(AGENPARL) – mar 31 ottobre 2023 Issued: Oct 31, 2023 (1:05pm EDT)
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Oil Recovery Operations and Mill Creek Restoration near Washington, Kansas,
Are Complete
Mill Creek is once again flowing naturally after the diversion system and
final berms were removed
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 – 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa,
KS 66219
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations
LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 31, 2023) – Mill Creek, impacted by the oil spill near
Washington, Kansas, in December 2022, is once again flowing naturally after
EPA Region 7 confirmed that the removal of oil was complete during a final
visual inspection of the creek completed on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.
Oil recovery within Mill Creek is complete and Mill Creek flow and water
levels have been returned to natural conditions. The Kansas Department of
Health and Environment (KDHE) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
will continue inspections and monitoring of riparian restoration for the next
five years or until it is determined that monitoring is no longer needed.
EPA Region 7 on-scene coordinators (OSCs) were deployed to the scene after the
initial National Response Center (NRC) report on Dec. 8, 2022, to oversee oil
containment and recovery operations. During the bulk oil recovery phase,
operations were performed 24/7. This phase was completed on Jan. 29, 2023.
Following substantial construction and engineering projects, response
personnel were able to access submerged oil impacts in Mill Creek. Oil
recovery within Mill Creek continued until May 11, 2023, when response crews
shifted their focus to stream restoration.
EPA staff worked more than 6,000 hours and took over 83 trips to the scene.
EPA personnel from Regions 3, 5, and 6 supported Region 7, along with staff
from the U.S. Coast Guard – Atlantic Strike Team.
In total, more than 54 million gallons of contaminated surface water were
treated and discharged back into Mill Creek. Over 650,000 gallons of oil were
recovered, including product remaining in the pipeline following the rupture.
Approximately 200,000 tons of oil-impacted soil, sediment, and debris were
excavated and sent off-site for disposal.
Learn more about EPA’s response operations at Mill Creek.
View photos of response operations.
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