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MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL
Council Chamber, Civic Center
Huntington Beach, California
Tuesday, February 27, 1990
A tape recording of this meeting is
on file in the City Clerk' s Office.
The Mayor called the Emergency Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach to order pursuant to Huntington Beach City Charter Section
303(b) -, an emergency affecting the public peace, health or safety.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: MacAllister, Green, Mays, Bannister, Silva
ABSENT: Winchell , Erskine
Mayor Mays stated that the City had a major oil spill on February 7, 1990. At
that time the City Council passed a Resolution declaring that a local
emergency existed, due to the American Trader oil spill , during the period of
February 7-28,. 1990. The emergency period specified in that resolution has
almost expired, yet conditions still exist that make it necessary to extend
the declaration of local emergency for an indefinite period of time.
Raymond Picard, Director of Civil Defense, stated the reasons for the need to
extend the State of Local Emergency. The beaches are closed and will remain
so until health tests are complete and cleared by the Orange County Health
Officer. The Santa Ana River, the Talbert Marsh, the Talbert Channel , the
Huntington Beach bluffs, portions of Newport Beach from the Newport Pier to
the Santa Ana River Jetty will be closed for some time due to the oil on rocks
and are still creating contamination. Bike paths are still being redirected
close to Pacific Coast Highway traffic lanes . Hazardous waste haulers are
still transporting hazardous waste through the City. A review is to be made
every fourteen days until cleared by the Orange County Health Officer.
The Mayor requested the City Clerk to read the title of Resolution No. 6122
into the record in full as follows:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
DECLARING THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH.
A motion was made by MacAllister, second Green, to adopt Resolut ion No.
6122. The motion passed by the following roll call vote:
AYES: MacAllister, Green, Mays, Bannister, Silva
NOES: None
ABSENT: Winchell , Erskine
§ 54954.2 GOVERNMENT CODE
(1) Upon a determination by a majority vote of the legislative body that an emergency situation
exists, as defined in Section 54956.5.
(2) Upon a determination by a two-thirds vote of the legislative body,or,if less than two-thirds of
the members are present, a unanimous vote of those members present,that the need to take action
arose subsequent to the agenda being posted as specified in subdivision (a).
(3) The item was posted pursuant to subdivision (a) for a prior meeting of the legislative body
occurring not more than five calendar days prior to the date action is taken on the item, and at the
prior meeting the item was continued to the meeting at which action is being taken.
(Added by Stats.1986, c. 641, § 5.)
§ 54954.3. Opportunity for public to address legislative body; regulations
(a) Every agenda for regular meetings shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to
directly address the legislative body on items of interest to the public that are within the subject
matter jurisdiction of the legislative body, provided that no action shall be taken on any item not
appearing on the agenda unless the action is otherwise authorized by subdivision (b) of Section
54954.2. However; in the case of a.meeting of a city council in a city or a board of supervisors in a
city and county,the agenda need not provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the
y council or board on any item that has already been considered by a committee,composed exclusively
of members of the council or board,at a public meeting wherein all interested members of the public
were afforded the opportunity to address the committee on the item, unless the item has been
substantially changed since the committee heard the item, as determined by the council or board.
(b) The legislative body of a local agency may adopt reasonable regu
lations to ensure that the
intent of subdivision (a) is carried out, including, but not limited to, regulations limiting the total
amount of time allocated for public testimony on particular issues and for each individual speaker.
(Added by Stats.1986, c. 641, § 6.)
§ 54956. Special meetings; call; notice
A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding officer of.the legislative body of a
local agency,or by a majority of the members of the legislative body,by delivering personally or by
mail written notice to each member of the legislative body and to each local newspaper of general
circulation, radio or television station requesting notice in writing. The notice shall be delivered
personally or by mail and shall be received at least 24 hours before- to time of the meeting as
specified in the notice. The call and notice shall specify the time and place of the specVmeeting and
the business to be transacted. No other business shall be considered at these meetings by the
legislative body. The written notice may be dispensed with as to any member who at or prior to the
time the meeting convenes files with the clerk or secretary of the legislative body a written waiver of
notice. The waiver may be given by telegram. The written notice may also be dispensed with as to
q G any member who is actually present at the meeting at the time it convenes. Notice shall be required
4 pursuant to this section regardless of whether any action is taken at the special meeting.
l The call and notice shall be posted at least 24 hours prior to the special meeting in a location that is
freely accessible to members of the public.
(Amended by Stats.1986, c. 641, § 7.)
4 Notes of Declaims series of closed discussions with citizens having matters of
Closed discussions with citizens 5 business pending before them together or convey informa-
tion regarding those matters where the discussions are held
on successive dates and are so planned to insure that a
5. Closed discussions with dtlrens quorum of the council will not be present at any given
It would be a violation of the Ralph M. Brown Act meeting. 65 Ops.Atty.Gen.63, 1-22-82.
(§ 54950 et seq.) for member of a city council to hold a
§ 54956.5. Emergency meetings in emergency situations
In the case of an emergency situation involving matters upon which prompt action is necessary due
to the disruption or threatened disruption of public facilities, a legislative body may hold an
emergency meeting without complying with either the 24-hour notice requirement or the 24-hour
posting requirement of Section 54956 or both oMe notice and posting requirements.
For purposes of this section, "emergency situation" means any of the following:
i (a) Work stoppage or other activity which severely impairs public health, safety, or both, as
determined by a majority of the members of the legislative body.
i Additions in text are Indicated by underline; deletions by asterisks •
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§8629 EMERGENCY SERVICES
terminated by proclamation of the Governor or by concurrent resolu- men
tion of the Legislature declaring it at an end. : . duri
Added Stats 1970 ch 1454 §2. men
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ARTICLE 14 . Cr
Local Emergency
§ 8630. Proclamation by local governing body; Duration; Review § 8(
§ 8631. Provision of mutual aid by political subdivisions aga
§ 8632. Provision of mutual aid by state agencies In 1
§ 8633. Costs incurred in executing mutual aid agreements as charge against state cos'
§ 8634. Promulgation of orders and regulations; Curfew
exe
Cross References: aga
Mutual aid: §§8615 et seq. Ord
Add
§ 8630. P clamation by local governing body; Duration; Review =
cal emergency may be proclaimed only by the governing body of
a county, city and county, or city or by an official so designated by
ordinance adopted by such governing body. Whenever a local emer-
gency is proclaimed by an official designated by ordinance, the local § E
emergency shall not remain in effect for a period in excess of seven = Di
days unless it has been ratified by the governing body. The governing sic
body shall review, at least every 14 days until such local emergency is re,
terminated, the need for continuing the local emergency and shall X er
proclaim the termination of such local emergency at the earliest nz
possible date that conditions warrant. sa
Added Stats 1970 ch 1454§2.
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Cross References: :, ni
Emergency powers of local agency: §§ 53020-53023. 4: T
Collateral References:
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Cal Jur 3d Municipalities §216, State of California §48. c
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§ 8631. Provision of mutual aid by political subdivisions
In periods of local emergency, political subdivisions have full power
to provide mutual aid to any affected area in accordance with local
ordinances, resolutions, emergency plans, or agreements therefor.
Added Stats 1970 ch 1454 §2.
Cross References: i
Mutual aid regions: §8600.
§ 8632. Provision of mutual aid by state agencies
State agencies may provide mutual aid, including personnel, equip-
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FE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION
HUNTINGTON BEACH
To CONNIE BROCKWAY From GAIL HUTTON
City Clerk City Attorney
Subject Emergency Meeting Pursuant Date February 27, 1990
to Government Code Section
54956. 5 Emergency Meetings; Notice
to Extend Declaration of Emergency
The Declaration of Emergency expires February 28, 1990 . The Civil
Defense Director has indicated that the Council will need to
extend the time of emergency indefinitely pursuant to Government
Code Section 8630 . Therefore, it will be necessary to hold an
emergency meeting February 27, 1990 .
Huntington Beach Municipal Code Section 303 (b) provides as follows :
. . In the event of an emergency affecting the
public peace, health or safety, a special meeting
may be called as provided in this section with less
than twenty-four hours written notice by the Mayor
Pro Tem in the Mayor ' s absence or by any member of
the City Council in the absence of both the Mayor
and Mayor Pro Tem provided that the nature of the
emergency is set forth in the minutes of the meeting .
In addition, the Brown Act provides authority for an emergency
meeting and requires that each local newspaper of general
circulation and radio or television stations which have requested
notice of special meetings pursuant to Section 54956 shall be
notified by the presiding officer of the legislative body or
designee thereof one hour prior to the emergency meeting by
telephone and all telephone numbers provided in the most recent
request of such newspapers or station for notification of special
meetings shall be exhausted. (See attached Government Code
Section 54956 . 5 . )
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Connie Brockway
February 27, 1990
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Please arrange for the proper telephonic notice and provide for
setting forth the nature of the emergency in the minutes of the
meeting .
GAIL HUTTON
City Attorney
cc : Mayor Tom Mays and
Members of the City Council
Mike Uberuaga, Director of Civil Defense
Rich Barnard, Deputy City Administrator
Paul D'Alessandro, Deputy City Attorney
Ray Picard, Fire Chief, Deputy Director of Civil Defense
Attachments: Government Code Section 54956
Government Code Section 8630
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
February 26 , 1990
Date
...abmitted to: HONORABLE MAYOR TOM MAYS AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Submitted by: MICHAEL UBERUAGA, CITY ADM NISTRATOR/DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE
AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
Prepared by: GAIL HUTTON, CITY ATTORNEY
Subject: �• ��
DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY Fes. a
Consistent with Council Policy? bd Yes [ J New Policy or Exception
Statement of Issue, Recommendation, Analysis, Funding Source, Alternative Actions, Attachments:
ISSUE:
On February 7 , 1990, the City Council passed Resolution 6114 ( 1990-2)
declaring that a local emergency existed, due to the American Trader
oil spill, during the period of February 7 - 28 , 1990 . The emergency
period specified in that resolution has almost expired, yet
conditions still exist, as outlined below, that make it necessary to
extend the declaration of local emergency.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt the attached resolution which continues the emergency period .
ANALYSIS:
The oil spill has created conditions that pose extreme peril to life
and property. These conditions include:
1 . The closure of the state and municipal beaches ;
2 . Contaminated materials are being transported throughout
the city to proper disposal sites;
3 . The continued need for the consolidation and
coordination of city work forces;
4 . The need to maintain public safety during the ongoing
cleanup effort .
For these reasons, staff recommends that the local emergency be
continued until such time as conditions warrant that it can be
terminated .
FUNDING SOURCE:
Not applicable .
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS :
Do not adopt the resolution and allow the local emergency to
terminate.
ATTACHMENT:
Proposed resolution.
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH DECLARING THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE
OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
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WHEREAS, on February 7, 1990, the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach declared that a local emergency existed throughout
the city due to the American Trader oil spill; and
The period of said emergency was declared to be February 7,
1990 , through February 28, 1990; and
The continued closure of the city and state beaches, the need
to maintain public safety during cleanup efforts , and the
transportation of contaminated materials through the city to proper
disposal sites are conditions of extreme peril to the safety of
persons and property within the city,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach does hereby resolve as follows :
1 . A local emergency as defined in California Government
Code §8558 (c) , continues to exist in the City of Huntington Beach.
The City Council shall review, at least every 14 days until such
local emergency is terminated, the need for continuing the local
emergency and shall proclaim the termination of such local emergency
at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at an emergency meeting thereof held on the
day of 1990 .
. Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney f 2 2�.•
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INITIATED, REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator/Director-""Of
Civil Defense and Emergency-' Services
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(Days 23-98)
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DAY 23 - THURSDAY, MARCH 1
Dr. Wade of Med-Tox reported that test results of the beach from Golden West Street
south to Magnolia Street showed an average concentration of total hydrocarbons of 30 ppm (parts
per million). This completed all requirements set for the reopening of this section of beach. The
OC Health Care Agency, USCG, State Department of Fish & Game and City of Huntington Beach •
approved use of the beach by the public.
The Mayor hosted a special press conference at 2:00 PM to officially announce the
reopening of the above specified portion of the beach. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the
public was allowed back onto the beach and a group of surfers scrambled into the ocean waters.
Cleanup activities were set to continue in the remaining portions of unopened City beach, •
with the prescribed assessment and cleanup process to be utilized prior to their reopening to the
public.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Attended Sub-Comdex meeting at 12:00 noon. Attended meeting of all concerned
agencies at City Hall at 3:00 PM.
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Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Wav):
Supervised work crews (Turner). Removed beach closure signs (Turner, Esslinger, Dugan,
Curtis). Completed sanitizing as directed by BP (Esslinger). Disced areas as directed by BP
(Dugan).
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella): •
The Finance Officer met with the City's independent auditors to discuss possible aid and
evolution of the City's preparation of oil spill costs. Also, a communication was prepared to the
Deputy City Administrator (Franz) suggesting the oil spill accounting procedures. This included
actual costs, lost revenues and intangible costs such as environmental.
Emergency Services Office - (Ott/Morrison): •
Got the EOC back in order, ready for the next disaster.
Incident Commander (IC) -ICP (Richardson):
Debriefed night staff. Prepared materials for and chaired 9:30 AM briefing. Interfaced with
news media and other agencies.
DAY 24 - FRIDAY, MARCH 2
Incident Commander (IC) -ICP (Richardson):
Set-up 2:00 PM press conference relative to opening beach from Beach Boulevard to
Golden West Street. Returned Marine Safety staff to water safety patrol except in beach areas still •
closed. Discontinued daily activities of debriefing night shift, reviewing drive-by oil condition
reports and compiling oil and dead bird reports.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi Turner. DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith Dugan Curtis Way):
Removed beach closure signs; installed additional beach closure signs west of Golden West
Street (Turner). •
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Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Attended closed door meeting at ICP at 9:45 AM. Discussed standards for the opening of
• oil impacted beaches. Standards agreed upon at this meeting. 10:30 AM meeting at same
location to discuss standards of opening the oil impacted beaches with other concerned agencies.
All agencies agreed upon the standards set.
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Telephone conference with Jim Frye of California State Lands Commission regarding the
• lease agreement of the mooring site.
DAY 25 - SATURDAY, MARCH 3
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour. Esslinaer, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Replaced stolen/vandalized beach closure signs (Turner, Dugan).
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DAY 29 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7
Incident Commander (IC) -ICP (Richardson):
Reported to EOC to begin summary report writing, which required four days to complete.
• City Attorney (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Attended the State Lands Commission hearing at Huntington Beach City Council
Chambers.
DAY 34 - MONDAY, MARCH 12
• City Attorney (Hutton):
Telephone call to Ken Adams, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin soliciting proposal for oil spill
litigation.
DAY 36 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14
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Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Confirmed routine long-term communications for action by BP for oil contamination, tar
balls or problems with oil.
ICP closed. City of Huntington Beach Lifeguard Headquarters resumed normal operations.
• DAY 41 - MONDAY, MARCH 19
City Attorney (Hutton)-
Telephone call to Richard Terzian; of Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, soliciting proposal for oil
spill litigation.
• DAY 43 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Telephone call to Katherine Stone, of Freilich, Stone, Leitner & Carlisle soliciting proposal
for oil spill litigation. (Hutton)
Reviewed written proposal from Dickstein firm of Washington, D.C., regarding Ken Adam's
• representation of the City in the oil spill matter. (D'Alessandro)
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DAY 45 - FRIDAY, MARCH 23
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro): •
Prepared request for proposals regarding the oil spill outside counsel representation.
DAY 49 - TUESDAY, MARCH 27
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro): •
Reviewed proposals received regarding the request for proposals sent out by this office
concerning representation in the oil spill.
DAY 50 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro): •
Attended meeting with City Administrator, Council Committee, and Attorney Ken Adams
regarding the Dickstein firm's proposal for outside representation.
(Hutton) Interviews with: Ken Adams, of Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin; Michael Uberuaga,
City Administrator; Councilmen Jim Silva, John Erskine and Peter Green; Paul D'Alessandro,
Deputy City Attorney to discuss oil spill litigation.
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DAY 51 - THURSDAY, MARCH 29
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Assisted the City Attorney in drafting the consolidated issue paper for Council
consideration regarding the oil spill. Attended meeting of the oil spill task force on cost recovery
with other members of the City staff. •
DAY 52 - FRIDAY, MARCH 30
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Assisted City Attorney in revision of final draft for oil spill issue paper submitted to the City •
Council.
DAY 57 - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4
City Attorney (Hutton):
Telephone call to Joseph Gughemetti, of Gughemetti & Spangenberg, soliciting proposal •
for oil spill litigation.
DAY 59 - FRIDAY, APRIL 6
City Attorney (Hutton):
Telephone call to Jim Ackerman, of Law Offices of Jim Ackerman, soliciting proposal for •
oil spill litigation.
DAY 98 - MAY 15, 1990
Emergency Services Office - (Ott/Morrison):
Held City critique of the incident. (Appendix N: Oil Spill Critique •.
Minutes/Recommendations.)
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Appe rncl i x A
OPERATIONAL C4AW SIXTEEN - MAJOR OIL SPILLS '
• (0-PLAN-16)
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE AND DISASTER PLAN
I. Mission
To implement the Huntington Beach Civil Defense and Disaster Plan in the
• event of a major oil spill.
II. Assignment of Responsibilities
A. The Director of Community Services is responsible for the city's
action in major oil spills initiated from an offshore source
• involving or threatening to involve any shoreline, coastal, harbor,
or saltwater area of the city of Huntington Beach. He is designated
as Incident Officer (see VII, D, Basic Plan).
B. The Fire Prevention Specialist - Oil Field Inspector is responsible
for all other oil spills and is the Incident Officer.
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III. Priority of Actions
The Incident Officer will assign priority of actions, based on the
situation and information provided by the United States Coast Guard.
• IV. Concept of Operations
A. Major oil spills may result from any number of situations.
B. The actions to be taken to combat or avert the consequences of any
oil spill fall into three general categories:
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1 . Correction or elimination of the cause of the spill.
2. Diverting and/or minimizing the effects of the spill.
3. Recovery operations.
C. The U.S. Coast Guard shall be the coordinating agency for all major
offshore oil spills.
D. Legally, the owner or operator of the source of the spill is
responsible for taking all necessary actions listed in B, above.
• However, until such actions are effectively accomplished, it is
imperative the city of Huntington Beach be prepared to take any
actions necessary to prevent or minimize losses or damage within the
city.
V. Special Operating Instructions (SOI)
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A. General:
1 . The Director of Community Services will maintain a current listing
of individuals and agencies to be notified of an actual or
potential oil spill (see Appendix 1 and 2).
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COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND ASSIGNMENTS
0-PLAN 16-MAJOR OIL SPILL
DIRECTOR •
1. Report to Beach Division Headquarters.
2. Oversee activities of department and assisting agencies.
3. Keep City Administrator advised as to progress of all activities. •
BEACH SERVICES MANAGER
1 . Notify Coast Guard and other agencies as required on Organization Chart
(following page).
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2. Direct activities of departmental coordinators.
MARINE SAFETY CAPTAIN
1 . Report to departmental communications center.
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2. Direct all related departmental communication activity.
3. Coordinate with Coast Guard, Fish and Game, and other agencies, as required.
MARINE SAFETY LIEUTENANT -
Direct activities of all assigned departmental vessels-and vehicles.
BEACH SUPERVISOR
1 . Report to headquarters. •
2. Direct all activities of City vehicles and assigned personnel.
3. Assist Public Works Department and other equipment assigned.
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APPENDIX 1
ACTION CHECK LIST
• TO 0-PLAN-16
MAJOR OIL COMPANIES
REPRESENTATIVES AND PHONE NUMBERS
• When you have definite confirmation that the source of an oil spill is the
direct responsibility of one of the oil companies listed below, immediately
advise said agency.
STANDARD OIL UNION OIL
• (213) 694-2818 24 Hour (213) 592-5013 24 Hour .
(213) 592-1975
• GULF OIL SHELL OIL
(213) 921-3581 24 Hour (714) 536-6521 24 Hour
(714) 969-3218
R. L. .Gogi ns
B-(714) 536-6521
H-(714) 842-1192
C, R. Smith
B-(714) 536-6521
• H-(714) 642-7257
Note: The names of representatives from other oil companies not listed may be
• obtained by phoning:
Fire Prevention Specialist - Oil Field Inspector
B-(714) 536-5574
B-(714) 536-5477 Fire Dispatch
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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
0-PLAN .16 OIL SPILL DISASTER
STAFF ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Line of Authority SEPTEMBER 1986 Line of Authority
- - - - - Line of Coamunication Director
Beach Services Manager
Marine Safety Captain
DIRECTOR Marine Safety Lieutenant
MELVIN M. BOWMAN
B-714-536-5291
H-714-962-3003
REGIONAL UNITED STATES CALIFORNIA BEACH SERVICES MANAGER CIVIL DEFENSE FIRE PREVENTION
WATER QUALITY _ COAST GUARD FISH A GAME __ DOUGLAS.D'ARNALL _ COORDINATOR _ SPECIALIST
CONTROL MARINE - WILDLIFE B-714-960-8874 -_-- - B-714-536-5980 -- 714-536-5574
1-714-834-7667 SAFETY PROTECTION H-714-964-1447 B-714-536-5477 714-536-5477
1-714-834-2127 1 1 1-213-590-2341 1-213-590-5132
BEACH SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS OCEAN 3 BEACH PARK DEV S REC REC 6 HUM SVCS
SUPERVISOR COORDINATOR COORDINATOR SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT
JIM WAY CPT RICHARDSON LT DAVIDSON JIM ENGLE BILL FOWLER
B-714-536-5287 B-714-536-5283 8r714-536-5285 B-714-536-6495 6-714-536-5496
H-714-536-9567 H-714-968-9360 H-714-536-3856 H-714-531-7688 H-714-842-6491
LARRY NEISHI MECHANICAL MARINE SAFETY RESCUE BOATS PARKING'
B-714-536-5614 ERNIE KIDD FPERSONNEL STEVE SEIM STEVE BENSON
H-714-962-4396 B-714-536-5429 B-714-536-5281 B-714-536-5287 `
H-714-847-6265 H-714-969-2595 H-714-536-0976
TIN TURNER
B-714-536-5614
H-714-U7-8015
7BEACH MAINT.
PERSONNEL
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BIRD REPORTS
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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH &GAME BIRD REPORT
Final bird count from the California Department of Fish & Game for
all facilities is as follows:
Total Birds Handled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 ,025
Dead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . 480
Alive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .545
Released. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Transferred (not oil spill related) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
• One hundred and sixty five birds died during treatment/holding,
and twenty four had to be euthanized.
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OILED BIRD COUNT
Magnolia Bird Cleaning Station
• TOTAL TOTAL
DATE TIME ALIVE NEW DEAD NEW
2/11 8: 17 AM 82 44
2/11 6: 00 PM 99 17 51 7
2/12 6: 30 AM 138 39 57 .6
• 2/12 3 : 30 PM 222 94 72 15
2/13 7: 30 AM 282 60 103 31
2/13 4: 30 PM 312 30 135 32
2/14 7: 30 AM 329 17 153 18
2/14 3: 00 PM 333 4 160 7
2/15 8: 00 AM 358 25 182 22
• 2/15 3: 00 PM 368 10 206 24
2/16 3: 00 PM 378 10 224 18
2/17 398 20 248 24
2/18 9: 00 AM 417 19 279 31
2/18 4: 00 PM 425 8 301 22
2/19 10: 00 AM 433 8 340 39
• 2/20 10: 00 AM 437 4 366 26
2/21 9: 00 AM 445 8 370 4
2/21 Magnolia Bird Cleaning Station closed at 8 : 00 PM.
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BIRDS RECOVERED
Live : 443
# Of Birds Recoverd By Day
140
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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 . 20 21
DAYS: (February 7 - February 21)
® Live Birds Recovered
Local Huntington Beach Area Only
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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE
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Chapter 8.60
• CIVIL DEFENSE--EMERGENCY SERVICES
Sections :
8.60.010 Purposes.
• 8.60.020 Definitions.
8.60 .030 Council--Created.
