Contaminants
Spill Response

 

Bullet Graphic Active Spills of Interest:

Photo of New Carissa ship burning.

New Carissa

     In February 1999 the New Carissa ran aground on the Oregon Coast near Coos Bay. In the following weeks, the vessel broke apart and discharged more than 70,000 gallons of tar-like fuel oil into the oceans and the surrounding environment.  Learn more>

Bullet Graphic Past Incidents of Interest:

Photo of Johnson Creek spill with firetrucks.

Johnson Creek

     On March 15, 2004, a fire broke out at the Thermo Fluids oil recycling facility in Portland, Oregon.  Learn more>

 
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Items of Note


How to Report a Spill

USFWS Environmental Quality Program
Oil Spill Preparation and Response

Oil Spills in the Region

San Francisco Oil Spill
November 9, 2007