LABOR.
RESPONDENT IS THE OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE FACILITY OR VESSEL FROM WHICH THE DISCHARGE OR SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF A DISCHARGE OF OIL INTO OR ON THE NAVIGABLE WATER OR ON THE ADJOINING SHORELINES TO THE NAVIGABLE WATERS TOOK PLACE.
RESPONDENT RECEIVED A NOTICE OF FEDERAL INTEREST (NOFI) ON FRI, NOV 8, 2013. SINCE NOV 8, 2013, RESPONSE HAS BEEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF USEPA OSC JORDAN GARRARD AND THE RESPONDENT HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF UNIFIED COMMAND.
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