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8.60.030--8.60.060 •
safety of persons and property within this city caused by
such conditions as 'air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epi-
demic, riot or earthquake, or other conditions, including •
conditions resulting from war or i=uinent threat of war,
but other than conditions resulting from a labor contro-
versy, which conditions are or are likely to be beyond the
control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities
of this city, requiring the combined forces of other polit-
ical subdivisions to combat. (Ord-. 1757 (part) , 1972: •
Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969: Ord. 569 (part) , 1951) .
. 8.60 .030 Council--Created. There is created a civil
defense and disaster council, consisting of the director
who shall be chairman, deputy director who shall be the
vice-chairman, chief of -fire department, or his representa- •
tive, coordinator of civil defense/emergency services plan-
ning'and training, and any city department head who may be
appointed by the director, and representatives of civil,
business, labor, veterans, professional or other organiza-
tions, not to -exceed five. in number, as may be appointed
by the director. (Ord. 1757 (part) , 1972 : 1503 (part) , •
1969 : Ord. ' 569 (part) , 1951) .
8.60.'040 Council--Powers and duties. It shall be the
duty -of the civil defense and disaster council, and it is
empowered, .to review and recommend for -adoption by the city •
council, civil .defense and emergency_._service plans, mutual
aid plans and agreements, and such ordinances, resolutions,
rules and regulations as are necessary to implement such plans
and agreements. The civil defense and disaster council
shall be advisory in nature, and may present such advice
and recommendations as it deems necessary. The civil de- •
fense and disaster council shall meet upon call of the
chairman, or in his absence -or inability to call such
meeting, upon the call of the chairman's authorized repre-
sentative or the vice-chairman. (Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969 :
Ord. 569 (part) , 1951) .
8.60.050 Director--Office created. There is created •
the office of director of civil defense/emergency services
who shall be the city administrator of Huntington Beach.
(Ord. 1757 (part) , 1972: Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969 : Ord.
569 (part) , 1951) .
•
8.60.060 Deputy director--Office created. There is
created the office of deputy director of civil defense/em-
ergency services who -shall be the assistant city adminis-
trator of Huntington Beach. (Ord. 1757 (part) , 1972) .
•
•
8..6 Q.Q8 Q--.B.6Q.110
hereto adopted by the city council;" all powers conferred up-
on him by any statute, by any agreement approved by the city
council, and by any other lawful authority,
(6) To appoint a coordinator of civil defense/emer-
gency planning and training who shall also be the assistant
deputy director of civil defense emergency services;
(G) The director of civil/defense emergency services
shall designate the order of succession to his office to
take effect in the event the director is unavailable to
attend meetings and otherwise perform his duties during an
emergency. Such order of succession shall be approved by
the city council;
(H) The duputy director shall, under the supervision
of the director, have such other powers and duties as may
be- assigned by the director. (Ord. 1757 (part)., 1972 :
Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969 : Ord. 569 (part) , 1951) .
8.60.080 Plan--Formulation. The director shall pre-
pare and maintain, on a -current basis, a civil defense/emer-
gency services plan as necessary to carry out the purpose
of this chapter. The civil defense/emergency services plan
shall' be consistent with plans of the state and the federal
government and shall hereafter be referred to as.."the plan."
(Ord. 1757 (part) , 1972: Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969) .
8.60.090 Plan--Contents. The plan shall set up the
assignment of emergency duties and functions of all city
agencies and employees, and. volunteer organizations, as well
as the lines of succession of the members of the -civil de-
fense/emergency. services organization. (Ord. -1757 (part) ,
1972: Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969) .
8.60.100 Plan--Adoption and amending. The plan and
amendments thereto shall be placed on file with the city
clerk by the director, and approved or disapproved by the
city council within thirty days of such filing. The plan,
and amendments, if any, shall be effective upon filing
with the city clerk unless disapproved by the city council
within thirty days of such filing. (Ord. 1757 (part) , 1972:
Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969) .
8.60.110 Director--Assignment of duties and functions.
In assigning emergency duties and functions to city agencies
and personnel, the director shall assign responsibilities to
utilize to the maximum the skills and talents of city employ-
ees. When the requisite skill or talent for a particular
responsibility is not available within the city government,
the director is authorized -to seek assistance on a volunteer
basis from persons outside the city government. The direc-
tor shall assign duties to such persons, and grant the au-
thority to carry-out their respective responsibilities dur-
ing and after the occurrence of a .disaster_ (Ord. 1757
(part) , 1972 : Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969) .
•
Appericlix D
•
HUNTINGTON CITY and STATE BEACHES
CLOSING AND OPENING DATES
•
Day 1 - February 7, 1990 - Closure
Beaches under City jurisdiction ( 3 .1 miles ) , located from Tower #20
to Beach Boulevard, were closed at 5 : 30 PM. (Tower #20 is located
• approximately 1 . 5 miles north of Golden West Street . )
Day 4 - February 10, 1990 - Closure
Bolsa Chica State Beach ( 3 .1 miles ) , located from Warner Avenue
to Tower #20 , and Huntington State Beach ( 2 . 2 miles ) , located
• from Beach Boulevard to the Santa Ana River jetty were closed,
according to Dave Pryor , State Lifeguard Supervisor .
Day 23 - March 1, 1990 Opening
Huntington City Beach from Golden West Street to Beach Boulevard
• ( 2 . 2 miles ) was opened.
Day 24 - March 2 , 1990 Opening
Huntington State Beach from Beach Boulevard to Magnolia Street
( .8 miles ) was opened.
•
Day 36 - March 14, 1990 Openinq
Huntington State Beach from Magnolia Street to the Santa Ana
River jetty ( 1 .4 miles ) was opened.
• Bolsa Chica State Beach from Bolsa Main Lifeguard Tower to Golden
West Street ( 2 . 64 miles ) was opened.
•
Total stretch of Citv and State beaches : 8 . 4 miles
Beaches under Citv jurisdiction: 3 . 1 miles
State Beaches : 5 . 3 miles
•
•
App�ra.cl i x E
Ifl
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION
HV%TWGTOA HACH
• To From
ALL DEPARTMENTS DAN T. VILLELLA
Director of Finance
Subject OIL SPILL COSTS Date FEBRUARY 12, 1990
British Petroleum has made a preliminary statement that it is taking full responsibility for
the recent oil spill. It is vital that we maintain adequate documentation relating to the
labor, materials and equipment usage expended by the City in connection with the cleanup.
We are grouping costs into three categories:
• LABOR
We need information from employees who worked in the Emergency Command
Center, those involved from cleanup operations from their offices, those
directly involved in cleanup activities and their supervisors. This should include
all work assignments that were made as a result of the oil spill.
• We have attached a form to be used for all labor costs incurred with the
cleanup effort. This form should be completed for each employee working on
duties that were caused by any activities within the City that took place
because of this accident and should be returned to the Accounting Division as
soon as possible.
MATERL4LS .
All materials used directly on cleanup should be recorded on the attached form.
EQUIPMENT USAGE
These include hourly records of all equipment used as a result of the oil spill.
• They should be reported on the attached form.
These forms should be completed by February 18, 1990 and returned to the
Accounting Division. Call Robert Sedlak (extension 5907) or myself if you have
questions. Additional forms can be used after this date for any additional
efforts or costs.
DAN T. VILLELLA
• Director of Finance
DTV:RS:sd
Attachments
•
50273
•
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
EMPLOYEE SUMMARY SHEET FOR OIL SPILL CLEANUP •
Date Brief Description of Activity Hours Worked
•
•
•
•
Employee's Signature Supervisor's Signature
Date Date
5027i
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
ANALYSIS OF EQUIPMENT USAGE RELATED TO OIL SPILL CLEANUP
Equipment Description Tag Number Individual Using Equipment Location Date
Supervisor Date
5027J
Appendix F -
• LOCAL RESOLUTION NO. 6113 (1990-1)
REQUESTING DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES,
CONCURRENCE IN LOCAL EMERGENCIES
•
WHEREAS, ON February 7, at 7:25 p.m. , 1990,' the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach found that due to an oil spill from
an off-loading oil tanker attempting to drop anchor, a condition of
extreme peril to life and property did exist in the City of
Hun-tington Beach during the period February 7, at 7:25 p.m. , 1990; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with state law the City Council now
declares an emergency did exist throughout said city;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby declared and ordered that a copy
of this declaration be forwarded to the State Director of the Office
of Emergency Services with a:.request that he find it acceptable in
accordance with provisions of the Natural Disaster Assistance.Act; -and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that Raymond Picard, Director of Civil
Defense, City of Huntington Beach is hereby designated as the
authorized representative of the City of Huntington Beach for the
purpose of receipt, processing, and coordination of all inquiries and
requirements necessary to obtain available state assista "
DATE: February 7, 1990 ! I
. OKTD PICARD
ctor of Civil Defense
RICHARD BARNARD
Acting City Administrator
City Clerk .0 Z`9� City Attorney
Res. No. 6113 (1990-1)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE 3 ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I , CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a special emergency meeting thereof held on the 7th day
of February 19 90 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
Winchell , Green, Mays, Silva
"JOSS: • Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Bannister, Erskine
The foregoing instrument is a correct
y Clerk an ex-o ici er
copy of lh: c::i!'in::l 0:1 liie i this office., of the City Council of the City
Attcst . �Z_ c _ 1`l�G of Huntington Beach, California
CONNIE BROCKWAY
City Cl.:!k a 6 i; ` !• CI-,A r,i he City
Council of th; Ciiy of Hi:::ilnzton Beach.
Caliform Deputy cV
^�� .�.
RESOLUTION NO. 6114 1990-2)
• A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH REQUESTING THE CONCURRENCE OF
THE STATE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES IN DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on February 7, at 7:25 p.m. , 1990, the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach found that due to -an oil spill from
are oil tanker off the coast of Huntington Beach, a condition of
• extreme peril to life and property did exist in the City of
Huntington Beach during the period of February _7 - 28, 1990; and
In accordance with state law, the City Council now declares an
emergency did exist throughout said city.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach that a copy of this declaration be forwarded to
the state Director of Office of Emergency Services with a request
that he find it acceptable in accordance with provisions of the
Natural Disaster Assistance Act; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Raymond Picard, Director of Civil
Defense, is hereby designated as the authorized representative of the
City of Huntington Beach for the purpose of receiving, processing and
coordinating all inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain
available state assistance.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a special meeting thereof, pursuant to Charter
Section 303(b) , held on the 7th day of February, 1990.
Mayor n
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_ ,
City Clerk A- `/oCity Attorney
REV WED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator
6114 (1990-2)
Res. No.. 6114 (1990-2)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, 'and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a special emergency meeting thereof held on the 8th day
Of. February - , 19 90 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
• Winchell, Green, Hays, Silva
f:vES: Counc i l members:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Bannister, Erskine
The foregoing instrument is a correct City Clerk. an ex-o icio er
copy of 11r� a ��:ie::l �� fife i� this office. of the City Council of the City
Atlost__,_. I9L' of Huntington Beach, California
-C9NME..DROCKW4, L_.
rty C�-:� [x �: :c�� Cl or the City
Council cf the City of Hur•Ifington Beach,
California.
By - .mot- Deputy
RESOLUTION NO. 6115 (1990-3)
RESOLUTION REQUESTING GOVERNOR
TO PROCLAIM A STATE OF EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on February 7, at 7:25 p.m. , 1990, the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach found that due to an oil spill from
an oil tanker off the coast of Huntington Beach, a condition of
extreme peril to life and property did exist in the City of
Huntington Beach; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with state law the City Council
declared an emergency did exist throughout said city; and •
WHEREAS, it has now been found that local resources are unable
to cope with the effects of said emergency;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby declared and ordered that a copy
of this declaration be forwarded to the Governor of California with
the request that he proclaim the City of Huntington Beach to be a
State of Emergency; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this declaration be �.
forwarded to the State Director of the Office of Emergency Services;
and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that Raymond Picard, Civil Defense •
Director of the City of Huntington Beach is hereby designated as the
authorized representive for public assistance and Richard Barnard,
acting_ City Administrator, are hereby designated as the authorized
representatives for indiv-idual. assistance of the City of Huntington
Beach for the purpose of receipt, processing and coordination of all
inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain available state and
federal assistance.
•
•
Res. No. 6114 (1990-2)
•
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
• I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, *and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
•
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all. the members of said City Council
at a special emergency meeting thereof held on the 8th day -
• of February 19 90 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
• Winchell, Green, Hays, Silva
""E"'i: lounci lmembers:
None
ABSENT: Counc i I members:
•
MacAllister, Bannister, Erskine
• The foregoing instrument is a correct City Llerk an ex-o icio er
copy of ifr� a i-:i :) 0-1 file it this office. of the City Council of the City
Atlost__ -�� - 19 , of Huntington Beach, California
CDNNIE..13R0CK1'VA!4-_.
rely Ci CI-rh of the City
• Council cf the Cily of HuMington Beach.
California.
By .�t- Deputy
•
RESOLUTION NO. 6115 (1990-3)
RESOLUTION REQUESTING GOVERNOR
TO PROCLAIM A STATE OF EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on February 7, at 7:25 p.m. , 1990, the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach found that due to an oil spill from
an oil tanker off the coast of Huntington Beach, a condition of
extreme peril to life and property did exist in the City of
Huntington Beach; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with state law the City Council
declared an emergency did exist throughout said city; and
WHEREAS, it has now been found that local resources are unable
to cope with the effects of said emergency;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby declared and ordered that a copy
of this declaration be forwarded to the Governor of California with
the request that he proclaim the City of Huntington Beach to be a
State of Emergency; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this declaration be
forwarded to the State Director of the Office of Emergency Services;
and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that Raymond Picard, Civil Defense
Director of the City of Huntington Beach is hereby designated as the
authorized representive for public assistance and Richard Barnard,
acting City Administrator, are hereby designated as the authorized
representatives for individual. assistance of the City of Huntington
Beach for the purpose of receipt, processing and coordination of all
inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain available state and
federal assistance.
•
•
• PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a special meeting thereof, pursuant to Charter
Section 303(b) , held on• the 7th day of February, 1990.
•
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk &City Attorney
RE ED AND PROVED:
City Administrator
•
•
•
•
6115 (1990-3)
•
•
Res. No. 6115 (1990-3)
STATE OF 'CALIFORNIA •
COUNTY OF ORANGE ; ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
•
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk 'of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative •
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a special emergency meeting thereof held on the 7th day
of February , 19 90 , by the following vote: •
AYES: Councilmembers:
Winchell, Green, Nays, Silva
•
;CLS: Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Bannister, Erskine •
The foregoing instrument is a correct
copy of the o:i[-inal ca f:!; is this office. Lity Llerk and ex-offic7o Llerk •
Attest ����__ Ig`lli of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
City Cie-k a::� EA-tlf:c. C!:rk cf the City
Council of the City of HLrlinGton Beach,
California. •
By _-Deputy
•
RESOLUTION NO. v
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH PROCLAIMING THE TERMINATION
OF THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PREVIOUSLY DECLARED ON
FEBRUARY 7, 1990
WHEREAS, on February 7, 1990, the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach declared the existence of a local emergency
due to the American Trader oil spill;- and
On February 27, 1990, the City Council declared that said
• local emergency still existed; and
Conditions now warrant the °termination of said local
emergency,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of. Huntington
Beach does hereby resolve as follows:
1. The local emergency due to the American Trader oil
spill, previously declared into existence by the City Council on
February 7, 1990, is hereby terminated.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th
day of March, 1990_
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
A
a'-�j A tzG-1-
City Clerk j City Attorney
INITIATED, REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator/Director of
Civil Defense and Emergency Services
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American Trader Oil Spill Overflight Observations
33059 �...� Data compiled fro •Platform: Jet Ranger
Date,Time: 2/13/90, 1400-1530
On-wem„,mdwr ob=vmI ,,, Observers: Planck, Harmony - Sta
sw at 20 imots Lands Commission,Hays-USFW .,t
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_ Date,Time: 2/13/90, 1540-1610
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from the Nunttngroa am to the pocket beaches �
north of Newport Fla.Light impacts wrem
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Hay 3ary entrance, •�!
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Relative Thickness* Due to high seas state, oil Coe •Q
Sit �] viewing conditions were poor • . „ `" �
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Heavy IM
W.
*Map only relative position
and thickness of oil. Total amount of o
oil seen decreases each day due to
natural weathering and dispersion
processes. Typical y,"medium"today
33e 30' is lighter than"medium"yesterday.
118e 20' 118014' 11810 NY 117e 50'
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American Trader Oil Spill Overflight Observations
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33 50 . Data compiled from: Platform Jet Ranger
Date,Time-: 2/10/90', 1$10-1600
N , Observers: Gait; Reilly
latform: Jet Ranger
`�"` Date,Tune:2/10/90,1437--1620
Amlw" Observers: Simecek-Beatty,
SMI Johson, Wescott (CA State
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330 40' ••':�' .nenHm+tloaeoaSsd�HefA»pMe
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OEL SPU L OBSERVATION GLOSSARY
• G�CU1 Gloss n� rA in NOM oil adll maps--for American Trader spill.
Spill characteristics appear differently under low light conditions and under strong wind
conditions. Observations in an up sun direction arc typically difficult to interpret
Now observers should be calibrated with experienced observers in order to make the proper
• distinctions between oil types and to properly identify natural phenomenon.
Light Sheen A light,almost transparent layer of oil. Sometime confused with
windrows and natural sheen resulting flom biological processes.
Silver Sheen A slightly ft oer layer of oil that appears silvery or shimmery.
• Rainbow Sheen Sheen that reflects colors.
Mousse Streaks Thin chocolate brown bands in windrows. Silver and rainbow shcans
may or may not be present.
Brown Oil Patch of brown oil which mq or may not be surrounded by silver and
rainbow :hems.
Black Oil Area of black colmd oil with a latex texture.Wave dampening is
apparent. Often confused with kelp beds and other natural phenomenon.
Adjacent sheens may or=y not be proms
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Approx.Layer-Thickness Yo1umr
• MM jerykm2 gallonslmilc2 jza lens/i/a tnile2
barely visible* 0.00004* 0.000002 50* 44 11
silver sheen* 0.00007* 0.000003 100* 91 23
first color trace* 0.0001* 0400004 200* 181 45
bright colon* 0.0003* 0.00001 400* 363 91
dull colors* 0.001* 0.00004 1200* 1088 272
• dark colors* 0.003* 0.0001 3600* 3263 816
*Re Produced from the "Oil Spill Slide Rule," 01985 Government Publishing Office
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ss VOLUNTEER ENROLMENTS For field Exercise/
COUNTY OF ORANGE Emergency Use Only
LOYALTY OATH
By my signature below, I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the
United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that
I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the
State of California; that I take this obligation freely; without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion;
and that I will well and faithfully discharge theduties upon which I am about to enter. I certify under penalty
of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
I further understand that I will be' acting as a volunteer,-not as an employee of the however,
I may be eligible for' workers' compensation through the State Office of Emergency Services.
CLASS OF PHONE
FRAME (print) LADORESS (print) SERVICE NUMBER SIGNATURE OUT
a
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of 19
THIS FORM MUST NOT BE ALTERED
Sionaturo of Authorizino Official Title
AJED=Tox
ASSOCIATES. INC.
ALoo zz Cl i x s
•
PROTOCOL FOR SUPPLEMENTAL QUALITY
CONTROL QUANTIFICATION
• FOR
HLWnNGTON BEACH CLEARANCE
•
•
•
•
AJED 1TOX
ASSOCIATES, INC. •
ENVIRONMENTAL &OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES
4125 E LA PAMA AVENUE,SUITE 300 • PQ KX 6M • AWEM CA 9M-0814 • ViQ 996-5570
February 24; 1990
•
POST CLEANUP HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT'COMMITTEE
RE: Environmental Site and Risk Assessment
Huntington Beach, California
Gentlemen:
Attached is a scope of work and cost estimate to conduct a site
assessment and toxicological risk evaluation as to the safety of
reopening beaches within Huntington Beach, California. These tests
are being executed as a quality control augmentation to existing
beach clearance practices based on visual observations.
Implementation of this protocol will give additional scientific
data to augment visual observations used to evaluate beach cleanup
effectiveness. This protocol is designed in response to inquiries
by state, - city and Orange County officials.
This project is broken- down into two phases. Phase One will be to
collect sufficient samples and conduct analysis such as necessary
to critically evaluate the long term health impacts of any residual
crude oil or its components which may be left on the beach after
cleanup operations. Phase Two will be the interpretation of the
environmental sampling data by qualified toxicologists, so as to
generate expert opinions as to the safety of the reopening of the
beach.
Considerable effort has gone into designing a sampling program and
matrix of analytic methods which will allow for the scientific data
required to make such informed evaluations in a cost effective
manner. We had to make certain assumptions in this proposal as to
the percent of samples which would be positive for crude on the
Initial screening. If analysis results should indicate otherwise,
the cost of analysis could vary.
SAN OIEGO LOS ANGELES SAN FPANCISCO SEATTLE
AIEDaTox
ASSOCIATES. INC.
L ENTRODUMON
British Petroleum Oil, (BP) is preparing to demonstrate that a portion of
the southern California beaches In Orange County, California Is clean and
safe for public usage after the impact of the February 7, 1"0 oil spill.
• The purpose of the following work plan is- to provide BP with an
environmental assessment and qualitative health risk evaluation of Orange
County beaches. To assess the degree of residual oil contamination of soils
(if any should still exist), a comprehensive soil sampling program has been
designed which will be explained in the following sections. In addition, water
and wipe sampling programs will be undertaken to evaluate water and hard
surface dermal contact.
• EL SCOPE OF WORK
In order to obtain a high degree of confidence in the results of this work, the
following level of sampling detail is necessary.
1. Soil and Water Sampling
•
Soil samples will be collected in the tidal zone on an approximate 500-
foot spacing, not to exceed 360 samples total. Figure 1 shows the
locations of the proposed sampling points.
Soil samples will be taken at 500-foot intervals from the low to high
tidal zones at the ground surface (GS) and 6 inches below GS at each
sampling point during the low tide hours. Random samples will be
• taken, as appropriate, based on a change in color as this may indicate
residual oil contamination.
Similarly, soil samples from the portion of the beach which has the
greatest potential for dermal contact, where the majority of people
• spend time, will be taken on a 500-foot grid pattern, not to exceed 360
samples. Soil samples from 2 and 6 inches below GS will be collected.
Soil sampling procedures are described in Appendix A.
•
•
�ED'TOX •
ASSOCIAiEi. INC.
3. Data Evaluation and Reporting "
After all the data is received from the laboratory, a report will be •
prepared evaluating the degree and extent of residual oil contamination
along the beach, if any should be found.
The sampling plan described above was designed to adequately
characterize the extent of residual crude oil contamination in areas
where large numbers of people may potentially be exposed. The results
of the analysis will provide: •
+ Levels of residual crude petroleum hydrocarbon in sand.
* Levels of residual crude petroleum hydrocarbon in tidal water.
* Fingerprint characterization of the residual hydrocarbons in sand,
in order to distinguish contaminants released in the spill from
hydrocarbons present in sand from other anthropogenic sources.
+ Characterization of the residual petroleum hydrocarbons in terms
of known toxic components, such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs).
The sampling plan was designed to provide the appropriate data
necessary to qualitatively evaluate the potential human health effects
posed by any residual crude petroleum hydrocarbon in sand at
Huntington Beach. .
The human health evaluation will address potential exposure.to beach
goers and nearby residents. Specifically, potential health hazards will
be evaluated qualitatively for.
* Dermal contact with residual petroleum hydrocarbons in sand
and surf water.
+ Incidental ingestion of residual petroleum hydrocarbons in sand
and seawater.
Page 2 - Special Council Minutes - 2/27/90
ADJOURNMENT - COUNCIL
Mayor Mays- adjourned the Emergency Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Huntington .Beach at 5:30 p.m.
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California
ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
T.
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION
HUNTINGTON BEACH
To CONNIE BROCKWAY From GAIL HUTTON
City Clerk City Attorney
Subject Emergency Meeting Pursuant Date February 27, 1990
to Government Code Section
54956 . 5 Emergency Meetings; Notice
to Extend Declaration of Emergency
The Declaration of Emergency expires February 28, 1990 . The Civil
Defense Director has indicated that the Council will need to
extend the time of emergency indefinitely pursuant to Government
Code Section 8630 . Therefore, it will be necessary to hold an
emergency meeting February 27, 1990 .
Huntington Beach Municipal Code Section 303(b) provides as follows :
It
. . In the event of an emergency affecting the
public peace, health or safety, a special meeting
may be called as provided in this section with less
than twenty-four hours written notice by the Mayor
Pro Tem in the Mayor ' s absence or by any member of
the City Council in the absence of both the Mayor
and Mayor Pro Tem provided that the nature of the
emergency is set forth in the minutes of the meeting .
In addition, the Brown Act provides authority for an emergency
meeting and requires that each local newspaper of general
circulation and radio or television stations which have requested
notice of special meetings pursuant to Section 54956 shall be
notified by the presiding officer of the legislative body or
designee thereof one hour prior to the emergency meeting by
telephone and all telephone numbers provided in the most recent
request of such newspapers or station for notification of special
meetings shall be exhausted. (See attached Government Code
Section 54956 . 5 . )
Connie Brockway
February 27, 1990
Page 2
Please arrange for the proper telephonic notice and provide for
setting forth the nature of the emergency in the minutes of the
meeting.
GAIL HUTTON
City Attorney
cc: Mayor Tom Mays and
Members of the City Council
Mike Uberuaga, Director of Civil Defense
Rich Barnard, Deputy City Administrator
Paul D'Alessandro, Deputy City Attorney
Ray Picard, Fire Chief, Deputy Director of Civil Defense
Attachments : Government Code Section 54956
Government Code Section 8630
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§ 54955.1 CITIES, COUNTIES, ETC. Title 5
the order or notice of continuance of hearing shall be posted immedi-
ately following the meeting at which the order or declaration of con-
tinuance was adopted or made.
(Added by Stats.1965,c.469,p.1775, § 1.)
f!�
Library References
Municipal Corporations(S-88. C.J.S.Municipal Corporations §394.
§ 54956. special meetings; call; notice
A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding of-
ficer of the legislative body of a local agency, or by a majority of the
1 f ; members of the legislative body, by delivering personally or by mail
written notice to each member of the legislative body and to each lo-
cal newspaper of general circulation, radio or television station re-
questing notice in writing. Such notice shall be delivered personally
or by mail and shall be received at least 24 hours before the time of
? such meeting as specified in the notice. The call and notice shall
specify the time and place of the special meeting and the business to
be transacted. No other business shall be considered at such-meet-
ings by the legislative body. Such written notice may be dispensed
with as to any member who at or prior to the time the meeting con-
venes files with the clerk or secretary of the legislative body a writ-
ten waiver of notice. Such waiver may be given by telegram. Such
written notice may also be dispensed with as to any member who is
actually present at the meeting at the time it convenes. Notice shall
be required pursuant to this section regardless of whether any action
. + is taken at the special meeting.
(Added by Stats.1953, c. 1588, p. 3270, § 1. Amended by Stats.1955, c. 760,
P. 1256, § 2; Stats.1980,c. 1284,p.4342, § 19.)
Historical Note
!;
The 1955 amendment, in the first sen- The 1980 amendment, in the second sen-
tence, substituted "called" for "ordered", tence, following "Such notice", substituted
in the third sentence substituted "call and "shall" for "must", and inserted "and
ii notice" for "order", and added the fifth shall be received"; and added the last
through seventh sentences. sentence.
Forms
See West's California Code Forms, Government.
Cross References
Capitol area development authority, notice of intent to adopt documents to be made
available to the public in the manner specified in this section,see§8183.
i
Library References
j Counties 0-52. C.J.S.Counties §88.
Municipal Corporations G-87. C.J.S.Municipal Corporations §393.
592
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Notes of Decisions ,
Business transacted 3 the business to be so transacted; and un-
-. Construction and application I less such notice be given, the acts of the
Location of meetings 4 supervisors are a nullity. El Dorado I
Notice 2 County v.Reed (1858) 11 C.130. ;
i
2. Notice
1. Construction and application The legislative body of a special district
is not required to give the 24-hour notice
Local housing authority did not violate provided by this section, to the local
Ralph M. Brown Act by taking up further newspaper of general circulation without
business after transacting attorney-client a written request having been submitted
conference without adjourning even in advance to the district. 62 Ops.Atty.
though usual practice was to convene aft- Gen.658,10-31-79.
er such conference. Torres v. Board of i
Com'rs of Housing Authority of Tulare The required notice to news media of g
County (1979) 152 Cal.Rptr. 506, 89 C. special meetings of local public agencies
A.3d 545. including school boards must be actually
delivered at least 24 hours before the
Governing board of a school district time of such meeting. 53 Op.Atty.Gen.
may hold executive sessions to consider 245, 8-13-70.
and even act upon personnel matters un-
less the employee affected has requested a Local agencies, including school boards,
public hearing. Srausen v. Solano County may hold executive sessions only during
Jr. College Dist. (1974) 116 Cal.Rptr. regular or special meetings for which ade-
833,42 C.A.3d 394. quate notice has been given as required by
provisions of secret meeting law. 43
Where in an action to recover unpaid li- Ops.Atty.Gen.79,2-1S-64.
quor license taxes under an ordinance
passed by a board of supervisors, Monday, Under this section the press may re-
October •1, 1883, it appeared that prior quire 24 hours advance notification of
thereto, on August 6, 1883, the board, any special meeting of a whole public
pursuant to County Government Act agency, but such notice is not required as
March 14, 1883, § 22, requiring the super- to any regular or adjourned regular meet-
visors to provide for the holding of regu- ing• 32 Ops.Atty.Gen.240.
lar meetings, and which act repealed Pol. 3. Business transacted
C. § 4045, March 13, 1883 (repealed
1907), requiring the supervisors, on the The acts of the supervisors in auditing
first Monday of October, to fix rates of accounts, except at the regular meetings
county licenses, passed an ordinance for provided by law, or at a special meeting
the holding of regular meetings on the notified in accordance with the statute,
first Monday in February, May, August, Pol-C. 25082 (repealed) were a nullity.
and November, to continue in session until El Dorado County v. Reed (1858) 11 C.
the business was disposed of, and the or- 130.
dinance was passed at a special meeting
of the board held for the fixing of county Under statute providing that an order
taxes only, and that the ordinance passed for a special meeting of a board of super-
October 1st was void. People v. Dunn Visors shall specify the business to be
(1891) 26 P.761,89 C.228. performed, and no other shall be transact-
ed at such special meeting, a settlement
An ordinance passed at a meeting of a of the county treasurer's accounts, if not
county board of supervisors, held pursu- specified in the order calling the special
ant to an act of the legislature which had meeting, was no defense to such treasur-
been previously repealed, is void. San er. Id.
Luis Obispo County v. Hendricks (1886)
11 P.682,71 C.242. 4. Location of meetings
In order to give the amplest opportunity Regular meetings of a board of supervi-
to the district attorney, or citizens who sors are required to be held at the county
desire to do so, to contest the allowance seat, while special sessions and adjourned
of improper demands against the public regular meetings may be held at locations
treasury, the business of the supervisors other than the county seat or where des-
is required to be transacted at the regular ignated by the board. 58 Ops.Atty.Gen.
meetings required by law; or if at special 5K 5-8-75.
meetings, public notice must be given of
593
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4 § 54956.5. Emergency meetings in emergency situations
In the case of an emergency situation involving matters upon
i I which prompt action is necessary due to the disruption or threatened
disruption of public facilities, a legislative body may hold an emer-
gency meeting without complying with the 24-hour notice require-
ment of Section 54956.
For purposes of this section, "emergency situation" means any of
the following:
!; (a) Work stoppage or other activity which severely impairs pub-
lic health, safety, or both, as determined by a majority of the mem-
bers of the legislative body.
{ j (b) Crippling disaster which severely impairs public health,
safety, or both, as determined by a majority of the members of the
legislative body.
I
However, each local newspaper of general circulation and radio
} or television station which has requested notice of special meetings
pursuant to Section 54956 shall be notified by the presiding officer of
the legislative body, or designee thereof, one hour prior to the emer-
gency meeting by telephone and shall exhaust all telephone numbers
!. provided in the most recent request of such newspaper or station for
' notification of special meetings. In the event that telephone services
{' are not functioning the notice requirements of this section shall be
deemed waived, and the legislative body, or designee thereof, shall no-
tify such newspapers, radio stations, or television stations of the fact
of the holding of the special meeting, the pu
rpose of the meeting, and
j any action taken at the meeting as soon after the meeting as possible.
j Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 54957, the legislative
body shall not meet in closed session during a meeting called pursu-
ant to this section.
All special meeting requirements, as prescribed in Section 54956
shall be applicable to a meeting called pursuant to this section, with
I; the exception of the 24-hour notice requirement.
The minutes of a meeting called pursuant to this section, a list of
persons who the presiding officer of the legislative body, or designee
thereof, notified or attempted to notify, a copy of the rollcall vote,
and any actions taken at such meeting shall be posted for a minimum
of 10 days in a public place as soon after the meeting as possible.
(Added by Stats.1979, c. 223, p. 476, § 1. Amended by Stats.1981, c. 968, §
30.)
594
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.. Div. 2 MEETINGS § 54957
Historical Note
The 1981 amendment substituted "emer- tence of the third paragraph; and substi-
gency meeting" for `special meeting" in tuted "closed session" for."executive ses-
the first paragraph and in the first sen- sion"in the fourth paragraph. 1
Library References
4_
Municipal Corporations Cr 87. C.J.S.Municipal Corporations 393.
§ 54956.6. Fees
No fees may be charged by the legislative body of a local agency
for carrying out any provision of this chapter, except as specifically
authorized by this chapter.
-(Added by Stats.1980,c. 1284,p.4342, 20.)
§ 54956.7. Closed sessions, license applications; rehabilitated
criminals
Whenever a legislative body of a local agency determines that it
is necessary to discuss and determine whether an applicant for a li-
cense or license renewal, who has a criminal record, is sufficiently re-
habilitated to obtain the license, the legislative body may hold a
closed session with the applicant and the applicant's attorney, if any,
for the purpose of holding the discussion and making the determina-
tion. If the legislative body determines, as a result of the closed ses-
sion, that the issuance or renewal of the license should be denied, the
applicant shall be offered the opportunity to withdraw the applica-
tion. If the applicant withdraws the application, no record shall be
kept of the discussions or decisions made at the closed session and all
matters-relating to the closed session shall be confidential. If the ap-
plicant does not withdraw the application, the legislative body shall
take action at the public meeting during which the closed session is
held or at its next public meeting denying the application for the li-
cense but all matters relating to the closed session are confidential
and shall not be disclosed without the consent of the applicant, except
in an action by an applicant who has been denied a license challeng-
ing the denial of the license.
(Added by Stats.1982,c.298, § 1.)
§ 54957. Closed sessions; exclusion of witnesses
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent
the legisTlatirve body of a local agency from holding closed sessions
wit e A ott r en y teener is ric a orney, s eriff, or chief of po-
lice, or their respective deputies, on matters posing a threat to the se-
595
GOVERNMENT CODE § 54956.8
(b) Crippling disaster which severely impairs public health, safety, or both, as determined by a
majority of the members of the legislative body.
However, each local newspaper of general circulation and radio or television station which has
requested notice of special meetings pursuant to Section 54956 shall be notified by the presiding
officer of the legislative body, or designee thereof, one hour prior to the emergency meeting by
telephone and ' ' ' all telephone numbers provided in the most recent request of such newspaper or
station for notification of special meetings shall be exhausted. In the event that telephone services
are not functioning the notice requirements of this section shall be deemed waived, and the
legislative body, or designee of the le . lative body, shall notify those newspapers,radio stations, or
television stations of the fact of the holding of the emergency meeting, the purpose of the meeting,
and any action taken at the meeting as soon after the meeting as possible.
Notwithstanding' ' `Section 54957, the legislative body shall not meet in closed session during a
meeting called pursuant to this section.
All special meeting requirements, as prescribed in Section 54956 shall be applicable to a meeting
called pursuant to this section, with the exception of the 24—hour notice requirement.
The minutes of a meeting called pursuant to this section,a list of persons who the presiding officer
of the legislative body, or designee of the legislative body,notified or attempted to notify, a copy of
the rollcall vote,and any actions taken at the meeting shall be posted for a minimum of 10 days in a
public place as soon after the meeting as possible.
(Amended by Stats.1986, c. 641, § 8.)
Notes of Decisions business pending before them together or convey informa-
l. In general tion regarding those matters where the discussions are held
It would be a violation of the Ralph M. Brown Act on successive dates and are so planned to insure that a
(§ 54950 et seq.) for member of a city council to hold a quorum of.the council will not be present at any given
series of closed discussions with citizens having matters of meeting. 65 Ops.Atty.Gen. 63, 1-22-82.
§ 54956.7. Closed sessions, license applications; rehabilitated criminals
Library References whose throat was slashed,were not exempt from disclosure
Licenses 4-22. under the Brown Act(§ 54950 et seq.)since committee held
C.J.S.Licenses§§ 34,38,39. secret meeting in clear violation of the Brown Act. Register
Div.of Freedom Newspapers.Inc.v.Orange County(App.
4 Dist.1994)205 Cal.Rptr.92, 158 C.A.3d 893.
Notes of Decisions
1. In general
I Minutes containing deliberations of claim settlement com.
mittee of county in settling claim of county jail inmate,
1 § 54956.8. Real property transactions; closed meeting with negotiator
i Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a legislative body of a local agency may hold
i a closed session with its negotiator prior to the purchase,sale,exchange,or lease of real property by
or for the local agency to give instructions to its negotiator regarding the price and terms of
payment for the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease.
However,prior to the closed session,the legislative body of the local agency shall hold an open and
public session in which it identifies the real property or real properties which the negotiations may
concern and the person or persons with whom its negotiator may negotiate.
i
For the purpose of this section,the negotiator may be a member of the legislative body of the local
agency.
For purposes of this section, "lease" includes renewal or renegotiation of a lease.
Nothing in this section shall preclude a local agency from holding a closed session for discussions
regarding eminent domain proceedings pursuant to Section 54956.9.
(Added by Stats.1984, c. 1126, § 2.)
L fbmry References C.J.S. Counties§ 88.
Administrative Law and Procedure 4-124. C.J.S.Municipal Corporations§ 400.
Counties 4-52. Ca.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure § 19.
Municipal Corporations 49-92
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RECEIVED February 14 , 1990
CITY CLERK
P tt 10 R I T Y M A T T E R CITY OF
HUNTINGT� . p, p,PE ,C11IF.
�f6 I 41 �8 11.13lichard Elinsky,
5 103rd Avenue ,
Surrey, British Columbia,
CANADA V3R 6A9
Th& Honourable George Deukmejian,
Governor, State of California,
Executive Office of the Governor,
State Capitol,
Sacremento, CA 95814 ,
U. S. A.
United States Postal Service
DOUBLE REGISTERED CE=IED
SECURITY MAIL.
Dear Mr. Governor:
RE: "THE FEBRUARY 7, 1990 , 'AMERICAN TRADER'- OIL TANKER OIL SPILL
DISASTER OFF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA; & ASSOCIATED MATTERS .
The recent "American Trader" oil tanker oil spill which needlessly
and inexcusably occured on February 7th, 1990 , off the coast of
Huntington Beach, California, reprehensibly devastating a wide area
of adjacent community sandy beaches, once again, irrefutably,
further clearly demonstrates conclusively the irresponsible ,
blatant unpreparedness and the lack of accountable credible
ability of senior levels of governments, mandated joint Canadian
and United States Coast Guard, the oil industry, various environmental
protection groups and agencies , wild life associations , etc. , to
effectively deal with these and other kinds of oil spill accidents.
For the Record, with particular respect :t,A the following vital
pertinent matters concerning the urgent admfnistrative emergency
priority affairs of the Government of the State of California, the
following needs to be thoroughly investigated, scrutinized, carefully
noted and referenced, then subsequently deliberated upon, and thereby
entered into as part of an implemented upcoming respective
environmental emergency agenda regarding the emergency priority
scheduling of State of California Hearings looking into all pertinent
aspects ; and should it be found as necessary as a direct result of
these particular State of California Hearings, the additional
implementation of a further expansionary, more wide sweeping, much
greater in depth probing, reverberating top federal level
Congressional Hearings in Washington, D.C. :
The "American Trader" oil tanker oil spill disaster which needlessly
occured off Huntington Beach, California, on February 7th, 1990,
like that of the prior infamous Alaskan Exxon "Valdez" giant oil
tanker spill which incidentally also needlessly occured off the
coast of Alaska during March of 1989 ; together with a host catalog
. . ./2
February 14 , 1990
Page 2
The Honourable George Deukmejian,
Governor, State of California
of other recent similiar oil spill accidents which occured both in
ocean and coastal waters of continental North America, Africa, etc. ;
also need not have happened, and therefore, COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN
AVERTED.
At this time, I also wish to point out and bring to your attention
that I am aware of the basic underlying/overviewing fact that your
government of the State of California , mutually in harmony
together with the associated States of Oregon, Washington, and
Alaska has maintained a partially established mutually unfilled
working relationship with the Government of the Province of
British Columbia, Canada; a kind of a working relationship as you
are aware was expressly primarily established as a national -
international emergency reciprocal responding vehicle in order
to constructively and objectively affirmatively deal with those
most troubling perplexing issues such as those which are shamefully
and repugnantly now confronting the State of California; notably,
that widespread alarming scenario which is much in evidence in
troubling coastal waters and those which are far along those once
undisturbed beautiful land locked sandy shoreline beaches off
Huntington Beach, California; and also that which is much in evidence
along the blighted far northern blacktopped tarred shoreline beaches
off the ecologically sensitive coast line of Alaska State.
At this juncture, as you may or may not be aware, for reasons -which
are unbeknown and bewildering to the writer, past experience
covering a span of several months would seem to indicate the
distinct possibility of a certain inappropriate and an unjustifiable
inexcuseable joint course of unnecessarily impeding long delaying
inaction has been well established and detrimentally carried out
on the part of the Government of British Columbia, Canada, other
involved Canadian provincial governments, all seemingly in concert
with an environmentally affiliated governing federal government
of Canada, etc. , all happening at a most despairingly time when
North America' s long coast line has been and continues to be
grossly assaulted by the effects of oil tanker crude oil spills.
With particular respect to the above, succinctly expressed in other
words : THE APPROPRIATELY DESIGNATED UTILIZATION OF CERTAIN PERTINENT
INFORMATION PACKAGES DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA; TO OTHER ASSOCIATED PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS
OF CANADA; TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, BASED IN OTTAWA,
ONTARIO; AND TO OTHERS , COULD OF EFFECTIVELY AVERTED THE DISASTROUS
.OIL TANKER OIL SPILLS AS REFERENCED IN THE ABOVE .
. . ./3
February 14 , 1990
Page 3
The Honourable George Deukmejian,
Governor, State of California
Therefore, in order to "clear the air" and appropriately remove the
"CLOUD" of any perception of wrongdoing; or at the very least
appropriately remove any existing potential for possible wrongdoing
with particular respect to the above unaddressed profound intrinsic
issues , I hereby respectfully urge and call upon you to take the
necessary expedient course of action to deal with these issues ;
whatever that determined established course of action may be, and
thereby will be one which will be vitally deemed to be necessarily
in the immediate and long term best interest of the affected
State of California.
Furthermore, in these continuing particular regards , what is still
more critically important and much needed at this time , I also
further respectfully urge that you as Governor for the State of
California take steps to immediately implement an additional group
of required pertinent emergency measures of a kind which will
appropriately quickly insure the early drafting and the following
early passage enactment of certain essential relatively prescribed
State of California enforcing Statutes.
The highly desirable early enactment of such legislated State of
California Authority would then provide for the crucial positioning
of the State of California enforcing "umbrella" . thereby the
necessary mandatory guidelines and the interfaced safeguards
as distinctly outlined and explicitly interwoven in this particular
leading - edge advancing initiative; essentially in a nutshell,
those kinds of successfully implemented sound safeguards which
will effectively sharply reduce, if not fully eliminate the current
existing, most alarming, perplexing, unaddressed potential for
repetition (s) of other following oil tanker oil spill disasters.
Briefly, in closing review, once again, I want to reassure you that
we in British Columbia, Canada, are aptly and distinctly capable of
effectively and quickly dealing with the widepread perplexing
problem of oil tanker spills and oil spill cleanups through an
entirely new perspective, and a common sense radical new approach.
Having this common goal in mind, to this end, by providing at least
a major part, if not a total solution to the seemingly insurmountable
problems at hand concerning oil tanker oil spills, oil spill
containment, etc. etc. , we in British Columbia, Canada, as your good
west coast neighbours to the north are meaningfully highly desirous
of making an astonishing/astounding contribution towards more
effective means and methods which are highly useful in the control
and or prevention of oil tanker oil spills which as in the past,
continue to inflict a heavy burden in many ways upon our people ,
and also continue to impose a heavy cost upon our treasured
environment, including the needless wholesale destruction of wild life,
and the intolerable mass depletion of our interdependent marine life
habitat.
. . ./4
February 14, 1990
Page 4
The Honourable George Deukmejian,
Governor, State of California
With our widely exposed North American continental ocean/coastal
waters together with it' s land linked long expanse of coastal shore
lines remaining susceptible and highly vulnerable to further
unchecked continuing disastrous environmental assault from further
increasing blatant repetition(s) of additional "Valdez"/"American
Trader" - like future oil tanker oil spill disasters ; with all due
respect to these and other interrelated associated regards , with
their all inclusive highly pertinent unaddressed/unredressed issues ,
I look forward to receiving your earliest possible attending
official response.
urs sincy,
Richard Elinsky
N.B . : I HOLD THE RIGHT TO CORRECTION
Signed
Richard Elinsky
c.c. . (U. S . A.)
The Hon. Stephen Cowper,
Governor, State of Alaska. (U.S,P .S . Certified Mail)
The Hon. Neil Goldschmidst,
Governor, State of Oregon.
The Hon. Booth Gardner,
Governor, State of Washington.
Senator Allan Cranston (California)
United States Senate , Washington, D.C.
Senator 'Pete -Wilson (California)
United States Senate , Washington, D.C.
Senator Ted Stevens (Alaska)
United States Senate , Washington, D.C.
Senator Frank Murkowski (Alaska)
United States Senate , Washington, D.C.
Bob Linton, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Alaska Superior Court,
State of Alaska, Anchorage, AK 99501
Brent Cole , Assistant District Attorney, Alaska Superior Court,
State of Alaska, Anchorage, AK 99501
N.B .
c.c. continued over to page 5
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February 14 , 1990
Page 5
The Honourable George Deukmejian,
Governor, State of California
c.c. : (U. S. A. ) - continued list carried over from page four.
Dick Madsen, Defence Attorney,
Re: FILE NO. 897217 , Captain Joseph Hazlewood Trial,
Alaska Superior Court, State of Alaska, Anchorage AK 99501.
Connie Brockway, City Clerk,
City of Huntington Beach, Califronia.
Wanda Raggio, City Clerk,
City of Newport Beach, California.
Robin Flory, Assistant Attorney,
City of Newport Beach, California.
C. C. : (CANADA)
The Hon. William N. Vander Zalm,
Premier, British Columbia.
The Hon. John Reynolds,
Minister of the Environment, British Columbia.
The Hon. Rita Johnston, (M.L.A. Newton/Surrey Constituency)
Minister of Transportation, Highways and Skytrain, British Columbia.
Joan Smallwood, M.L.A. & Official Opposition Party Environment Critic,
(Guilford - Whalley/Surrey Constituency (Home) Riding.
Michael Harcourt, M.L.A. (Vancouver Centre)
Leader of the Official Opposition, - British Columbia Legislative Assembly,
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia.
The Hon. Grace McCarthy, M.L.A. Vancouver —Little Mountain Riding.
Doug Mowatt, M.L.A. Vancouver - Little Mountain Riding.
Dave Mercier, M.L.A. Burnaby - Edmonds Riding.
Graham Bruce, M.L.A. Cowichan - Malahat.
The Hon. Lucien Bouchard, Minister of Environment, Ottawa, Canada.
The Hon. Benoit Bouchard, Minister of Transport, Ottawa,m`Canada.
The Hon. Jake Epp, National Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources.
The Hon. Herb Gray, Interim Leader of the opposition,
House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada.
The Hon. Audrey McLaughlin, M.P. Yukon, Canada,
Leader of the New Democratic Party, House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada.
The Hon. Gary Filmon, Premier, Province of Manitoba.
Sharon Carstairs, Leader of the Opposition, Manitoba Legislative Assembly.
Gary Doer, M.L.A. (New Democratic Party) Manitoba Legislative Assembly.
Mayor William Norrie , Q.C. , Mayor, City of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Mayor Bob Bose, .Mayor, District of Surrey, British Columbia.
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OIL SPILL DEBRIEFING
AGENDA
May 15 , 1990
I . Opening Remarks - Chief Picard
II . Overview of Oil Spill Operation - Chief Picard
III . City Department Operations
A. Emergency Services/Civil Defense
B. Administration/Director
C. City Attorney
D. Community Services
E. Fire Department
F. Police Department
G. Public Works
H. Public Information
I . City Clerk
J. Community Development
IV. Discussion on Oil Spill
V. EOC Changes and Introduction to the Incident Command System
( ICS) - Chief Picard
VI . Closing Remarks - Michael T. Uberuaga
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OIL SPILL DEBRIEFING MEETING
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
Tuesday, May 15, 1990
The Fire Chief presented an overview of the City' s response to
the Oil Spill .
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Policy - Coordination - Tactical - Maneuver . He reviewed in
detail the manner by which the departments were coordinated to
meet the emergency. He spoke regarding the operational levels
which made up the response to the disaster. He reviewed the
functions of the Coast Guard, British Petroleum and the State
Fish and Game . He explained how the county offices, OSHA and
other agencies then got involved. He reported on the attorneys
function as facilitators . He stated that the key was having a
structure and the intelligence necessary such as maps , better
information, aerial surveillance. He stated the reasons it was
fortunate that the state lifeguard facility was used rather
than the City' s lifeguard station.
Mel Ott reported on the updates that needed to be made in the
City' s plans . The Fire Chief stressed the need for every
participant to have stenographer pads to document dates, times
and their actions . The city' s purchase and use of cellular
telephones during the emergency was essential to the
operation. Packs of business cards with fax numbers was also
essential in bringing 23 agencies together. Mel Ott stated
that these telephones were obtainable for this local emergency
but we must think of a larger scale disaster such as covering
an area from Inglewood to north San Diego necessitating a large
purchase.
Mr . Ott stated that there were some difficulties in connecting
the EOC with the beach operation. Mr . Ott believed that live
TV functioning from the helicopter would give the EOC great
assistance. A volunteer coordinator to bring all volunteers
together by skills and knowledge should be done .. Jim Engle,
Acting Community Services Director, reported that the problem
had smoothed out when the volunteers were eventually
coordinated with his office.
Rich Barnard, Deputy City Administrator, stated that the
information communicated to the public was good but could be
better organized . There is a need to identify who should be
supplied with hand held telephones . The Mayor and others must
have mobile access . Beepers are very necessary. Fax' s played
an important role . Mr . Barnard stressed the need to work.
closer with our neighboring communities, such as the Naval
Weapons Center and coordinating with State Fish and Game when
we had to clean the birds . The Fire Chief stated that with
Newport Beach we had good communication because of the 800
MZH. Mr . Barnard stated that the State Police or some agency
needs to be able to facilitate the ability to contact state
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agencies, Congressmen, Supervisors State Fish and Game and all
people who are necessary to work in the disaster . He stated
that training on note taking was necessary such as dates., times
and standards on how it is to be used.
Organization of a volunteer program needs to be established.
Mr . Barnard stated that the city' s standard was higher for safe
return to the beach than set by the state and he believes this
was something of which to be proud. Doug D'Arnall , Beach
Services Manager, stated that the role of the elected officials
needs to be better organized and to provide them with accurate
information to give to the public.
Jim Engle reported that coordination of agencies needed to be
worked on. More briefings need to be made. He stated that
equipment for feeding and housing people in a great emergency
should be on hand as supplies in a great emergency will not be
available from the outlets we had for this emergency. Police
Captain Richardson stated a daily debriefing would have helped
create the necessary paper trail . He stated minimum training
of personnel was needed. He believed adaptability was the key
to the successful operation.
Chief Vincent stated communication with beach headquarters
needed to be improved in the EOC and that many of the calls
received in EOC were of a public information level . Fred
Heller, Operations Officer-Fire Department, stated that it
needed to be realized that when command was removed from this
room, the people in EOC were not included and information to
them was inadequate. Using all our fire stations needed to be
considered. Diane Singer, Telecommunications Coordinator,
reported that the communication .person in the EOC was not
coordinated with the other communications .
Back up to plans were needed . Dennis Groat, Fire Department,
stated that the written plans were too compartmentalized. Jack
Reinholtz, Police Department, spoke regarding the need to have
dignitary protection and a reception area for the elected
officials to use . Rich Barnard, Deputy City Administrator,
states that the Greenpeace demonstration was handled very
well . Don Kiser, Division Engineer, Department of Public
Works, stated that improvement was needed in the City' s
inventory as it was too Iow. The Fire Chief stated that the
sign shop performance was outstanding and supplies operation by
the Department of Public Works was great . Budget reported that
facilities for briefing needed to be expanded. Mel Ott, Fire
Department, reported that this disaster was different than what
had been planned because the City was not the sole main control
agency. The calls to the PIO and communication between PIO and
EOC were difficult .
The Clerk reported that rules and regulations were followed in
the convening of Council meetings; and it had been determined
that the City Council cannot meet in closed session with other
State/County officials during a declared disaster .
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Rick Amadril, Purchasing Manager, stated that he would like to
set up vendor contracts ahead of time, utilize local vendors
before outside vendors and create a questionnaire survey
through business licenses of potential vendors . Cellular
phones were an expense. Speeding up payments to vendors was
necessary. Don Lewis, Personnel Department, stated that the
need or no need for volunteers should be
publicized early. An organized volunteer program was needed.
Bob
Sedlak, Finance Department, stated that the costs documentation
officer assigned to him expected extremely detailed accounting
and that documentation procedures needed to be improved .
Mike Adams , Community Development Director, stated that there
should be better communication between the Satellite EOC' s and
the Base EOC. Everyone involved with the EOC needs training in
how to deal with the media . Bobbie Purdue' s desk is the
Community Development Department ' s station during an
emergency. The phone line assigned to Community Development
serves as the main information line and is constantly busy due
to calls from the media . The PIO desk should be assigned this
number and a new line assigned to Community Development or the
two work stations should be switched .
The Fire Chief showed a chart outlining the new organizational
structure.
The City Administrator stated that he believed there was a
necessity for people to understand their roles and the roles of
others . He explained CSTI training and its purpose and stated
that CSTI was more involved in critiquing than instruction.
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�. HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA
February 7, 1990
Huntington Beach City Council
Tom Mays, Mayor
• Peter Green, Mayor Pro Tern
Wes Bannister John Erskine
Don MacAllister John Silva
Grace Winchell
• Michael T. Uberuaga, City Administrator
Director of Emergency Services
Hire Date 2/26/90
Raymond C. Picard, Fire Chief
• Deputy Director of Emergency Services and
Acting Director for Oil Spill
DEDICATION
This report is dedicated to all City of Huntington Beach employees who supported the City
through this incident. Without their dedication, the recovery operations would have been impossible.
Special dedication goes to the Acting Director of Emergency Services, Raymond C. Picard for
his exceptional leadership throughout this emergency operation.
Report prepared by:
Glorria Morrison, Emergency Services Coordinator
Dennis Williams, Public Information.Specialist
Dennis Groat, Battalion Chief
Bobbie Purdue, Clerk Typist Senior
Table of Contents
Page
Incident Organization Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
City Organization Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Daily Reports '
Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Day2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Day3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Day4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Day5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
• Day6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Day7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Day8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Day9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Day10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Day11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
• Day12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Day13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Day14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Day15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Day16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Day17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Day18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Day19 . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Day20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Day21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Day22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Days 23 - 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Appendixes
A. Operational Plan Sixteen - Major Oil Spills
B. Bird Reports
C. Municipal Code 8.60..070
• D. Beach Closing and Opening Dates
E. Financial Memos/Forms
F. Resolutions - Local Emergency Proclamations
G. Sample Overflight Maps
H. Oil Spill Observation Glossary (NOAA)
I. Volunteer Enrollments Form
• J. Med-Tox Quality Control Report
K. Responding Officials
L. Government Agencies
M. Private Companies and Non-Profit Organizations
N. Critique/Recommendations
• If you have any questions regarding this report, contact the City of Huntington Beach Emergency
Services Office at (714) 536-5980.
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AMERICAN TRADER OIL SPILL
FEBRUARY 7 , 1990
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CAD/RMS (Police/Fire) Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System
CCC California Conservation Corps
CS Community Services
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EBS Orange County Emergency Broadcasting System
EMA Environmental Management Agency
EOC Emergency Operations Center
ES Emergency Services
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
• FDC Fire Dispatch Center
Fish & Game State of California, Department of Fish & Game
FLIR Forward Looking InfraRed
FOC Fire Operations Center
HazMat Hazardous Materials
HB Huntington Beach
• HBFD Huntington Beach Fire Department
HBPD Huntington Beach Police Department
HE-47 Huntington (Beach Fire Department) Engine 47
HE-48 Huntington (Beach Fire Department) Engine 48
HHM-6 Huntington (Beach Fire Department) HazMat Unit 6
• HLA Huntington (Beach Fire Dept.) Light & Air Unit
HME-51 Huntington Beach Medic Engine 51
IC Incident Commander
ICP Incident Command Post
ICS Incident Command System
MS Marine Safety
• NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
OC Orange County
OC EOC Orange County Emergency Operations Center
OES State Office of Emergency Services
Ops Comm Operations Commander
OSHA U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration
• PCH Pacific Coast Highway
PD Police Department
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RACES Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services
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DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7
On February 7, 1990, at approximately 4:00 PM, the tanker American Trader passed over
its own anchor while attempting to berth at the offshore marine terminal located off the Huntington
Beach coastline. Two holes were torn in one of the forward cargo tanks, and within a matter of
minutes, approximately three thousand barrels of North Slope Alaskan crude oil spewed into the
waters around the ship. Sea and weather conditions at the time were mild, with a very slight
onshore breeze blowing out of the southwest:
WEATHER:
WINDS: 03E
SEAS: 2-4
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 1256/0707 PM: 1419/2048
LOW: 2.1 LOW: -1.3
HIGH: 6.4 HIGH: 4.2
OIL LOCATION:
• AT SEA: 2 mi long, 400 yds wide 33'37" X 1 18'1"
BEACH WASH UP: none
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 12
LOCATION: bird rescue
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 8 RACES
LOCATION: Santa Ana Rv, pier, bluffs, Warner bridge, EOC
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: boomed
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
• WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Initial notification of the accident was made to the Huntington Beach Lifeguard Division at
4:40 PM. Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) and Fire Department (HBFD) were notified
at approximately 4:55 PM that a major oil spill may have occurred from the ship near the marine
terminal. Additional notification was received by HBFD from the State Office of Emergency
Services (OES).
One of the first tangible indications of the potential magnitude of the problem was the
onshore influx of heavy petroleum fumes with numerous complaints from coastal residents to.the
Fire Dispatch Center (FDC). Over one hundred complaints of noxious or dangerous fumes were
received in the first few hours of the incident.
Initial HBFD response was to investigate the beach areas and to conduct an aerial surveil-
lance of the spill. The aerial investigation showed a crude oil spill of major proportions headed in a
northwesterly direction and within one half mile of the shoreline. This prompted Fire Chief Picard
to activate the City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and to implement a comprehensive
action plan, including Operational Plan Sixteen - Major Oil Spills (Appendix A).
Once the organizational buildup and necessary initial actions were completed, accord was
reached with the local United States Coast Guard (USCG) officials and British Petroleum (BPI
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representatives for the spill control and cleanup procedures. Booms had been deployed around the •
damaged ship immediately. Spill control vessels were deployed, including Clean Coastal Waters
and skimmers. Work crews placed protective booms at the entrances to all environmentally
sensitive areas: the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, the Federal Wildlife Refuge in Seal Beach, the Hunting-
ton Beach Wetlands and the entrances to the Santa Ana River. BP assumed full financial responsi-
bility for the cleanup and activated their crisis management team. The USCG accepted BP as the
financially responsible party for this incident. At an emergency session of the Huntington Beach •
City Council, the spill was declared a "local emergency." An Emergency Action Plan proposed by
the Acting Director of Emergency Services (Fire Chief Picard) was ratified.
Shortly after sundown, the wind direction changed to offshore at about eight knots. This
stalled the onshore movement of the spilled oil, so patrol forces were deployed to monitor the
situation throughout the night hours. The EOC was demobilized at 1:00 AM on 2/8/90 with a local
Incident Command Post (ICP) established and manned at City of Huntington Beach Lifeguard •
Headquarters. Plans were made to re-activate the EOC at daybreak.
Director of Emergency Services - EOC (Picard):
Fire Chief (Picard) first became aware of the emergency
shortly before 5:00 PM and initially took no official action, as the extent of the oil spill was
unknown. He gave orders for HBFD Operations Chief and Emergency Services Manager (ES Mgr) •
of the Emergency Operations Center to acquire more information and report on their findings.
Shortly after 6:00 PM, HBFD Operations Chief informed Fire Chief (Picard) that the
situation was potentially serious and recommended the City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) be
activated. Request granted. Both Fire and Police Dispatch Centers were given the order to
activate the City call-out system which alerts City management personnel to the.incident.
The Huntington Beach City Administrator was not available to assume the position of •
Director of Civil Defense/Emergency Services (hereafter referred to as Director.) The Fire Chief,
Deputy Director of Emergency Services, assumed command as Director.
The first order of Director (Picard) was to call for a policy meeting with the chiefs from
Police, Fire, Public Works (PW), Community Services(CS), Damage Assessment, Administrative
Services, Public Information and the City Attorney. After a policy briefing, strategy was set calling
for full activation of the EOC. Director (Picard) appointed HBFD chief officer (Heller) as Operations •
Commander (Ops Comm) of the EOC.
An Incident Command Post (ICP) was established at the City of Huntington Beach
Lifeguard Headquarters with Marine Safety Captain (Richardson) in charge as the Incident
Commander (IC). Additionally, policies were set to keep all citizens off the beach and to organize a
bird recovery and cleaning program to be conducted by volunteers. (Appendix B: Bird Reports)
After the first briefing, it became obvious that this potential major emergency was beyond •
the ability of local government to handle. A large interface with other governmental agencies and
private contractors would be required. Director (Picard) then declared a "Local Emergency" in
accordance with the Huntington Beach Municipal Code Section 8.60.070 (Appendix C). A report
was made to the Mayor. He immediately called a special session of the City Council who declared
a "Local Emergency." This provided an opportunity for the Mayor and Director to give a briefing to
the news media.
Various local government and private officials visited or called the EOC during the evening.
They were either seeking information or briefing the Director on the situation and their activities.
The USCG reported they would be the On-scene Coordinator for this emergency and all activities
should be coordinated through them. State of California Department of Fish & Game (Fish &
Game) stated they would be the State lead agency. British Petroleum (BP) stated they would .
assume responsibility for the cleanup and a private cooperative titled Clean Coastal Water had
started cleanup operations.
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• Later in the evening, offshore winds were forecasted to keep the oil off the beach. No oil
was expected until the next day. A policy was determined that whenever the oil came ashore it
would be best to let it rest until the private work force could be assembled by BP with coordination
to be handled by the USCG.
The Huntington Beach City organization was in place by the evening of Day 1. Predicted
weather conditions were such that the oil was expected to remain at sea for the night. The IC
• (Richardson) was well established with reconnaissance being handled by Lifeguards; the beach was
closed and signs posted to the berm line. Plans (Bodenbender) was directed to conduct an early
reconnaissance and Operations Command was assigned to Fire Department (Groat) for the
remainder of the night.
Acting City Administrator (Acting CA) - (Barnard):
• The Acting City Administrator (Acting CA) (Barnard) became aware of the oil spill at 6:00
PM, while viewing a television report, and proceeded immediately to the EOC which was already
activated.
The incident occurred at 4:10 PM, the USCG was notified at 4:20 PM and the City Fire
Department was notified at 5:11 PM. The incident involved the ship, American Trader. It was
understood that the American Trader was under contract to transport North Slope Crude Oil for BP.
• Had discussion with Fire Chief (Picard) regarding command of this incident. (I was concerned due
to my position as Acting City Administrator. In past EOC activations, I have held the position of
liaison). The understanding reached was that Picard would assume responsibility for the tactical
allocations of resources and Barnard would take care of the political end of the incident. Most
major decisions were done in consultation with each other and the policy group.
• One of the first duties of the Acting CA (Barnard) was to contact City Council members
and inform them that the oil spill had occurred. Several council members were at Old World for a
Chamber of Commerce function. Acting CA (Barnard) was able to reach the Mayor Tom Mays,
Councilwoman Grace Winchell and Mayor Pro Tern Peter Green at that location. Councilman Don
MacAllister was out of town on business for the duration of the incident. Other members of the
City Council were notified.
• The City Attorney (Hutton) was requested to prepare a resolution for council action
establishing that a Local Emergency existed. The following members of the Council were present
in the council chambers the evening of February 7, 1990 at 9:25 PM to take action to establish a
Local Emergency Declaration: Mays, Green, Winchell and Silva.
One of the initial concerns of the staff was to decide who was in charge of the incident:
USCG? BP? At no time during the incident was it ever thought that State Fish &Game was in
• charge. Staff also was concerned about who would approve the cleanup plan? It was not clear
how long it would take to respond to the incident. This was later clarified. Early on, BP stepped
forward and indicated that they would take the lead on undertaking the cleanup of the spill.
The oil that leaked from the American Trader was North Slope Crude. It was light weight
and had a honey consistency. It was relayed to us that up to 25 to 30% of the leaked oil would
evaporate into the atmosphere.
• From the beginning of the incident there was concern about what actually caused the spill.
There was speculation that the ship had run into the mooring pipe, run aground, or punched a hole
in the side or bottom with its own anchor.
Emergency Services Office - (Ott. Morrison, Kaumo):
ES Mgr (Ott) was paged by dispatch and given the message to call Keith Harrison, DES
Region I, regarding an oil spill. Keith Harrison gave the ES Mgr details that were known about the
spill. ES Mgr contacted Fire Chief (Picard) and gave him the full report received from OES. It was
decided by the Fire Chief (Picard) not to activate the EOC at this point but to establish an ICP at
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Lifeguard Headquarters. ES Mgr (Ott) responded and assisted Marine Safety Captain (Richardson)
in setting up.
The ES Mgr (Ott) was then contacted by FDC, informed the EOC was being activated and
ordered to respond to the EOC. ES Mgr (Ott) requested that the Emergency Services Coordinator
(ES Coord) (Morrison) be paged.
Upon arrival to the EOC, ES Mgr (Ott) was given a briefing on the spill status.
At 6:20 PM, while at school, ES Coord (Morrison) was paged by HBFD Administrative
Assistant (Strook). Questions were relayed about EOC activation and what department was in
charge in an oil spill incident. There was discussion on whether Community Services or Fire would
be Ops Comm in the EOC. ES Coord (Morrison) immediately reported to the EOC.
ES Mgr and ES Coord (Ott/Morrison) worked together to coordinate and facilitate the EOC
activation, giving on-going reports to State OES and Orange County Emergency Operations Center
(OC EOC). Full on-going situation reports were given to both agencies for the next several weeks.
Where required, ES assisted with staffing the EOC, requested all workers to use EOC
message forms and logs of action, logged information on computer in EOC (including an agency
phone list), controlled message and paper flow, spot trained personnel, activated Radio Amateur
Civil Emergency Services (RACES), requested security, recorded attendance of visitors, assisted
with the set up of public information, worked with the City Attorney on declaration of local
emergency and updated reports to County and State agencies. These duties continued throughout
the activation of the EOC.
OC EOC proclaimed a Local Emergency. Harriett Wieder, OC Board of Supervisors, was in
FIB EOC and available for the emergency press conference. OC asked if additional resources were
needed. ES Coord (Morrison) relayed message, per Director (Picard), no additional resources
needed at that time.
Security became a major problem as the EOC went from 25 City employees to about 60
persons within 2 hours. A police officer was placed at the door for security but he had no way of
knowing who belonged and who didn't. ES Coord (Morrison) attempted to have all guests and
employees sign in but as the EOC became more crowded it became impossible. ES Coord
(Morrison) took on the responsibility of denying entrance to the EOC to contractors, news media
and others. Additional personnel in the EOC necessitated resetting the. air conditioner. Volunteers
showed up at police front desk.
Representatives from the following organizations reported to the EOC Day 1 and/or 2: City
Elected Officials, OC Board of Supervisors, United States Coast Guard, State Controller (3 persons),
State Senator, State Assemblyman (2 persons), State Fire Marshal, State Lands Commission (9
persons), State Fire Marshal Pipeline Safety Committee (2), State Parks, State Office of Emergency
Services, State Police, State Division of Oil & Gas, OC District Attorney, Los Angeles County
Sheriff, Seal Beach Police Department, Seal Beach Lifeguards, Newport Beach Police Department,
Laguna Beach RACES (2 persons), American Red Cross, British Petroleum, Clean Coastal Waters, IT
Corp, GSX Services, Crosby & Overton, and others that were not documented or admitted to the
EOC.
Hundreds of news media personnel and volunteers called for information. Published EOC
phone numbers were constantly busy. An unlisted number was given to OC EOC, State OES, and
certain officials.
Future City Administrator, Michael Uberuaga, (due to start in one week) called regularly for
situation updates.
Huntington Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt Acting Races
Officer
First call-out 7:50 PM: oil spill 1 1/2 miles offshore. Made general call-out announcement
on the radio, made telephone call-out of all RACES members. Available personnel responded to
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• EOC for assignment. By 8:45 PM eight members were at the EOC ready for dispatch.
Location of oil slick was generally unknown and movement of the slick with tide and winds
was of greatest concern. By nightfall the oil could not be seen by HB-1 from the air, so beach
watches were needed to determine if the oil came ashore anywhere along the coast.
Because of the nature of the assignments, the location and the darkness, all work was to
be done in teams. Teams of two RACES members each were dispatched to the mouth of the
• Santa Ana River, the pier, the bluffs, and the bridge where Pacific Coast Highway crosses over the
entrance to Huntington Harbour. Attempt was made to gain access to the jetty in Anaheim Bay,
but this was unsuccessful.
Watches were established and maintained at the above locations, looking for any signs of
oil on the beach or in the water. The first shift of workers maintained these watches until about
1:00 AM the following morning.
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Operations Commander (Ops Comm) - EOC (Heller):
Received notification of possible oil spill in the ocean. Conversation with Ops Comm
(Heller), Director (Picard) and representatives from CS indicated that CS was the responsible
department to handle the emergency (Appendix A: Operational Plan Sixteen). Fire Division Chief
(Heller) contacted CS Director (Engle) at home by telephone and he immediately responded to the
• Civic Center.
The Deputy Fire Marshal(DFM)/Petro-Chemical Section (McKay) was directed to arrange an
aerial reconnaissance with HBPD helicopter. The DFM was assisted by the Oil Field Inspector
(Bodenbender). Upon completion, they reported'a large oil slick in the vicinity of the tanker and
advised of the possibility of a major oil spill.
CS Division Head (Fowler) and Ops Comm (Heller) began researching emergency plans. The
most appropriate oil plan indicated the Fire Department was in charge. The Fire Division Chief .
contacted the Fire Chief (Picard) and informed him. In our conversation he directed the Ops Comm
(Heller) to activate the EOC.
The Director (Picard) activated the EOC placing the Fire Division Chief (Heller) as Ops
Comm and directed Marine Safety Captain (Richardson) to go to HB Lifeguard Headquarters and set
up an ICP.
• The balance of the evening was spent gathering intelligence and developing contingency
plans. Representatives from British Petroleum (BP) arrived at the EOC and stated they would
assume financial responsibility.
The operation of the EOC continued until 1:30 AM Thursday morning. It was then
discontinued until 7:00 AM, with the ICP and a Fire Command Post remaining in service through
the night.
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Logistics - ICP (McKay):
Note: Logistics was not formally established at the beach ICP until the end of the second
day. Day 1 and Day 2 are written with both plans and logistics in mind.
At 4:30 PM, Oil Field Inspector (Bodenbender/Plans) and DFM Petro-Chem (McKay/Logis-
tics) were informed of an oil accident offshore at the tanker mooring. Logistics (McKay) notified
• Fire Chief and recommended an air overflight to assess the magnitude of the spill before nightfall.
Overflight made by Plans (Bodenbender) and Logistics (McKay). At 5:00 PM, oil 3/4 to 1 mile long,
200 yards wide stretching from tanker bow towards the Huntington Beach Pier; booms had been
placed around tanker bow. Advised Fire Chief of the possibility of a major oil spill.
• Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Assigned to DFM (McKay) to complete an overflight of the incident. Assignment was
completed at 6:20 PM. At 6:45 PM the EOC was opened. At 9:30 PM assigned to ICP.
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Police Department (PD) - EOC (Reinholtz): •
Acting Police Chief (Reinholtz) arrived at EOC at 7:00 PM and secured at 12:30 AM. Took
responsibility for assigning officers for crowd and traffic control and security for dignitaries. On
several occasions, PD assisted at incident site in providing transportation for officials.
Police - ICP.ICoerper):
After the EOC was activated, the PD called out the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) •
Unit, which remained at the staging area (HB Police Station) and was not deployed to the scene.
The PD helicopter, with crew of two, was used for a total of five observation flights. These
flights were made by HBFD, the City Councilmen and City video camera crews.
Additionally, the Search & Rescue Explorer Post (Explorers) was activated and responded
to the Search & Rescue Building for staging. They were not deployed to the scene.
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Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Initial oil spill incident occurred at approximately 4:30 PM. Upon arrival at 5:30 PM at
Beach Division Lifeguard Headquarters, Marine Safety Captain (Richardson), instructed Marine
Safety (MS) personnel to close all beach activities (in water) under City jurisdiction from Tower #20
to Beach Boulevard due to imminent possibility of oil hitting the beach. (Appendix D: Beach Closing
and Opening Dates.) •
Briefed EOC staff on initial spill incident; advised EOC that water activities had been shut
down.
Established Beach Division Lifeguard Headquarters as ICP. Began duties as IC. Established
constant beach patrols with MS Personnel from Warner Avenue to the Santa Ana River.
Gave spill update interviews to news media throughout the night. Provided ongoing
information to the news media and other agencies. Acted as liaison to Beach Division for •
manpower and equipment from MS, Parking, and Beach Maintenance. These responsibilities
occurred daily throughout the oil spill.
Beach Division activities included patrolling, daily ICP briefing, security (keeping public out
of closed areas), beach cleanup and discing, and compiling beach condition information relevant to
tides, surf, wind, littoral currents, etc. •
Throughout the emergency, when acting as IC, performed IC duties along with regular
Marine Safety job responsibilities.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
Battalion Chief (BC1 (Groat) and aide (Glenn) self-dispatched to Huntington State Beach due to
reports of a possible oil leak from a tanker at Golden West Refining's offshore terminal. After •
assessing the situation, BC (Groat) relocated to Beach Division Lifeguard Headquarters. Two
helicopter overflights were arranged through HBPD for Plans (Bodenbender) and Huntington
HazMat-6 (Mills). Preliminary spill information was received from the ES Mgr (Ott).
Operational Plan Sixteen - Major Oil Spills (Appendix A) was implemented.
The EOC was activated, and BC (Groat) was assigned as Fire Chief. Off-duty BC (Cooper)
was recalled as duty BC.
Operations Commander/IC (night Shift) - ICP (Cooper):
The Fire Operating Center (FOC) was activated for three days to deal with the potential
impact on HBFD resources.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Kiser): •
PW (Kiser) reported to EOC from about 7:15 PM until 12:15 PM. PW on standby in case
City heavy equipment and corporate yard supplies were requested.
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• Community Services (CS) (Care & Shelter) - EOC (Engle & Fowler):
CS reported to EOC shortly after 6:00 PM (Engle & Fowler). Made connections with ICP,
the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army (Fowler). Quick response by American Red Cross;
dinner was provided for staff and private citizens involved.
It became obvious that the oil spill was going to be with us for some time, so plans were
made to feed staff and workers for a.long term operation. The Salvation Army was alerted for
• blankets and cots for workers (Fowler). CS (Fowler & Engle) remained in the EOC until 12:15 AM
2/8/90. CS Director (Engle) then went to City Yard to see if "Beach Closed" signs had been made
by PW. No one was there. Went to ICP and coordinated with Beach Division staff to get signs
posted for sunrise the next day.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, Del-autour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Emergency call out for oil spill standby. Reviewed procedural plans (Way) and retrieved
• boxes for bird volunteers (Neishi, Turner, Dugan).
Community Development - EOC (Adams):
Community Development (Adams) reported to the EOC after 7:30 PM alerting call and
remained until approximately 12:00 midnight. The primary duties assigned were to assist public
information answering phone calls and display information concerning spill updates for those in
• EOC to read.
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Administrative Services Chief Finance Officer (Villella) is responsible for finance,
purchasing, personnel, legal services and official records. (Appendix E: Financial Memos/Forms.)
As the finance officer, communications were prepared to all departments explaining the importance
• of proper record keeping for hours worked and materials and supplies used.
PERSONNEL - EOC (Lewis):
Personnel (Lewis) kept a list of volunteers and assisted the City's Public Information
Officers (PIO) in answering numerous phone calls.
• Purchasing - EOC (Amadril):
Called to the EOC at 6:45 PM. Purchasing (Amadril) was given a directive by Director
(Picard) to establish contact with BP regarding an "open account." Purchasing spoke with various
people at BP and American Trading & Transportation Company. No one was specific on finances,
but assured us that BP was going to be responsible dollar wise. The Finance Director (Villella) and
the Purchasing Officer (Amadril) agreed on how purchasing procedures would be handled. Spoke
• to numerous vendors that called and came to the EOC to donate or do contractual work.
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
City Attorney (Hutton) arrived in the EOC at approximately 7:00 PM. Called in additional
Deputy City Attorney who assisted in legal research. Drafted resolutions declaring State of
Emergency (Appendix F). Was present at the emergency City Council Meeting to provide legal
• services and advise.
Served as member of emergency response team on behalf of the City Attorney's office
(D'Alessandro). Arrived at EOC Approximately 9:00 PM. Remained until approximately 1 1:00 PM.
City Clerk - EOC (Brockway):
City Clerk (Brockway) prepared and maintained required documents for a local emergency
• status. Set up an emergency City Council Meeting for ratification of the "Local Emergency."
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Public Information Office (PIO) Staff - EOC & ICP (Reed. Werth. Davis, Kelly, Williams. Kinsled: •
The PIO Staff in the EOC handled hundreds of calls from the news media.from all over the
United States. Staff set up a news media center in the video studio and set up press conference
for walk-in media representatives. Initial news media comments were written for the Mayor. Staff
assisted in set up of emergency City Council Meeting. PIO staff wrote and disseminated press
release on the incident. Staff was placed at EOC, ICP and PIO/City Hall to answer incoming phone
calls, deal with the on-scene news media and political figures. •
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue):
Bolsa Chica Conservancy was notified of the oil spill by Fish & Game biologist, Esther
Burkett, around 7:00 PM. Leipzig went immediately to EOC. After determining that no organized
volunteer effort was yet underway, Leipzig went to ICP. Arrangements were made to use HB
Junior Lifeguard Headquarters as a rescue station for injured wildlife. A dozen or more volunteers •
were already on hand. Boxes and rags were distributed and people began patrols of the beach.
Veterinarian Dr. Joel Pasco and his assistant, Christina Amoro, instructed the volunteers on bird
rescue and cleaning methods. Leipzig picked up the first known oiled bird, a Western Grebe,
around 9:00 PM. It was high on the beach near the foot of Lake Street. The first few birds were
initially brought to Junior Lifeguard Headquarters, but the lack of hot running water caused the
operation to relocate to the Huntington State Beach Headquarters garage at Magnolia Street. The •
first half dozen birds were washed here by local volunteers including Leipzig and Shirley Dettloff,
Vice-Chair of the Bolsa Chica Conservancy.
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DAY 2 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8
WEATHER:
WINDS: 02E
SEAS: 2-3
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0142/0149 PM: 1452/2117
LOW: 1.1 LOW: -1.3
HIGH: 6.4 HIGH: 4.4
OIL LOCATION:
AT SEA: 4:55 PM slick 1/4 mi. offshore Beach Blvd. to NB Pier•
BEACH WASH UP: Newport Beach shoreline at 7:35 PM
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 28 RACES
LOCATION: beach, EOC
• HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: additional booms
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: additional booms
WARNER BRIDGE: additional booms
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: broken boom at mouth, additional booms
• TALBERT CHANNEL: additional booms
Beginning at daybreak, news media impact was severe. Members of the City's PIO teamed
up with FD Public Information Specialists to provide current information for news releases from City
officials. Logistical support was provided to other involved agencies and to concerned political
representatives. A press conference was called by the Secretary of Transportation, local Congress-
men Cox and Rohrabacher, and USCG Admirals Kime and Yost. HBFD's Oil Field Inspector was
detailed to aerial reconnaissance from HBPD helicopter in order to provide the City's Director of
Emergency Services and Ops Comm with accurate information for the planning, management, and
decision making process.
The first reports of oil deposits on the local beaches were received early in the afternoon,
but none were proven to be accurate. The last reconnaissance flight of the afternoon showed the
• oil slick to be concentrating and moving towards shore in the area of Huntington State Beach and
the Newport Beach Pier, with the closest and heaviest concentrations off Newport Beach. City
officials in Newport Beach were advised of the situation, and preparations were made for our own
operational buildup. Heavy oil was first reported on the shoreline at 7:35 PM in the area of the
Newport Beach Pier. No significant findings were made in Huntington Beach throughout the night.
Director of Emergency Services - EOC/ICP (Picard):
An early morning policy briefing was held and all previous policies were reaffirmed. The
weather was still holding the oil off the beach. There was intense activity all day and night. It was
reaffirmed, and agreed upon from a joint agency coordination standpoint, that the USCG was the
On-scene Coordinator and would conduct their policy briefing in Long Beach. USCG agreed they
would not federalize the incident and would let BP conduct and finance cleanup operations. Fish &
• Game would be the State lead agency and also work out of their Long Beach Office. The major
role left for City forces was to secure the beaches (establish security via Marine Safety and Police
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Officers), provide news media facilities and press conferences, conduct local intelligence on all •
operations and spill conditions, provide a facility for all agencies to interface for the Huntington
Beach area (the ICP), provide coordination for all agency, news media and VIP briefings, continue
to support the wildlife rescue effort, prepare plans to insure safety of the wetlands and for the oil
coming ashore, and be a general facilitator for all activities in the Huntington Beach sector.
As the day continued, it became obvious most coordination support would focus through
the ICP rather than channel via normal disaster channels: National, State, Regional, County (area) •
and then locally through the HB EOC. Slowly, each agency began to relocate their local command
post to the City of Huntington Beach ICP. Effectiveness of the Director (Picard) working at the
EOC was limited. Director (Picard) relocated to the ICP to be available for Huntington Beach
Officials, visiting public authorities and the news media. This type of activity was very intense on
the second day and continued for ten more days.
Director (Picard) ordered the EOC to continue operation at a level commensurate.with •
demand for support services. Director (Picard) delegated responsibility for EOC activities through
the EOC Ops Comm (Heller). This direction also allowed the Ops Comm the latitude to increase or
decrease the EOC operation as necessary.
Public interest was such that the entire beach had to be closed and a security parameter
set up at the beach road.
The Director (Picard) established regular HB policy and coordination meetings at 9:30 AM •
and 3:30 PM each day without fail. This action caused a further focus on the HB ICP.
As the day wore on, news media attention continued, wildlife recoveries slowly increased,
offshore oil skimming operations increased and public inquiries and visitation increased.
The USCG maintained a constant interface at the ICP. Later in the evening BP made
contact with reference to establishing a local Command Post and logistics center. It was decided
there would be two supply staging locations, one at ICP in HB and another at Lifeguard Headquar- •
ters in Newport Beach. Fish & Game also met and set up a coordination meeting late Thursday
night. This primarily revolved around the wildlife effort.
A battalion chief from the Fire Department was assigned to take over ICP command each
night and assume all night activity coordinating and control. Plans Officer, along with Marine
Safety Officers, were directed to make surveys and prepare intelligence reports for the morning.
briefings. •
Incident Commander (IC) - lCP (Groat):
At approximately 1:00 AM, BC (Groat) relieved Director (Picard) and assigned to ICP as
HBFD IC. Liaison was established with USCG representatives at the scene.
Fire Chief (Picard) assumed command as IC at 9:00 AM. BC (Groat) worked until 8:30 PM
at ICP assisting with information gathering, overflights and strategy. •
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
At first light, responded to HBPD heliport and made the first of four overflights. Drew
maps and informed EOC and ICP that weather was keeping oil offshore. (Appendix G: Sample
Overflight Maps.)
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Acting City Administrator (Acting CA) - (Barnard):
Concern at this point was about the amount of oil that leaked from the American Trader
and the efforts which were underway to address the spill. The City heard various reports
concerning the amount of resources that were being used to attempt cleanup operations. Reports
indicated that additional skimmers were on their way and that they would be in service by noon. •
The City was informed that Clean Coastal Waters was providing materials and that BP had stepped
forward to take charge of the cleanup operations.
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• The City was informed that the USCG's Pacific Strike Force had been activated and was to
be deployed to the scene. We were notified that the USCG was on the American Trader testing
the crew members. USCG was considering a policy of selective unloading of the American Trader.
There was a concern that such a procedure could compromise the structural stability of the ship.
At this time and in the days to follow, the City played an important role in monitoring and
communicating with radio, television and the newspaper reporters. The City's Public Information
• Office (PIO) did an outstanding job of ensuring that factual information was given to the news
media. The leadership provided by the Director (Picard), the Mayor and myself all contributed to
ensuring that the news media received the most up-to-date and accurate information available. A
strategy was formulated to have all State and Federal officials in the ICP for an update of the
incident before meeting the news media. In some cases, it actually resulted in a change in their
attitudes or understanding of what was going on with the oil spill. The Fire Department's Public
• Information personnel are to be commended for their outstanding effort during the entire incident in
handling the news media.
Most of the day was spent monitoring and responding to the news media and the visits by
various State and Federal dignitaries. It was anticipated that oil would wash onto shore sometime
during the day. The City received a citizen's report at approximately 12:55 PM that oil had washed
up on the sand. However, this report was later found untrue.
• As the oil moved closer to shore, there was a growing concern for the need to develop
action plans for the protection of the wetland areas just north of the Santa Ana River as well as the
Bolsa Chica Wetlands.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Coordinated placement of news media personnel and equipment (32 vehicles) which
• arrived in force at 4:00 AM.
Briefed Fire ICP staff on previous nights (12 midnight to 6:00 AM) activities. This
responsibility continued throughout the oil spill incident.
Established locations for Federal, State and other agencies as they began operations.
Enforced closure of water and beaches (berm line toward water) under City jurisdiction as
established by City Administrator (Cook).
• Coordinated printing and placement of cardboard "Beach Closed" signs.
Operations Commander (Ops Comm) - EOC (Heller):
This day was spent gathering information and developing contingency plans for the
emergency. The EOC was in operation until 7:15 PM when it was reduced in operation to
minimum staffing level.
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Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Assigned map drawing for oil spill and weather records to DFM (McKay/Logistics).
Police - EOC (Reinholtz):
Acting Police Chief (Reinholtz) insured that the ICP had sufficient PD personnel for crowd
• control; assisted with transportation needs and secured at 5:30 PM.
Police - ICP (Coerper):
An unannounced press conference in the pier area required five officers for crowd control.
Press conferences and traffic control at the ICP required an additional three officers for crowd
control. During the day, the PD helicopter was used for a total of four observation flights. These
• flights were made by City Councilmen, City video camera crews and HBFD personnel.
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Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 8 •
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 5
Motor Cycles 3
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Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison, Kaump):
Worked 7:00 AM to midnight (Ott, Morrison, Kaump). Continued to coordinate and
facilitate the EOC Operation. Training was done as needed. Security, sign-in sheets and logs were
maintained. Ordered cellular phones and FAX machines (EOC & IC). Kept minutes for policy
meetings. Phones rang continually with calls from news media, OC EOC, public inquiries, •
volunteers, City departments, etc.
Received aerial photographs from mapping company. Arranged for afternoon fly-over and
additional photographs.
Used the OC Emergency Broadcasting System (EBS) to alert citizens that the beach was
closed and volunteers were not needed at this time.
Huntinaton Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt: •
Midnight to 7:00 AM: A second shift of RACES members began working about 1:00 AM
maintaining a beach patrol watch. It was found that RACES could ride with the HB-Lifeguards in
Jeeps along the shoreline and obtain a much better view of most of the beach. The bridge and
bluff watches were maintained on a rotating patrol basis until about 7:00 AM.
Patrols continued on a limited basis for the remainder of the day. HB RACES and mutual
aid personnel were used to staff patrols. City staff still formulating overall program to deal with
spill. Arranged for availability of HB RACES and other RACES members on continuing basis.
Nights are most difficult time to fill since need is greatest, and members work at other daytime
jobs.
Fire Chief - EOC (Vincent): •
EOC HBFD staff positions: Fire Chief (Vincent); Tactical Officer (Parker); Dispatcher
(Kaump). Routine operations: Dispatched HazMat team to report broken oil booms at Santa Ana
River mouth. Monitored status and assisted public information with calls from public.
Assumed standby posture at 8:00 PM.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Sandoval, Kiser): •
PW (Sandoval) checked into EOC for briefing and was replaced during day by various
Engineering personnel. Street Maintenance delivered HazMat truck to Santa Ana River and placed
spill dikes and booms. Street Maintenance requested to stand by with HazMat truck. Sewer
Maintenance sent to check Sunset Beach catch basins and harbor waters.
Community Services (CS) Care & Shelter - EOC (Engle & Fowler): •
At 6:00 AM, Engle was at ICP for status report, then to EOC for briefing. Worked at both
areas throughout the day, coordinating beach staff, meals procurement, etc. CS (Fowler) in EOC
from 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM. Communicated with ICP and CS EOC personnel to keep updated on
the oil spill and to maintain accurate account of the number of workers/volunteers to be fed and
housed. CS talked directly with American Red Cross, Steve Woods, local director, and got
information that they would provide the canteen and have it set up near the ICP. Ken Bucknell, •
Salvation Army, stated that he would get blankets and cots from the Los Angeles Office if needed
(Fowler).
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• Beach Maintenance - (Neishi Turner. DeLautour. Esslinaer. Smith Dugan Curtis Wav):
Supervised beach crew activities; responded to emergency dispatches as necessary.
Continued these activities throughout the incident (Way).
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril):
Started to set up contacts with vendors that might be utilized based on needed supplies for
• cleanup. In addition, spoke with vendors that came to the EOC. Placed order for food and aerial
photos. Provided information to Insurance & Benefits regarding BP and American Trader &
Transportation Company. Gave Purchasing's FAX machine to EOC.
Community Development - EOC (Adams):
The following day, and throughout the disaster, Community Development's role was
• primarily to log, post and direct phone calls. At various times, Community Development had up to
four people in the EOC. One Community Development representative was present at the EOC
throughout operating hours.
Public Information Officers (PIO) - EOC & ICP:
• A PIO was established at the ICP with three full-time and one part-time position. Heavy
news media impact over the phone, written news releases, news updates, radio interviews,
television interviews and four press conferences were staged in the parking lot next to the ICP.
Hourly news updates, with maps, were posted on status boards in front of ICP for on-scene press.
Coordinated with public officials' offices to establish sites and equipment for press conferences.
Public Information Specialists arranged one-on-one interviews between the on-scene news
• media and representatives stationed at the ICP from all agencies involved.
The PIO Staff handled incoming news media calls and wrote updated press releases on the
incident. Staff created signs for identification of Bird Rescue Station.
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Finance Officer (EOC) made certain that all Administrative Services EOC desks/func-
tions were covered for this first full day of the disaster. Also there was a continued effort to stress
the importance of tracking hours and equipment/supplies used on the oil spill.
City Attorney (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Reviewed insurance of Golden West Refining. Placed telephone calls to insurance company
and risk management.
• Worked almost daily on how the City will approach American Trader & Transportation and
BP on negotiation and litigation that has arisen from the oil spill. Contacted the Attorney General
of Alaska, Oil Spill Litigation Division to determine how they handled the Exxon/Valdez oil spill.
Performed preliminary research regarding oil spill liability. Telephone conference with
Alaska Deputy Attorney General, Craig Tillery. Reviewed franchise and lease agreement with
Golden West Refining.
• Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue):
A number of the volunteers continued working through the night, including Leipzig and
Dettloff. Washing the birds was extremely laborious and time consuming. By late Thursday
morning, Rangers and Biologists of State Fish & Game arrived at Magnolia Street and took over the
bird washing operation.
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DAY 3 - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9
WEATHER:
WINDS: 04E
SEAS: 1-3
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0225/0831 PM: 1524/2145 •
LOW: 1.5 LOW: -1.1
HIGH: 6.3 HIGH: 4.6
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: 3:00 PM, Tower #20 of Bolsa Chica State Bch
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 3 RACES
LOCATION: bridge watch, EOC
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: Closed. booms reinforced, steel plates placed in front of ducts which feed
southern Bolsa Chica
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: additional booms
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: additional booms
TALBERT CHANNEL: surface booms •
BOLSA CHICA WETLANDS: steel gates placed at entrance
Light amounts of oil washed ashore in Huntington Beach in the early morning hours of Day
3. The entrances to Anaheim Bay and Newport Harbor were boomed and closed. The Bolsa Chica
Wetlands and Seal Beach Wildlife Refuge received additional protection from the oil slick by the
placement of additional surface booms, as did the entrances to the Santa Ana River and the Talbert •
Channel feeder to the Huntington Beach Wetlands restoration area.
The news media and political impacts were again heavy, with a multitude of reporters and
politicians congregated in the area of the ICP.
At midday, the wind shifted from a mild offshore breeze to onshore and moderately strong
out of the south, pushing the oil slick back toward shore. Moderate to heavy deposits of oil hit
Bolsa Chica State Beach at approximately 3:00 PM in the area of lifeguard tower #20. •
In order-to enhance protection for sections of the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, steel plates were
placed in front of the ducts which feed the southern sections.
HazMat/Fire (Shaw):
Maintained beach surveillance throughout night. Logged oil contamination every two
hours. Reported to relief in morning. •
Director of Emergency Services - ICP (Picard):
Day 3 and throughout the incident: Because of the extended nature of the emergency, the
need for the Director to maintain a frontal presence diminished and many of his duties were
delegated to the IC (Richardson). The exception was the incident progress review presented to the
City Council. Director (Picard) requested the Council extend the "Local Emergency" proclamation •
until the entire beach was clean and open to the public.
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• The emergency management policy established in Day 3 and maintained thereafter, was to
share intelligence and make decisions at multi-agency briefings twice daily.
At today's briefing, it was reported that there was a general holding offshore of the oil
with only light ribbons of oil coming ashore. They were easily cleaned up on both Day 2 and Day 3
until around 3:00 PM.
The local ICP and logistic staging area that was to be established by BP did not materialize
either in Huntington Beach and Newport Beach. BP later reported they actually staged at Lifeguard
Headquarters at Huntington State Beach (vs. City Beach Headquarters) in error. This error later
proved to be beneficial as enormous storage and operational space was needed and considerable
conflict would have occurred if BP logistics was located next to ICP.
The Director (Picard), Mayor (Mays) and Acting City Administrator (Barnard) met frequently
to discuss organizational relationships among other agencies and the massive news media impact
• on the City of Huntington Beach.
It became clear the Mayor would have to play a major public and political roll for this
emergency. From a local standpoint, it became obvious that WORLD attention was on the City and
only the Mayor's position would satisfy the public and news media demand for information and
multi-organizational stability.
At approximately 3:30 PM on Day 3 a very large amount of oil hit the beach between the
• bluffs and Magnolia Street. The profound impact on the staff emphasized the fact that the cleanup
effort would be enormous. There were questions as to the effectiveness of the skimming operation
and how much evaporation had actually taken place. The skimmers had been working two days
and up to 30% of the oil was to have evaporated in the first 100 hours.
The earlier cleanup of ribbons had been very successful, but this amount of oil looked
overwhelming. The cleanup strategy was to let the oil come up with the high tide, let it rest, then
• use hand work crews to clean up the oil and place the oil soaked."diapers" in bags to be disposed.
The number of birds becoming oiled was significantly increasing. The bird recovery
volunteers were becoming more organized and effective. The local Huntington Beach recovery
facility was proving too small and the State Lifeguard Headquarters on Magnolia Street became a
key bird collection and rehabilitation location.
• Actina City Administrator (Acting CA) - (Barnard):
Around. 10:10 AM, we received reports from HB Marine Safety patrols that oil had washed
up on the beach between 11 th Street and Lifeguard Tower #20. Pin sized tar balls were reported
on the beach. One growing concern was the Huntington Beach Wetlands area just north of the
Santa Ana River. Talbert Flood Control Channel, which provides the sea water to the restored
wetlands, was boomed.
• At 11:00 AM, Director (Picard), IC (Richardson) and Acting CA (Barnard) attended a Fish&
Game, Region 5 meeting in Long Beach. State and local officials directly involved in the oil spill
incident were at the meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss space for equipment,
beach access, vehicle logistics and people.support. Reed Smith and Pete Bonitelliee, Fish & Game,
were present. An action plan had been reviewed by the USCG and the State. We were told that
the command Post would be located at Huntington Beach Lifeguard Headquarters (ICP) and in
• Newport Beach at the Newport Beach Pier. There was need for a large parking lot for trailers and
vehicle parking access. While it was understood that the State would use the City Beach Parking
Lot as a staging area for beach cleanup, it turned out that the Huntington State Beach parking lots
were used. There was discussion about the manpower allocation on Huntington and Newport
Beaches.
Acting CA (Barnard) was later involved in discussion with BP, Fish & Game and the County
• of Orange regarding where to transport contaminated sand and the disposal of the materials which
would be used to absorb the oil. One possibility discussed was transporting the waste material to
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Kettleman Dump Site since the material could not be accepted at a Local Class III Landfill Site. •
Later it became apparent that the booms which were placed at the Santa Ana River mouth
and the Talbert Channel were not keeping the oil out.
At the evening staff briefing, the following status was given: Heavy oil concentration on
the beach from the Santa Ana River to Golden West Street; Oil sheen (Appendix H: National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Oil Spill Observation Glossary) existed
from the Newport Beach Pier to Anaheim Bay; All openings have been boomed or blocked; Work •
crews will be on the beach all night and throughout the emergency; No volunteers have been
requested to assist in the cleanup of the oil. Oil is a contaminate and must be handled by special
crews which wear protective clothing and have special training. The waste must be properly
disposed of by these crews. The beach must be kept clear so oil will collect, then be cleaned up
by using special absorbent pads.
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Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) -ICP (Heller):
The IC/Fire arrived at 7:00 AM at ICP at Lake Street and Pacific Coast Highway. There
was a briefing. IC/Fire was assigned liaison to Fish & Game which was headquartered at Magnolia
Street and Pacific Coast Highway. IC/Fire met with their representative and then returned to the
ICP. At 10:30 AM IC/Fire was assigned harbor operations and departed for Warner Fire Station. •
IC/Fire requested authorization to block Bolsa Chica tidal gates and to have a Fish & Game
representative dispatched to Warner Fire Station.
At 11:00.AM, the HBFD HazMat Unit responded to Warner Fire Station and was detailed to
inspect the Bolsa Chica floodgates. IC/Fire contacted the USCG (Lt. Stagliano) inquiring as to a
harbor booming program and questioning how Huntington Beach could assist. IC/Fire called for PW
absorbent booms.
At 11:10 AM, IC/Fire (Heller) contacted Fish & Game (Warden Lisa Kramer). She will have
Fish & Game Biologist (Burkett) call. IC/Fire contacted the USCG (Commander Chris Desmond) and
requested booming be increased in the outer harbor and booms be installed at the wetlands,
Warner Bridge and that Bolsa Chica floodgates be blocked. U.S. Navy (Lt. Terry) called and said
the U.S. Navy (Commander Lauraway) will call and has manpower available.
At 2:30 PM, the IC/Fire ordered 2000' of 8" x 10' of absorbent boom at approximately
$250 per 40' bag through City Purchasing (Corbett). The Councilman (Bannister) arrived and
suggested using steel plates to block the Bolsa Chica floodgates. The IC/Fire contacted PW (Kiser)
and he assigned his Street Maintenance Supervisor (Ellis) to respond. The maintenance supervisor
arrived and discussed the project.
At 3:45 PM, a crane, a welder and steel plates were enroute to the Bolsa Chica area.
IC/Fire contacted Fish & Game (Burkett) and advised Huntington Beach was going to close the
gates.
At 4:00 PM, Fish & Game (Burkett) arrived at Warner Fire Station. The IC (Picard) then
called and reported authorization from Worthley and Reed Smith of Fish & Game to install the
plates. The IC/Fire then directed PW (Ellis) to make installation.
IC/Fire received delivery of 2000' boom. IC/Fire requested HE-47, HE-48 and BC (Cooper)
assist HME-51. IC/Fire also requested OC Harbor Patrol.
At 6:00 PM, the requested equipment arrived. IC/Fire gave directions and booming began
at the Federal Wetlands, Warner Avenue Bridge and the Bolsa Chica Flood Gates.
At 7:00 PM, the Emergency Services Coordinator (Morrison) called inquiring for State
Office of Emergency Services (OES), Gardner Davis, of any needs. It was relayed that additional
boom material was needed. OES referred the IC/Fire to Fish & Game (Jim Obrien).
At 8:00 PM, the IC/Fire contacted Fish & Game (Jim Obrien). He agreed to provide 3000'
of 8" x 10' of absorbent boom. IC/Fire arranged for Warner Station Crew to receive the boom 'at
about midnight and have Warner Crew complete booming at 5:30 AM at the Federal Wetlands.
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• Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Day 3 - 25: the IC debriefed night staff and reviewed drive-by reports of oil condition, plus
oiled bird and dead bird count.
Established location for volunteer bird cleanup station. Conducted 9:00 AM overflight in
helicopter HB1 for mapping of oil conditions. Results were presented in daily morning briefing.
Briefed City staff and Federal, State, County and private agencies on flight observations. ICP and
• other commands expanded as activity increased. Provided Beach Division support via materials,
space and liaison as needed.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
Logistics started at Beach ICP at first light; made first of four overflights. Drew maps and
informed ICP and EOC; Started to interface with beach PIO and HBPD for VIP transportation and
• air overflights.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Kiser):
Street Maintenance took three pallets of absorbent pillows, four 20' spilldikes and the
HazMat truck to Warner Fire Station and was requested to stand by. Street, Sewer and Water
crews cut 6 steel trench plates and installed at pipes in the Bolsa Chica wetlands. PW (Kiser)
• called Fish & Game, Kim McCleneghan, Sacramento representative, and provided a listing of
available PW equipment (four loaders, seven backhoes, twelve dump trucks, one motorgrader, five
4" to 6" pumps, five generators; additional smaller vehicles, pickups, and automobiles).
Police - EOC (Reinholtz):
PD (Reinholtz) attended briefing and occasional update meetings. All PD activity was at
• the incident scene.
Police -ICP (Coeraer):
One police officer liaison (Coerper) was assigned to the ICP and maintained this full-time
assignment through 3/1 i90. Daily duties included the following:
1) Attend daily briefing at the ICP. 2) Provide security at this location and for various
• VIP's who toured the beaches. 3) Provide a liaison between the PD and other City departments,
as well as State and Federal agencies. 4) Coordinate landing and take-offs by Huntington Beach
and the USCG helicopters at the beach landing pad.
During frequent press conferences held during the day, three additional officers were
assigned for crowd and news media
• control. It should be noted that the only arrests were made
on this day. One arrest was made by the City Lifeguards of a
male who refused to leave the water. The other arrest was a
female for public intoxication and made by officer at a press
conference at ICP.
The PD helicopter was used for a total of five observation flights. These flights were made
• by the Mayor, City Administrator, PD and Fire Chiefs, State Department of Conservation and HBFD
personnel.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 4
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
• Patrol Cars 5
Motor Cycles 3
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Operations Commander/IC (night Shift) - ICP (Cooper): •
On-duty HB Fire Crews we're used to deploy absorbent, surface booms to isolate the
federal wetlands inside Huntington Harbour as well as the Bolsa Chica wetlands. PW Crews were
requested to assist with heavy equipment in isolating the Bolsa Chica Wetlands from tidal
exchanges.
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison, Kaump): •
EOC activated at 9:45 AM. Took FAX machine from PW to ICP (Kaump). Obtained
weather information and updated ICP (Morrison). The weather updates continued throughout the
incident. Received request for ten cellular phones (obtained one phone from Enterprise Car Rental;
required personal credit card). Contacted OC, Anaheim, Fountain Valley and Westminster to
activate their RACES members. Purchased refreshments for EOC staff and RACES. Re-activated
RACES for boom watch. EOC visited by OES, Gardner Davis; OC Environmental Management •
Agency (EMA), and Emergency Services Coordinator, City of Anaheim, Bob Berg.
Talked with Sgt. Gonis, Newport Beach PD (Morrison). Newport Beach EOC partially
activated. They proclaimed a local emergency and closed beaches. Continued conversations with
OC EOC and OES. Phones still heavy in EOC with news media, volunteers, updates for officials.
Huntinaton Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt: •
7:00 - 10:30 PM: Maintained a bridge watch, or watch of the integrity of the floating
booms around the bridge, for a period before high tide, through high tide, and slightly after.
Community Services (CS) Care & Shelter - EOC (Engle & Fowler):
Same as preceding day, working at EOC and ICP 6:00 AM - 11:00 PM. Also assisted bird •
rescue volunteers with equipment procurement (Engle). CS (Fowler) worked from 7:30 AM until
10:00 AM. Answered calls from ICP and continued working with Purchasing and American Red
Cross planning meals for the weekend.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Wav):
Moved contractor's light generator with tractor (Turner, Dugan, Way). •
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril):
In EOC, placed orders for booms, cellular phones, goggles, caps, gloves and shoes.
Arranged for delivery ASAP.
City Attorney (Hutton):
Reviewed City's contract with Golden West Refining. Examined contract for franchise
agreement and litigation settlement. Placed and received telephone calls with City Council and
press. Attended department head briefing.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
At 7:00 PM, paged by FDC to return to duty. Assumed coverage as shift BC from 7:00 •
PM to 1 1:00 PM while BC (Cooper) assisted with harbor and wetlands protection.
Public Information Officers (PIO) - EOC & ICP:
.Heavy news media impact continued with television stations positioning satellite dishes
along the beach access road in front of the ICP.
Attendance at daily briefings at 8:30 AM and 3:30 PM. Fielded incoming news media
inquiries from as far away as London. Continued to do radio interviews as well as written news
releases daily and sent over the wire service. Arranged for one-on-one interviews between City
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• officials, agency representatives and the news media.
Documented by photography and video the progression of events daily. Set up an average
of two press conferences per day. Coordinated the transportation and security needs for incoming
dignitaries. Prepared written statements for news media updates given by the Mayor.
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leiazia (Bird Rescue):
• Volunteers, especially the Marina High School Crisis Class, were on the beach all day
looking for more injured birds. Leipzig helped establish a distribution point near Lake Street for
boxes and rags. Dettloff worked to publicize the need for additional volunteers and supplies. In the
afternoon, the volunteer site was moved to a location near public telephones south of the ICP.
Marine Safety (Richardson) provided volunteers with adhesive badges indicating authorization to be
on beach despite closure.
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DAY 4 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10
WEATHER:
WINDS: 03E
SEAS: 1-3
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0303/0907 PM: 1552/2213 0
LOW: 1.3 LOW: -0.7
HIGH: 6.0 HIGH: 4.7
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 120
LOCATION: bird rescue
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 12 RACES
LOCATION: communications for bird rescue
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 10 Explorers
LOCATION: beach operations
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 50, NIGHT: 40 0
HARBOR BOOM STATUS: all areas boomed
ANAHEIM BAY: boomed
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Major cleanup of the Huntington Beach coastline first began early on Day 4. A press
conference was conducted near the ICP and the Greenpeace environmental group staged a
demonstration against oil companies.
Incident Command was officially relocated to the beach area at HB Lifeguard Headquarters
and the HB Tactical Command Trailer was set up north of the headquarters building. City officials
cooperated in the formation of a volunteer bird rescue program which was to be managed by Bolsa
Chica Conservancy. Standards for training and protection of the volunteers in the rescue program
were agreed upon, and the City provided necessary logistic support.
Director of Emeraencv Services - EOC/ICP (Picard):
The 9:30 AM briefing intelligence revealed there was still a sizable amount of oil on the
ocean and holding offshore. The large quantity of oil that hit the shore on Day 3 was still there.
BP reported that a large number of workers would be deployed to clean the beach and their
efforts proved effective throughout the day. The result led officials to believe the cleanup effort to
be relatively easy.along the sandy portions of the beach.
News media impact was still at a very high peak and many government officials again
visited the beach and held press conferences. There were also several political officials who
inspected the beach and requested not to be given any recognition or special attention.
The public information section of both the City and Fire Department played an important
roll in all official and news media events. The media impact and need for public information was
very demanding. The appearance of free lance writers and photographers added to this impact.
The public generally respected the closure of the beach all the way back to Pacific Coast
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• Highway. The major impact was on the bike path which resulted in bikes being relocated onto the
highway itself. Vehicle traffic was also on the increase and all streets were heavily impacted. In
general, increase in traffic control was not required as existing traffic control devices were able to
handle the flow.
One area of specific concern was the rerouting the bike path around the construction area
in the Santa Ana River section. All in all, the potential for a traffic or bike accident was high. By
• insuring a clear path for beach cleanup workers and wildlife rescuers the risk for an on-looker,
traffic or bike accident increased. The question of public safety immunity was paramount. The
laws, including the.California Emergency Services Act, were researched and commanders were
appraised that the "Declaration of Local Emergency" protected the City.
Actina City Administrator (Acting CA) - (Barnard):
• The staff held a briefing at 9:30 AM at the ICP conference room. The following was the
status of the oil spill at that time: There continues to.be considerable oil offshore; Sheen areas
extend from Newport Beach to Anaheim Bay; Film area from 3rd Street to Sunset Beach;
Concentrated strips of oil offshore between Santa Ana River to Warner Avenue.
Cleanup of oil predicted to take 2-3 weeks.
A plan to use volunteers was developed. A lack of effort to use hundreds of people who
• offered to assist in the cleanup created negative press. The idea of organizing a bird rescue
program by training volunteers to safely handle wild birds was recommended by the leaders of the
Bolsa Chica Conservancy. Volunteers would walk along the berm line every hour. Recovered oil-
drenched birds were transported to Bird Rescue Stations. The volunteers were given proper
training and protective clothing. This program proved to be very successful and was responsible
for turning the volunteer issue from a negative into a positive.
•
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbended conducted helicopter overflight at first light. Overflight report
given at 9:30 AM briefing. Second overflight conducted at 1:00 PM. Report given at 3:30 PM
briefing. At 6:00 PM a third overflight was conducted. Information from this flight will be used to
assist with mapping the flow of oil for the following day. Advised to prepare for oil to hit shore.
• Contacted Newport Beach and advised them of possible oil impact in the area of the Newport
Beach Pier.
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) - ICP (Heller):
IC/Fire (Heller) arrived at the harbor. IC/Fire inspected the steel plates set in place to block
the flow of water into the Bolsa Chica Wetlands. IC/Fire arrived at the fuel dock where the
• booming operation for the Federal Wetlands area was being conducted.
At 9:00 AM, booming operation was complete except for one small area at the east end of
the Federal Wetlands area entrance. This area was marginal in terms of being exposed at the
extreme high tide. We determined that it was acceptable for now as oil had not entered the
harbor. It would be determined later if that section needed to be boomed.
• At 10:30 AM, IC/Fire inspected booming at the Warner Bridge. It appeared to be intact.
IC/Fire returned to headquarters and requested HB Tactical Command Trailer, generator, HE-48
(with HazMat Unit) and the light unit to set up a base of operation for HBFD.
IC/Fire set up objectives for HBFD operational plan as follows:
1. FD HazMat Team, with HE-48, HazMat Unit and light unit, on scene daily from 8:30 AM
until 6:00-8:00 PM depending on conditions.
2. A response area for beach Command Fire Company set for the beach, between Beach
• Boulevard and the Huntington Pacific Apartments.
3. Immediate availability and responsibility for managing all helicopter landings.
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4. Additional Reserves as required to provide for errands and other assistance. The Reserve
Captain (Parker) set up a schedule for two Reserves each day.
IC/Fire requested telephones and received two cellular phones from HBPD. This operation
continued until 6:00 PM when Chief Groat arrived assuming IC responsibilities. All HBFD person-
nel, except Groat, departed.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
Beach ICP officially located at HB Lifeguard Headquarters. Established HB Tactical
Command Trailer, phones, toilets, power drops, security; ICP area now in full operation. Called in
Oil Field Inspector (Bodenbender) and detailed him to be Plans Officer at ICP. Helped through EOC
to secure equipment for bird program.
Police - ICP (Coeraer):
Three additional officers and one Patrol Sgt. were assigned after it was learned that
Greenpeace would hold a demonstration at the beach. This occurred during a press conference and
required an additional two officers for security and crowd control.
Explorers were activated and responded to ICP with one PD advisor and 10 Explorers
The PD helicopter was used for a total of six observation
flights. These flights were made by the Mayor, Lt. Governor (Leo McCarthy), City Administrator,
Fire Chief, Harbors & Beaches Captain and HBFD personnel.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 8
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Explorers 10
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 6
Search & Rescue Truck 1
Incident Commander (IC► - ICP (Groat):
Assumed the duties of IC at ICP at 6:00 PM (Groat). Worked throughout the night with
various agencies in logistic support including: Bolsa Chica Conservancy (wildlife program), Fish &
Game and USCG. Problems with broken booms were reported. Investigation determined that the
contractor on site had adequate resources and work crews to handle the situation without
assistance from on-duty HBFD units.
HazMat/Fire (Shaw):
Decision made to set up the HB Tactical Command Trailer with all necessary communica-
tion capabilities: phone, FAX and radio. Moved into trailer. Generator and Huntington Light/Air
Unit utilized for power source. Coordinated electrical and phone hookups through EOC. Set up
landing zones for HBPD helicopter and USCG helicopter for incoming dignitaries using HE-48 and
crew.
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison. Kaumo):
ES Mgr at ICP, ES Coord at EOC relaying requests for resources. Received request from ES
Mgr (Ott) for 500 goggles, caps, gloves and boots for bird volunteers. Activated RACES. HB
RACES personnel have been exhausted. Contacted Cities of Anaheim, Westminster, and OC
RACES for additional volunteers. Activated City Personnel Office to go to beach and sign up
volunteers. Continued coordination with OC EOC and OES. Phones ringing off the hook.
Answering 2-3 phones constantly (Morrison/Kaump).
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• Huntinaton Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emeraency Services) - Dutch Ludt:
3:15 AM - 10:39 PM: Began the day with bridge watch from 3:15 PM until 10:30 PM.
IC/Fire (Heller) was very specific that in addition to the bridge, watches were also needed for the
"flood gates" and the mouth of the Santa Ana River. The oil was just off the shore line, high tide
was to be 6.0, and the winds were very uncertain. If the winds turned to "onshore," the oil would
wash up all along the beach and into the harbor and wetlands. The wetlands just South-East of the
• Warner Fire Station were extremely sensitive ecologically. The winds didn't change and high tide
came and no oil washed ashore.
At 11:20 AM, activated again and mutual aid was requested from other RACES organiza-
tions. Communications were needed for coordination of 500 volunteer workers who were going to
walk the beach to recover oil soaked birds. The response was to be immediate since the volunteer
efforts were ready and waiting. Twenty communicators were requested and within two hours
• there were twelve on scene. U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administra-
tion (OSHA) halted the immediate implementation of the efforts until the volunteer workers were
properly attired with protective clothing. The volunteer work began at approximately 7:30 PM and
continued until 9:00 PM.
Bridge watch was set out again at 7:00 PM and secured at 10:39 PM.. The booms held
and no oil was seen on the water or on the sand. RACES secured for the night.
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Fire Chief - EOC (Huntley):
Paged at home and requested to.report to the EOC as acting Fire Chief. As Fire Chief/EOC,
coordinated HBFD's activities as it related to the oil spill. Sent Reserves to pick up safety
equipment in Compton procured by the City. Explorers were put on standby. RACES were
requested on the beach. The Tactical Command Vehicle was transported to the ICP (Lifeguard
• Headquarters) parking lot. Had Dispatcher (Rothert) available in EOC to take any information
to/from ICP and to facilitate any requests on days 1-4.
Public Works WWI - EOC (Kiser):
Corporation Yard warehouse was opened and furnished all absorbents and personnel safety
supplies that were on hand (goggles, gloves, vests and baseball caps). PW (Kiser) was represented
• in EOC from 1 1:30 AM to 4:00 PM when relief (Blackman► stepped in. PW obtained sign blanks
from warehouse. Traffic Paint Maintenance painted signs and took stakes from warehouse for
installation. Sign Shop fabricated and delivered 200 beach closure signs. Electricians responded to
ICP and hooked up power to HB Tactical Command Trailer.
Community Services (CS) Care & Shelter - EOC (Engle & Fowler):
• Engle at ICP - activities similar to previous day. Fowler worked from 9:30 AM to 12:30
PM. Worked with purchasing to supply meals and other items needed by the volunteer workers.
The American Red Cross canteen fed workers at the ICP and EOC as well as bird rescue volunteers.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi. Turner, DeLautour. Esslinaer. Smith Dugan Curtis Way):
Moved contractors' light generators (Neishi, Dugan). Towed stuck vehicles (Turner,
• Dugan). Set up press conference area on beach, set up crowd control barriers (Turner).
Personnel - ICP (Morris):
Helped coordinate volunteers for the bird cleaning operation. Signed up volunteers on
Volunteer Enrollments form (Appendix 1) which gives volunteer Workers Compensation Insurance
coverage if injured while volunteering for the City.
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Purchasing - EOC (Amadril/Corbett): •
Coordinated request from ICP for barrier tape and signs made by PW to close the beach.
Placed orders for electrical cord.
City Attorney (Hutton):
Assigned Deputy City Attorney (Robert Sangster) to prepare waiver for volunteers to sign..
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Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue):
Leipzig and Dettloff participated in an all-day series of meetings with City and agency
officials to establish a mechanism to allow volunteers to continue to be involved. OSHA required
volunteers to wear gloves, boots and goggles. Goggles and gloves were obtained within hours by
the City and boots were ordered. The City also provided bright orange caps to identify Bird Rescue
Volunteers. A thousand copies of the liability waiver the City required volunteers to sign were •
drawn up. State Fish & Game required volunteers to be trained in bird handling. Leipzig gave the
first two training sessions in the afternoon. Key volunteers led by Cyndy Kontoes, under direction
of Leipzig and Dettloff, manned the tables where public volunteers signed waivers, gave names and
addresses, and picked up equipment. Leipzig devised a zone system to insure that all sections of
the beach would be thoroughly covered in a single beach sweep. The boots did not arrive until
after dark. At that point, approximately 200 people were on hand hoping to rescue birds. The
logistics of distributing boots of the correct size to all these people made it impossible to utilize all
who wanted to help, but about 120 people went out on the first coordinated beach sweep.
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DAY 5 - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11
WEATHER:
WINDS: 07E
SEAS: 1-3
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
• TIDES: AM: 0345/0945 PM: 1617/2239
LOW: 1.2 LOW: -0.3
HIGH: 5.5 HIGH: 4.7
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: Magnolia to Bolsa Chica State Beach
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 43
LOCATION: bird rescue
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 6 RACES
LOCATION: EOC, ICP
• NUMBER OF WORKERS: 6 Explorers
LOCATION: beach operations
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 137, NIGHT: 38
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: boomed temporarily removed for normal traffic
SURFSIDE/1'01 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Representatives from Federal OSHA enforced safety requirements for the level of training
necessary to work in the oil cleanup. BP reported low numbers of workers due to the requirements
imposed. Actions were implemented to conduct training and build up the work force. News media
and political impacts continued to be felt, with emphasis on the heavier deposits of oil on the
shoreline.
At approximately 4:00 PM heavy oil hit the shoreline from Magnolia Street to Bolsa Chica
State Beach. The USCG's local On-scene Coordinator, Lt. Shane Ishiki, attempted to mobilize
additional workers through BP representatives involved with the cleanup efforts. In spite of his
continuous efforts, no increases in the number of workers had been made by the end of Day 5.
Director of Emergency Services - EOC/ICP (Picard):
The morning briefings continued to prove effective. Most all agencies generally attended
and a general, coordinated consensus was reached. The key to coordination was the positive,
supportive attitudes and actions of all parties.
The format of presenting a situation report proved very helpful. The Plans Officer usually
made a fly-over survey and that information was coupled with the data provided by the night-
patrolling Lifeguards. This set the stage for each agency to present their daily objectives and
required coordination. This, particularly, provided the Local Incident Command personnel the
opportunity to pass on local information and requests to the USCG On-scene Commander.
Ocean and land cleanup operation continued. It was hard to judge the effectiveness of oil
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skimming operation. The issue was how much oil was being picked up or evaporating. The
remaining oil would be sure to come ashore sooner or later. The question was when, where and
what would the impact be if more oil came ashore. Cleanup operations to date had proved to be
effective.
Late in the afternoon of Day 5, a large amount of oil came ashore. The impact was major
and the work necessary to clean it up looked overwhelming. The area impacted was from Bolsa
Chica State Beach to the Santa Ana River. Requests were made to the On-scene Coordinator for a
large work effort.
Actina City Administrator (Acting CA) - (Barnard):
Day 5 and continuing throughout the incident: Acting CA (Barnard) continued to make
arrangements for elected officials, other dignitaries and celebrities and the news media to view the
oil-soaked beaches. Many requested helicopter observations. Maintained contact with the City
Council until the City Administrator (Paul Cook) returned to the City and assumed that responsibili-
ty.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Overflight conducted at first light by HBPD helicopter. Visibility poor. Report given at 9:30
AM briefing. Second overflight at 1:00 PM. Report given at 3:20 PM briefing. Night overflight
was conducted for the first time using HBPD helicopter's state of the art infrared/heat scanning
equipment. Advised to prepare for heavy impact of oil on HB City and Huntington State Beach
shoreline.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
Helped coordinate transportation and air overflights; agendas and briefing papers prepared
for the first time; bird count stats, tides, weather, and NOAA overflight information compiled.
Started tracking cleanup efforts.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson).
. Directed the procurement and placement of metal "Beach Closed" signs. Closed entire
beach area under City jurisdiction from service road to water and affected patrols to maintain
closure.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
IC (Groat) was relieved at 8:30 AM, but assisted with briefings, strategy and plans until
1:00 PM.
At 6:00 PM, again assumed duties of IC. The U.S. Navy reversed a previous statement
concerning a ship entering their Anaheim Bay facility, re-instating their intent to remove booms
from Anaheim Bay for the entry and exit of a large Naval Combat vessel. Seal Beach and Newport
Beach were contacted and enlisted their assistance in stopping the removal of these booms from
BP, USCG, Fish & Game, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, State Parks Department and City Officials.
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Lomita, 72nd district) intervened as the official representative
of the affected area and persuaded the Navy to utilize an alternate area for their vessel unloading.
IC (Groat) gave Congressman Rohrabacher and his aide a tour of the heavily oiled sections
of Bolsa Chica State Beach. Oiled birds and grunion were observed while inspecting the beach.
Although heavy amounts of crude oil had been deposited on the beach, worker counts
(conducted by lifeguard patrols) were extremely low. USCG (Lt. Ishiki) made many contacts to BP
in an attempt to augment work forces. No increases were seen by the end of the day.
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Community Services (CS) Care & Shelter - EOC (Engle):
Activities same as previous day from 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 2:00 - 6:00 PM. From
noon to 2:00 PM attended Library Division special event.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Wav):
Towed stuck vehicles (Turner, Dugan).
Police - ICP Koerner):
Two reserve officers in a four-wheel drive Blazer were assigned in addition to one Patrol
Sgt. During the press conferences, two additional officers were assigned for security and for
crowd control.
Six Explorers were present with one PD advisor.
The PD helicopter was used for a total of four observation flights. These flights were made
by the Mayor, City Administrator, and HBFD Personnel.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 7
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Explorers 6
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 4
Blazers 2
Search & Rescue Truck 1
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) - ICP (Heller):
Operations continued throughout the day with the same operational objectives set on Day
4. IC/Fire (Heller) continued throughout the day to monitor the oil spill and position protective
booming throughout the harbor.
IC/Fire requested, through the EOC, that Southern California Edison (SCE) provide fixed
power source at HB Tactical Command Trailer. Also requested the EOC provide hard line telephone
lines to the trailer.
At 2:30 PM, SCE ran a power drop to the trailer.
At 8:00 PM, HazMat weather station was set up. The IC/Fire contacted PW (Kiser) and
confirmed that the steel plates had been removed from Bolsa Chica floodgates due to concern for
sufficient oxygen to the Bolsa Chica Wetlands. IC/Fire requested PW establish a contingency plan
for blocking water flow under the Warner Street Bridge and for reinstalling Bolsa Chica floodgate
• plates.
Beach Maintenance (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Towed stuck vehicles (Turner, Dugan).
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison, Kaumo):
• EOC reactivated. Received aerial photographs from Friday shoot. Arranged for video
taping of EOC staff and beach areas by Robert Larsen. Set up video for interviews with job
activities. Arranged for Robert Larsen to use his Forward Looking InfraRed (FLIR) for evening video
taping of beach. Received 3/4" tape and copied to 1/2" tape for morning briefing (no 3/4" video at
HB Lifeguard Headquarters) (Kaump).
• Huntington Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt:
8:30 AM - 12:50 PM: Members of Huntington Beach, Westminster and OC RACES
returned to ICP to continue communications for the coordination and operations of the bird
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recovery program. The recovery operation had few volunteers and, once organized, operations ran
well without assistance from RACES. Secured the detail at 12:50 PM.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Kiser):
Street, Sewer and Water crews removed plates from the Bolsa Chica Wetlands. HBFD
(Heller) requested that PW look at closing Warner Bridge waterway. •
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leiozia (Bird Rescue):
A regular series of volunteer training sessions and beach sweeps were established. About
three sweeps per day were made for the next few weeks. Birds recovered were usually delivered
to Magnolia Street by lifeguards.
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DAY 6 - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12
WEATHER:
WINDS: 05E
SEAS: 3-5
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F-G
TIDES: AM: 0424/1017 PM: 1643/2307
LOW: 1.2 LOW: 0.2
HIGH: 4.9 HIGH: 4.7
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
• NUMBER OF WORKERS: 130
LOCATION: bird rescue
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 6 RACES
LOCATION: Anaheim Bay, EOC, Pacific Coast Highway, bridge
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 337, NIGHT: 440
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: boomed
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
• TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Increased work forces arrived in the area of the Huntington Beach Pier at 6:30 AM on Day
6. By 2:30 PM the number of workers on City beaches had increased to over five hundred.
Booming was checked and augmented as necessary at environmentally sensitive areas. News
media and political impacts were again a factor. There was a significant increase in the recovery of
. live oil-soaked wildlife. All of these animals were transported to the cleaning and transfer center
located at Huntington State Beach Lifeguard Headquarters.
Director of Emeraency Services - EOC/ICP (Picard):
Personal observations and Plans reports revealed a major impact on the beach. The private
contractor had placed hundreds of workers on cleanup operations. The results proved to be slow
and the amount of work to be performed staggering.
One of the early cleanup crew issues was worker safety. OSHA was on-site and ruled all
workers potentially coming in contact with oil must receive 40 hours of hazardous material training.
The rule seemed excessive to many and was reduced by OSHA to site, or emergency-specific,
training. The hours of training was first cut in half and then further modified to include on-the-job
training. Training facilities for workers were located in the supply staging area.
Air traffic was becoming a major safety problem and the private contractors requested that
the local agency request air space control.
The bird and wildlife recovery organization and effort was very active and, from a
command standpoint, very effective. Actual live bird recovery at best is difficult, but the search,
retention and cleaning operations seemed to progress satisfactorily. The number of wildlife being
recovered continued to increase daily.
HBPD helicopter proved very valuable from the start of the emergency. The intelligence
provided by both observation and infrared camera helped to coordinate efforts among all agencies.
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Most City policies and operations were being made at the local IC by the Director,
Operations Commander and Incident Commander. These policies were forwarded to the EOC.
These policies were forwarded to the EOC as applicable. The general actions of the day as
reported at each local IC briefing were generally reactive to the activities and policies as established
by the On-scene Commander, the prime contractor, British Petroleum, or State Fish and Game.
Only local control issues, such as bird recovery, traffic, beach closure, news media interaction,
intelligence gathering, local coordination, briefing coordination, communication, etc. were under the
command and control of the Local IC. Most of the major cleanup policies were handled by the On-
Scene Commander at their 9:00 AM daily briefing at Coast Guard Headquarters; Long Beach.
Special arrangements were made to facilitate an on-site meeting or briefing location for the
many policy makers, i.e., USCG, State Fish and Game and British Petroleum. A special office was
set aside at Lifeguard Headquarters for these on-site policy briefings. Local IC felt this was •
important because the logistics of traveling to Long Beach was too time consuming. Also, the local
Command Post for the USCG was working well but State Fish and Game had lesser resources and
it was more difficult to interface with their organization. At best at these early stages, a staff
person would attend Local IC briefings.
The general beach condition on day 6 was heavy oil in the water and all along the beach
from the bluffs to the Santa Ana River. A sand dike had been built across the river, the flood •
channel and the Talbert wetlands. This dike proved effective and the Talbert channel entrance was
a good lateral drift collector for oil flowing down coast. There was so much oil in the channel that
a large vacuuming truck could be used to suck the oil off the surface of the ocean water.
The Newport Beach 1C was concerned that HB was acquiring most of the manpower but
after an observation flight, it was evident that the HB area was the most heavily impacted.
Skimmers worked in close to shore during the day. It was generally noted that after five
days of skimming there was still considerable oil coming ashore.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) conducted overflight at first light. Heavy deposits of crude oil
noticed all along the north section of the City's beach front. Booming was observed to be intact in
all locations except west, inside beach at Anaheim jetty. Report of Saturday night's (2/10/90)
flight and today's AM flight was given at the 9:30 AM briefing. Overflight at 12:30 PM confirmed
heavy oil deposits on shoreline from Bolsa Chica lifeguard headquarters south to the Huntington
Beach Pier. Oil extended offshore approximately 1.5 to 2.0 miles. Report given at 3:30 PM
briefing. Booming status has not changed from AM flight. Overflight conducted at 4:30 PM;
heaviest concentration seen in the area of the Huntington Beach Pier. Night overflight conducted
to record on video tape using infrared camera.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
USCG (Ishiki) continued efforts to augment work forces on the beach throughout the
morning hours. No additional forces arrived on scene until approximately 6:30 AM. Lt. Ishiki and
IC (Groat) made an inspection of the beach to verify worker numbers and to assess the extent and
degree of crude oil contamination. During this inspection a live oil-soaked bird was recovered and
transferred to the wildlife treatment center at Huntington State Beach Headquarters at Magnolia.
Worker counts showed no increase over the amount planned prior to requests for an increase.
IC (Groat) was relieved at 8:30 AM and assisted at City ICP until 11:00 AM. Beach
personnel made regular inspections of the beaches to monitor amounts of oil and oil-soaked
wildlife.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
Helped coordinate transportation and air overflights. Agendas and briefing papers
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prepared.
Operations Commander/Fire - EOC (Vincent):
HBFD fully staffed EOC at 8:00 AM. FD operations included: logistics (arranging for
feeding of ICP personnel); PIO and monitoring and obtaining intelligence to aid City personnel.
PW services were arranged for three PW stations in EOC. In the afternoon, the EOC
• staffing was reduced to minimal level; Ops Comm, City Clerk, Disaster Assessment, Health &
Welfare, Purchasing, Fire, Police. Operations remained at this level until EOC was reduced to
normal mode on Day 9. EOC reduced to standby mode.
Police - ICP (Coerner):
Two reserve officers in four-wheel drive Blazer were assigned in addition to one Patrol Sgt.
• During press conferences, four additional officers were assigned for security reasons and crowd
control (celebrity press conference).
Six Explorers were present with one PD officer advisor.
The PD helicopter was used of a total of six observation flights. These flights were made
by the Mayor, City Administrator, City video camera crew and HBFD personnel.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 9
• Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Explorers 6
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 4
Blazers 2
• Search & Rescue Truck 1
Motor Cycle 3
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Compiled information for morning briefing.
• Beach Maintenance (Neishi, Turner. DeLautour. Esslinaer, Smith, Dusan, Curtis. Way):
Supervised installation of 500 beach closure signs (Neishi, Turner, Dugan, Curtis).
Transported materials and supplies (Turner, Dugan, Curtis).
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) ICP (Heller):
IC/Fire (Heller) attended briefing to discuss the use of heavy equipment on the beach
cleanup. At 9:00 AM went to EOC for a briefing and back to the ICP for a briefing.
At 1 1:00 AM, IC/Fire requested OC Communications Control 2 Van establish liaison with
OC EOC.
At 12:30 PM, IC/Fire attended a meeting at Seal Beach Police Department with Seal Beach
City Officials and other agencies including the U.S. Navy.
• At 2:00 PM, IC/Fire returned to IC and maintained the program established for HazMat
Company throughout the day.
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison, Kaumo):
EOC remained activated. Same activities as Day 5. Evening FUR shooting. Copied tape
for AM briefing. Contacted Orange County Health Department regarding citizen complaint of
nausea and headache due to oil odor. Dr. Thomas Pendergast called to inform us that unpleasant
odors can lead to headache, burning eyes and nausea. These symptoms are not necessarily
indicative of a toxic chemical exposure since they can occur from any unpleasant odor and may be
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aggravated by fear. There is no cause for alarm. Anyone experiencing these symptoms accompa- •
nied by fever should consult their physician.
Huntington Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt:
RACES called out again for bridge watch during high tide. Oil sitting off mouth of Anaheim
Bay, and change in weather is forecasted. Provided a bridge (or boom) watch throughout the
night. A base station maintained contact with the watch via radio and Fire Department via
telephone. The outer most visible boom began to "sink" with the outgoing tide. Otherwise, there
were no unusual incidents.
HazMat/Fire (Shaw):
Coordinated landing zones/safety and dignitary transport from "temporary" landing zone at
Pacific Coast Highway and Huntington Street. •
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Sandoval, Kiser):
PW (Sandoval/Kiser) attended briefing in EOC from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM and toured the
beach with the City Administrator (Cook) from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon. Electricians hooked up
generator and power to news media trailers and installed lights for a temporary helipad. Sign Shop
fabricated 500 beach closure signs and delivered to beach. •
Community Services (CS) Care & Shelter - EOC (Engle & Fowler):
Engle at ICP for briefing and interaction with Beach Division (lifeguards, maintenance and
parking) and volunteers. Worked from City Hall office interacting with Beach Headquarters,
Purchasing and other departments as necessary.
CS represented in EOC from 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM. Purchasing had established certain
businesses for breakfast, lunch and dinner. CS had responsibility of getting correct numbers of
City employees at both ICP and EOC.
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Finance Officer issued to all departments a more detailed request for establishing oil
spill costs. Forms were also issued to track hours, equipment and supplies used on the oil spill.
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril):
Notice was given that American Red Cross would not be providing food from tomorrow on.
Coordinated with Health & Welfare/Housing & Feeding representative to come up with a plan for
ordering food. Gave my speaker phone to beach ICP.
Placed orders for cellular phones, private lines, FAX machine, sign blanks and sign post channel,
and set up open accounts for food.
City Attorney (Hutton):
Phone calls from home to HBFD (Poe); USCG Lt. Stagliano; BP, Keith Mouton, Air
Coordinator, Subcontractor, California Aviation; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Tom Rivas.
Public Information Officers (PIO) - ICP:
PIO Staff was still handling news media calls, but the focus of the press activity shifted to
the ICP.
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leiozia (Bird Rescue):
Leipzig began attending daily morning briefing sessions to keep agency representatives
aware of Bird Rescue activities. Training of volunteers and refinement of the system continued.
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• Other key volunteers took over training sessions after this day. Leipzig and Dettloff met with
Supervisor Wieder and local bird rehabilitators to discuss bird handling procedures.
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DAY 7 - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13
WEATHER:
WINDS: 03E
SEAS: 2-4
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0506/1056 PM: 1704/2335 •
LOW: 1.2 LOW: 0.8
HIGH: 4.3 HIGH: 4.7
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 15 RACES
LOCATION: EOC, bridge watch •
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 437, NIGHT: 90
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: broken boom repaired .
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
During the morning, workers in the Bolsa Chica Bluffs area complained of headaches, •
dizziness, and nausea from the fumes encountered in the cleanup of heavy oil deposits. OSHA
personnel worked with representatives from BP and had air quality monitoring equipment placed at
this location. A detailed situation briefing was given to Long Beach USCG Command personnel by
the Huntington Beach emergency management staff. Local incident command offices were set up
at beach ICP for both the USCG and BP.
High winds developed in the afternoon to the point where workers had to be removed from
the beaches. Skimming operations also had to be halted due to the ensuing rough sea conditions.
The amount of lifeless oiled birds recovered rose dramatically. These changing conditions caused
continuing news media impact for City personnel.
Director of Emergency Services - EOC/ICP (Picard):
The weather had turned bad with heavy seas, rain and strong winds. The skimmers were •
removed and the work force was ineffective. The rain inland was flowing down the flood control
channels and the flowing water blew out the sand dike. This did not present a problem for the
wetlands as the outward water force was keeping the oil out to sea. Fresh wind blown sand
created a problem of sand covering the layer of oil standing on the beach. The strategy was to let
the storm blow by and protect the oil under this new sand by letting it stand until crews could hand
clean the beach. •
There was considerable discussion of how to best clean the oil off the beach. BP recommended
an active skip loader beach sand skimming operation. The local demand was to hand clean the
beach with shovels. The technique was to lightly scoop the oil and contaminated sand into bags,
collect them with the skip loader and dump the material into trucks.
Not much actual work could be performed today. In general, it was a holding operation
except for BP continuing to bring in supplies and prepare an action plan for after the storm.
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• Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) conducted overflight at first light. Light sheen noticed within
the Anaheim jetty and extending as far south as the Newport Harbor entrance. Sheen was
observed at least five miles offshore. All booming appeared to be well intact. Report given at 9:30
AM briefing. The 3:00 PM overflight showed signs of oil sheen separating now, with large
amounts of mousse seen upon the ocean surface. Report given at 3:30 PM briefing. Night
• overflight conducted with the use of video equipment.
Advised that major oil impact is still-expected upon our beach.
Incident Commander (IC) -ICP (Richardson):
Prepared morning "Briefing Paper" for 9:30 AM meeting. Daily update meetings continued
until Day 22 (2/28/90). Assisted in establishing a formal, temporary helicopter landing pad at the.
• beach.
Initiated complete bike path closure within City jurisdiction.
Requested specific signs from the Sign Shop relative to the bike path closure.
Assisted in establishing USCG and Fish & Game Operation Centers in ICP.
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) : ICP (Heller):
At 7:00 AM, the IC/Fire (Heller) arrived and made contact with City of Newport Beach
liaison (Craig Chastain).
At 9:30 AM, IC/Fire conducted ICP briefing for IC (Picard). IC (Picard) and Mayor Tom
Mays attended a meeting at the USCG headquarters in Long Beach. HBFD operations continued as
previously outlined.
At 11:00 AM, the IC/Fire conducted briefing for Huntington Beach for on duty battalion
commander, HazMat Team and other staff. At 12:45 PM, IC/Fire requested OC EOC liaison
through the Huntington Beach EOC.
At 2:00 PM, OC Emergency Management Agency (Clark Riding) arrived and established
himself as OC liaison.
At 3:15 PM, PW (Kiser) confirmed contingency plans to reinstall plates on Bolsa Chica
Floodgates and the closing of the Harbor Channel under the Warner Street Bridge. Closing of the
Harbor Channel was determined impractical as 2600 yards of fill dirt is required.
IC/Fire (Heller) briefed replacement.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
At approximately 1:30 AM, helicopter HB-1 reported a broken boom at the entrance to
• Anaheim Bay with heavy oil near the entrance and the beaches. An aerial overview with FUR
confirmed these facts, and a crew was dispatched to repair the boom. Maps showing the heavy
concentration of oil were prepared for the morning briefing.
Workers at Bolsa Chica State Beach complained of effects of the fumes from heavy oil
deposits. BP contractor requested HBFD HazMat and OC HazMat for air monitoring for the
workers. IC (Groat) canceled HazMat responses, and had OSHA representatives work with BP to
• obtain the proper equipment to perform continuous air monitoring for workers in the area of the
Bolsa Chica Bluffs. BP representatives provided the equipment and cleanup activities resumed.
IC (Groat) was relieved at 8:30 AM, and assisted at ICP until 9:30 AM.
Police - ICP (Coeroer):
Two officers and a Patrol Sgt. were assigned to this detail
• for security of the ICP and establishing a patrol to keep the public off the beaches.
A helicopter landing zone was set up in the City parking lot at Huntington Street and
Pacific Coast Highway for HB and USCG helicopters.
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The PD helicopter was used five times to view the oil spill by HBFD, Mayor Mays, City
Administrator and Councilmen.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Police Vehicles Assigned: Patrol Cars 1
Blazers 2
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IC/Fire (Night Shift) and Operations Commander - ICP (Poe):
Attended briefing at ICP as IC. Monitored high wind conditions and boom placements
through the night, through utilization of USCG and RACES. At one point, used HB BC to verify oil
crossing booms to Anaheim Channel. BC reported booms holding nicely.
Also received call from City Attorney (Hutton) to restrict further air flight around City •
beach. Contacted USCG to restrict operations through FAA.
Later in evening, the USCG (McClain) advised that ALL personnel were being pulled off the
beach due to flying sand from the wind.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
Set up ICP beach offices for the USCG.and Fish & Game. Ordered clean phones, FAX •
machines and complete office setup. Coordinated the establishment of the heliport at Pacific Coast
Highway and Huntington Street. Prepared briefing papers and agendas.
Operations Commander/Fire - EOC (Vincent):
EOC operations same as Day 6. Reduced staffing level 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Standby
mode after 5:00 PM.
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Public Works (PW) - EOC (Kiser►
Electricians hooked up additional trailers at ICP and installed windsock and clearance lights
for the temporary helipad. Sign Shop fabricated an additional 200 signs and painted outlines and
symbols for temporary helipad. Street crews delivered barricades to the beach and picked up the
HazMat truck.
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Operations Commander - EOC (Huntley):
DFM (Huntley) assumed temporary position as Fire Chief in EOC, monitoring oil situation
and handling resource requests, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM.
Operations Commander - EOC (Parker): •
Assigned to Ops Comm position in EOC. Monitored situation and assigned duties/resou-
rces as ICP requested. One representative from each City department remained in the EOC to
coordinate City resources.
Community Services (CS) Care & Shelter - EOC (Fowler):
Day 7 - 10: activities similar to previous day (Engle) except that the need for involvement
was reduced enough that the oil spill (briefings, procurement, staff coordination) could be delat
with on an as-needed basis and returned to normal workload.
Briefing sessions from approximately 8:00 - 9:00 AM. Very little went on from the
standpoint of Care & Shelter responsibilities (Fowler).
Beach Maintenance (Neishi. Turner DeLautour. Esslinger. Smith Dugan Curtis Way):
Supervised completion of sign installation (Neishi). Completed sign installation (Turner,
Smith, Dugan, Curtis). Returned to run disc and sanitizer for evaluation by BP, USCG and Fish &
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• Game (Neishi, Turner). Re-installed vandalized signs (Curtis).
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril):
Coordinated for coffee and water to be provided at the ICP. Provided supplies (gloves 200 pr.)
from the City Yard warehouse to be delivered to the ICP. Placed orders for post hole digger,
electrical cord, gloves, food, VCR tapes and name badges.
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City Attorney (Hutton):
Telephone call to Al Kaufer, of the law firm of Nossaman, Gunther, Knox & Elliott,
regarding Ken Adams, Washington, D.C., attorney involved in Exxon Valdez litigation. Phone calls
from home to various people and the FAA to secure FAA 9191 flight altitude restricted zone for
cleanup.
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Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott. Morrison, Kaumn):
The EOC remained activated with one representative from each City department coordinat=
ing their department's responsibilities. The EOC was more of a backup facility to the ICP at this
point, providing resources and City personnel as needed. Maintained contact with OC EOC and
DES providing updates (Morrison). No evening FUR (Kaump).
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Huntington Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt:
Midnight - midnight (continued 2/14/90) : RACES continued the bridge watch during high
tide. A base station maintained contact with the watch via radio and Fire Department via
telephone. Secured detail at 7:30 AM.
At 12:20 PM, RACES was notified to provide a bridge watch to begin at dusk and run until
• dawn. Weather is changing and offshore winds have turned around. A cold storm is expected to
hit tonight.
Bill Denisi of Fountain Valley PD (WB6NLU) called and offered the use of his repeater and
phone patch if required.
The watch began at 5:00 PM. At 8:00 PM, W7EII and KF6ZB felt there may be a "light
sheen" of oil just inland of the first boom. Huntington Beach HazMat was dispatched to the bridge
• for investigation. It was determined that the wind was causing chop on the water and the "sheen"
was only calm water on the leeward side of the boom. The wind picked up and the temperature
dropped considerably during the night. The RACES watch personnel were able to get vehicles up
to the edge of the bridge and water on the seaward side. This allowed a view of the first boom
from inside a vehicle, out of the wind and cold. RACES personnel provided warmth and shelter to
the two BP workers who were on watch at that location. The watch continued until 4:00 AM
2/14/90.
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue):
Continued beach sweeps.
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DAY 8 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14
WEATHER:
WINDS: 15E
SEAS: 1-3
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F-P
TIDES: AM: 0555/1135 PM: 1723
LOW: 1.3 LOW: 1.3
HIGH: 3.6 HIGH:
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 RACES
LOCATION: bridge watch, EOC
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 820
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY:
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE:
WARNER BRIDGE:
SANTA ANA BRIDGE
TALBERT CHANNEL:
The adverse weather conditions severely impeded cleanup efforts. Workers were unable to
remain on the beaches. Clean sand was blown over the oil deposits on shore, creating a layering
effect described as looking like "zebra stripes." Skimming activities had to be halted due to the
rough ocean surface. Hazards created by the numerous aircraft in the spill area prompted the FAA
to restrict this air space. The City's IC was given authority over all aircraft in the control area.
Director of Emergency Services - EOC/ICP (Picard):
The storm had generally abated. There was still a strong onshore wind with oil coming ashore
but not coming in as high since the tides were receding. HB City Beach looked relatively good
above the berm line but where the tide had come above the berm line in the Huntington State
Beach area there was a considerable amount of oil on the beach.
The Newport Beach area also showed heavy impact. Debris that came down the Santa Ana
River was flowing laterally north and coming ashore from the river north to Newland Street.
Most workers were deployed in Newport Beach and most of HB was a holding action. Worker
safety had become an issue on Day 3 in Newport Beach, the primary issue being training. BP set
up school room tents on the beach near their logistics center and was doing a mixture of training
and actual work. A major issue was the amount of training required. The rules called for forty
hours but everyone knew this was excessive based upon the specific oil product and the method of
clean up. The workers all wore rubber boots, plastic clothing, vinyl gloves and goggles. Compro-
mises were made with limited training followed by on the job training.
The bird recovery effort continued and the number of oil soaked birds, unable to fly or dead
continued to increase. The local bird recovery and cleaning center at the HB Lifeguard Station
quickly proved over taxed and was moved to State Beach Lifeguard Headquarters.
This bird recovery operation proved to be very effective in the HB area. Volunteers were
organized and trained by State Fish and Game. Their equipment was provided by the City of HB.
They operated from an assembly point at Lake Street on PCH and fanned out to their respective
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The original technique was to patrol the beach for birds but it soon became evident that this
activity should be intermittent to allow the birds could come ashore and collect on the beach.
The bird recovery effort became widespread and covered an area from Long Beach to Newport
Beach. Fish and Game and local citizens generally handled the HB sector.
• Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) conducted overflight at first light. Due to high winds, oil was
difficult to see.on the ocean surface. Report given at 9:30 AM briefing. No additional flights
conducted today due to high winds.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
• Supported Plans and prepared briefing papers.
Incident Comriiander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Established "Bird Volunteers" at HB Junior Lifeguard Headquarters with phone number for
Bird Rescue from inland areas.
• Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) - ICP (Heiler):
HBFD Operations continued throughout the day as previously outlined.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):-
BC (Groat), on duty as shift commander, reported to ICP at 9:00 AM, attended morning
briefing and returned to quarters at 11:00 AM. At 2:00 PM, returned to ICP for afternoon meeting
• and briefing. Assumed IC duty from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
Police - ICP (Coerper):
Two officers were assigned to security of ICP and the beaches. Officers assisted in
keeping the public off the beaches and with jeep tours for VIPs. They assisted in helicopter
landing and take-offs.
HBPD helicopter was used twice to survey the oil spill by the Mayor and HBFD personnel.
Jeep tours were set up for the Mayor, Senator Seymour, Fire Chief Picard, Department of
Transportation Secretary (Mr. Scannell) and U.S. Senator (Robert Graham) from Florida.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
• Helicopter Crew 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 1
Blazers 2
Operations Commander/Fire - EOC (Vincent)
• EOC operations same as Day 6. Reduced staffing level 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Standby
mode after 5:00 PM.
IC/Fire (Night Shift) and Operations Commander - ICP (Poe):
On duty at 9:00 PM. Followed through on establishing interview of Mayor Mays by Fox
News at Pacific Coast Highway and Golden West Street on the beach.
• Fire Engineer (Rees) on duty to monitor air traffic as flight Ops Comm to restrict air traffic
from beach areas. This was the first day of air operations.
Was contacted by USCG (Garris) regarding news persons entering secure areas. Discussed
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with him right of entry of press allowed by the law.
Was relieved at 9:00 AM the next morning.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Kiser):
Electricians made several maintenance checks and repairs at the ICP and various trailers.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Rehung vandalized signs (Neishi).
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Finance Officer (Villella) called the Director of Finance for the City of Newport Beach .
to discuss what was being done with regard to billing costs of the oil spill. It was found that they •
had not yet actually prepared any billings. However, when bills were complete, they were going to
send them to Crawford & Company at 4952 Warner Avenue, Huntington Beach, 92647.
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril/Corbett):
It was requested to see if any car dealership wanted to donate the usage of a four-wheel
drive vehicle. However, we were able to obtain same vehicle from the County. .
Briefed my replacement (Corbett) with information of the oil spill and directive of what was
needed to be done.
Placed orders for food, goggles, repair of FAX machine, rental of copy machine, television
video coverage of the spill tapes and repair of light bar for a vehicle.
Operations Commander - EOC (Huntley):
Assigned to EOC as Ops Comm 8:00 AM - 12:00 noon. Assigned procurement of jeeps
for reconnaissance to purchasing. Coordinated vehicle and radio resources with County representa-
tives. Monitored situation and made assignments as needed.
Operations Commander - EOC (Parker):
Assembled all City department representatives in EOC. Attended ICP briefing update.
Gave oil spill update to all City department representatives in EOC requesting that one representa-
tive from each department remain in the EOC to coordinate department resource requests.
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison. Kaumv):
EOC remained activated with one representative from each City department; supported
the ICP. IC and Mayor requested from ES Coord (Morrison) copies of the California Emergency
Services Act in an attempt to have Governor Deukmejian declare a State of Emergency (Morrison).
Arranged for evening FUR video. Picked up tape in Seal Beach from cameraman. Copied
tape for AM briefing (Kaump).
Huntington Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt:
Midnight to 5:30 PM: RACES continued the bridge watch during high tide. A base station
maintained contact with the watch via radio and Fire Department via telephone. Secured detail at
4:00 AM. Very cold, very windy night.
Reported at a 10:00 AM briefing in the EOC: The storm had blown most of the oil up on
the beach. There was very little left on the water. The oil skimming boats had discontinued work.
If there was to be a bridge watch the next few nights, requested we use OC RACES and other city
RACES. HB RACES was in need of some relief.
At 5:30 PM, advised no watch was required. RACES secured and was not activated again
for this emergency.
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• Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leiozia (Bird Rescue):
Due to cold weather, volunteer activities were relocated back to HB Junior Lifeguard
Headquarters. Leipzig worked with British Petroleum and State Parks over the next few days to
establish a "Phone Rescue" system whereby the public can notify bird rescue volunteers when an
oiled bird is spotted.
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WEATHER:
WINDS: 04E
SEAS: 1-3
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0653/0003 PM: 1736/1228
LOW: 1.5 LOW: 1.8
HIGH: 4.6 HIGH: 2.9
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: Corona Del Mar, Laguna Beach, Edison Plant to Newport Beach Pier
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 RACES
LOCATION: EOC, bridge watch
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 585
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: boomed
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE:
WARNER BRIDGE:
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: maintaining river barrier, concerned about rain run-off
TALBERT CHANNEL:
Moderately strong winds continued to hamper the cleanup efforts, and also broadened the
geographic areas affected by the spill. Light amounts of oil were encountered on the beaches and
in the rocks at Corona Del Mar and Laguna Beach. Ocean conditions still prevented skimming
operations. Work crews were able to continue cleanup operations on the beaches, but allocations
of workers between cities caused some disagreement and subsequent discussion with BP
representatives.
Air corridor control was maintained throughout the entire day, with markedly less aircraft
in the area of the incident and few violations of the controlled air space.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) conducted overflight at first light. Majority of oil appears to be
in the area of the SCE steam plant south to the Newport Pier. Report given at 9:30 AM briefing.
The 1:30 PM overflight showed sheens to extend as far south as Laguna Beach.
Advised Newport and Laguna Beach of oil sheening in their area.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
Supported Plans and prepared briefing papers.
Police - ICP (Coeraer):
Two officers were assigned to security of ICP and beaches. They assisted with jeep tours
and helicopter landing and take-offs. The PD helicopter was used three times by HBFD and USCG
personnel to survey the oil spill.
There were many civilian helicopters in the air causing an air traffic control problem. A
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• restricted air space was established over the oil spill area.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 1
• Blazers 1
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) - ICP (Heller):
HBFD Operations continued throughout the day as previously outlined.
IC/Fire (Night Shift) and Operations Commander - ICP (Poe):
• Arrived at ICP at 4:30 PM and attended an incident briefing. Air flight operations still
restricted. Concern over Santa Ana River barrier and rain runoff. Beach cleanup to begin in
segments with eventual opening to be in segments. Was informed that Congressman Rohrabacher
was to arrive at Beach helipad 2/16/90 at 2:30 PM.
OOverations Commander/Fire - EOC (Vincent)
• EOC operations same as Day 6. Reduced staffing level 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Reduced
permanently to normal staffing at 4:00 PM.
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
Day 9 - 20: The Finance Officer continually contacted departments to remind them of the
need to send cost information to Finance to enable them to compile a City-wide cost summary.
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Purchasing - EOC (Corbett):
Called user and vendors to verify cost and deliveries. Made copies of all field notes and
communication logs. Started working on total cost from purchase orders, express purchase orders,
City Yard warehouse and storeroom.
Placed orders for food, hats, television monitor and VCR tapes.
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City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Aless and ro►
Took helicopter flight to review cleanup area (Hutton).
Telephone conference with Attorney Alex Moghaddam regarding Golden West Refining's
position concerning oil spill. Attended the EOC briefing regarding the oil spill. Telephone confer-
ence with Lt. Cole of California Fish & Game.
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Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison, Kaumv):
Normal EOC operations. Ott, Morrison, Kaump and Purdue continued to support the ICP.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Assisted in establishing "Airwatch" for FAA flight restriction from Seal Beach to Dana
Point. Office established in ICP.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Day 9 - 12 & 15 - 16: Supervised beach crew activities(Way).
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue(:
• The morning beach sweep was moved from 10:00 AM to 6:30 AM to take advantage of first light.
"Phone Rescue" service is started using the HB Junior Lifeguard Headquarters phone number.
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WEATHER: •
WINDS: 10E
SEAS: 1-2
SWELL: S
CONDITIONS: P
TIDES: AM 0827/0040 PM: 1730/1421
LOW: 1.5 LOW: 2.3
HIGH: 4.5 HIGH: 2.4
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: Coronal Del Mar, Laguna Beach, Tower #20 to Abalone Point •
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 13 RACES
LOCATION: EOC, bridge watch
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 320
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: boomed
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed •
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
With.an adequate number of workers trained, outfitted with proper protective clothing, and
mobilized into teams, Federal OSHA forces at the scene were cut back substantially. Heavy rains
and winds from the afternoon onward impeded the cleanup activities.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender): •
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) conducted overflight at first light. Light crude oil and mousse
observed from Tower #20 (City Beach) to Abalone Point. Report given at the 9:30 AM briefing.
Second overflight conducted at 1:30 PM. Winds out of the south blowing sheen back towards
Newport and Huntington beaches. Report given at 3:30 PM briefing.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Entered into discussion of beach cleaning priorities.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Wav):
Ran sanitizer per BP request (Dugan). Supervised sanitizing of beach per BP request;
rehung vandalized signs (Neishi).
IC/Fire (Night Shift) and Operations Commander - ICP (Poe):
Arrived at ICP 4:00 PM to attend briefing. Fire Engineer (Sampson) working as flight
operations coordinator. Assumed duties of night IC and worked through Saturday, 2/17/90.
Flight operations control still in effect to monitor flight operations through weekend.
Concern over bike traffic encountering hazards crossing Santa Ana River. IT Corp. contacted to •
resolve problem. USCG reported possible gang related activity among beach workers on Martec
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• Crew. Reported that workers from "Crips" and "Bloods" are flying colors. USCG (Lt. Ishiki) who
reported incident said that Martec is handling the problem.
PIO reported that New York Congressman will land tomorrow.
HBFD Fire Investigator (Merrill) reported to ICP to conduct sampling survey for beaches.
Weather update: Los Angeles weather forecast predicts rain 1/2-1" for tomorrow.
• Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
BC (Groat) attended the morning briefing while on duty as shift commander (9:00-11:30
AM). No other activity related to the oil spill.
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) - ICP (Heller):
HBFD Operations continued throughout the day as previously outlined.
Police - ICP (Coerper):
Two officers were assigned to security of the ICP and the beaches plus security for the
helicopters landings and take-offs. There were four helicopter flights to observe the oil spill by the
HBFD, State Parks Director and his assistant, and Marine Safety personnel.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
• Patrol Sgt. 1
.Helicopter Crew 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 1
Blazers 1
• IC/Fire: Stand-by Crews - ICP (Wiggins):
Helicopter crews, HE-48, HB HazMat (HHM-6) and the Huntington Light and Air (HLA)
vehicle reported.
Briefed by Ops Comm (Heller) regarding the day's activities. Assumed IC responsibilities
and the crew was on stand-by for incident related medical aids, hazardous materials emergencies
and helipad crash crew.
• Involved in crash protection for three helicopter take-offs and landings. The crew was
relieved at 6:00 PM.
Purchasing - EOC (Corbett):
Day 10 - 14: Placed food orders in advance since EOC was decreasing its staffing level.
• Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison, Kaump):
Requested HB PIO video tape beach scenes. Held morning briefing session with represen-
tatives from agencies (Morrison). Video taped storm impact to Santa Ana River and debris, bird
operation at Huntington State Beach Lifeguard Headquarters at Magnolia Street and Picard and
Mays at bird center - Terminal Island (Kaump).
• Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue):
Bird Rescue operations continued for the next week and a half with regular volunteer
training sessions and beach sweeps. Leipzig coordinated supply and communication between the
City and volunteer leaders. Leipzig also regularly attended morning briefing sessions at ICP.
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WEATHER: •
WINDS: 28E
SEAS: 1-2
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: VP
TIDES: AM: 1028/0133 PM: •
LOW: 1.3 LOW:
HIGH: 4.4 HIGH:
OIL LOCATION:
AT SEA: near entrance of Santa Ana River, off 14th Street, Newport Beach •
BEACH WASH UP: debris washed up from HB Pier to Santa Ana River and from Talbert
Channel to Santa Ana River
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 Explorers
LOCATION: beach operations •
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 320
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: oil crossing booms
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed •
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: booms torn from storm, repair difficult
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
The continuing rain and high winds created problems in addition to the oil on the beaches.
The protective levees placed across the entrances to the Santa Ana River and the Huntington •
Beach Wetlands were washed out by storm runoff, and booms in all areas were torn loose and
broken in varying levels. Large quantities of runoff water made repairs and replacement difficult in
some locations.
A significant oil slick was sighted near the entrance to the Santa Ana River and it was
monitored closely for movement toward shore. A previously uncharted oil slick was spotted off
14th Street in Newport Beach; samples were gathered by BP and sent to a lab for comparison to •
the crude oil spilled from the American Trader.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Due to high winds and heavy rains, all overflights were canceled. Patrol of City and State
beaches was conducted by ground patrol. Report of condition given at 9:30 AM briefing. At
12:00 noon, a beach survey was conducted; large amounts of debris was noticed along shoreline •
extending from Santa Ana River west to the Huntington Beach Pier. Report given at 3:30 PM
briefing. Debris and oil being mixed together along shoreline.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Minimal activity due to heavy rain.
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• Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis. Way):
Conference with BP and contractor personnel (Turner).
IC/Fire (Night Shift) and Operations Commander - ICP (Poe):
Fire Engineer (Holman) assigned as flight operations coordinator.
The predicted rain is now falling and causing debris and flow from Talbert Channel and the
• Santa Ana River mouths.
Aerial survey was canceled by HBPD this morning due to weather conditions.
Attended briefing at ICP and noted reports that sheening has gone nearer to the shore and
now becoming "mousse." Also the oil and sand on beaches creating "zebra" effect.
Received reports of oil crossing booms to Anaheim Bay. Had BC (Cooper) check booms.
Reported no apparent problems on inland side of booms.
• Later in evening, viewed videos produced by the City of oil and debris flowing out of the
Santa Ana River. Also viewed videos of bird rehabilitation process in Terminal Island.
Next morning was relieved from ICP by BC (Cooper).
Police - ICP (Coeroer):
Two officers, two reserve officers, four Explorers and one Patrol Sgt. were assigned to ICP
• for the security of beaches, Command Post and the landing zone.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Reserves 2
Explorers 4
Police Vehicles Assigned: Patrol Cars 2
• Blazers 2
Search & Rescue Truckl
_Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott. Morrison, Kaump):
Requested PIO video tape beach operations, cleanup, oily soil, California Conservation
Corps (CCC), cleanup crews and State Beach area with private contractor equipment. Continued
• backing up ICP with needed resources. Only Ott, Morrison, Kaump and Purdue in EOC; organizing
paperwork. Maintained updated phone contact lists, attended briefings and meetings (Morrison).
Public Information Officers (PIO) - ICP:
All working PIO staff has shifted to the ICP. The EOC staff is still handling scattered news
media calls. The ICP is constantly communicating with the EOC to keep them updated.
• The City Hall Public Information clerical staff was also handling a heavy influx of news
media phone calls and walk-in inquiries during the entire incident.
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WEATHER:
WINDS: 15W
SEAS: 1-2
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: Cloudy, hazy, visibility 7 miles, 48'
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TIDES: AM: 1146/0300 PM:
LOW: .08 LOW:
HIGH: 4.4 HIGH:
OIL LOCATION: some sheening in Huntington Harbour •
AT SEA: storm run-off dumped debris into harbors & flood control channels
BEACH WASH UP: 2 mi. "scum line" on Laguna Beach. 1/2 mile long wash-up at Beach
Blvd., Huntington Beach
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 RACES
LOCATION: EOC, bridge watch
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 Explorers
LOCATION: ICP
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 340
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: disrupted
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: disrupted
WARNER BRIDGE: disrupted
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: diking at mouth of river destroyed
TALBERT CHANNEL: disrupted
Storm runoff dumped debris into the harbors and flood control channels, which resulted in
large amounts of oil soaked debris being deposited on the beaches. Work crews concentrated on
the gathering and removal of this debris. Sea conditions calmed, allowing skimming activities to be
resumed.
A two mile long "scum line" was sighted off Laguna Beach. Vessels were dispatched to
investigate its content and experts were questioned as to possible causes.
With temporary repairs completed to the American Trader, the vessel departed Long
Beach, heading to San Francisco for shipyard restoration.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) conducted overflight at first light. Ocean and bays appeared
dirty from rain water runoff. Some sheening noticed in Huntington Harbour channels. Large
amounts of debris found washed ashore. Booming found to be disrupted in all areas. Diking at the
mouth of the Santa Ana River destroyed. Method being used by BP in debris removal seems to be
improper method.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson): •
Assisted with Incident Command System (ICS) organizational chart of this incident.
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• Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinaer, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Wav):
Set up barricade tape and barriers along bike path (Dugan).
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
BC (Groat), on duty as shift commander, reported to ICP at 9:30 AM. After morning
briefing, BC (Groat) worked until 3:30 PM on development of command chart.
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Operations Commander/IC (Night-Shift) - ICP (Cooper):
Debriefing and overview of objectives proceeded. 9:30 AM ICP briefing and 10:30 AM
HBFD. Arson Investigator recalled to take evidential samples for incident documentation.
Air traffic control in effect throughout day and night time hours.
Attended 3:30 PM briefing and at approximately 6:00 PM assumed IC (from Picard) and
• functioned as IC, night shift, as well as Ops Comm through the night.
At 9:20 PM, heavy "tar-like" oil was reported on the beach at Beach Boulevard. Deposit
was approximately 1/2 mile long. BP immediately dispatched hand crews.
Police - ICP (Coemer):
Two officers, two reserve officers, four.Explorers and a Patrol Sgt. were assigned to the
• ICP for security of the beaches and ICP. Heavy rains caused damage to area near the channels
washing debris and oil onto the beaches.
HBPD helicopter was used twice for observation of the oil spill. Persons using the
helicopter were Mayor Mays, HBFD and USCG personnel.
Officers.Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
• Helicopter Crew 2
Explorers 4
Reserve 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 4
Blazers 2
Search & Rescue Truck 1
IC/Fire: Stand-by Crews - ICP (Wiagins):
Responsible for crash crew duties for helicopter landings and take-offs. Supported the IC
by performing any FD related operations. Instructed by IC at 5:20 PM to collect oil samples from
different geographic areas of the beach. Samples taken to be used for court evidence if needed.
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WEATHER:
WINDS: 8W
SEAS: 1-2
SWELL: S
CONDITIONS: Cloudy, visibility 8 miles, 54'
TIDES: AM: 0031/0424 PM: 1108/1948
LOW: 0.3 LOW: 2.9
HIGH: 4.6 HIGH: 3.2
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: Laguna Beach, residue at rock jetties
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 6 RACES
LOCATION: EOC, bridge watch
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 160 NIGHT: 40
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open; booms removed from entrance only
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed; mousse & sheening in river mouth
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
AIRSPACE: opened
An evaluation of the overall spill situation showed the problem to be mitigated to a degree
where the harbors could be safely re-opened. Newport Beach was opened from 15th Street to the
Newport Beach Harbor jetty. A survey of the beaches was initiated covering the area from
Newport Harbor to Anaheim Bay.
Air traffic had diminished considerably and at 11:00 AM the restrictions in the area of the
spill were lifted.
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) dispatched personnel
and vessels to accurately survey the depth and bottom contours in the area of the offshore tanker
berth.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) made overflight at first light. Mousse and sheening seen in
and around Santa Ana River mouth and the west jetty of the Newport Harbor. Report given at
9:30 AM briefing. This flight was conducted with USCG personnel on board City aircraft. Oil
sheening appeared to be coming from residue found in and around the rock jetties.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
"Airwatch" discontinued. Harbor opening; Newport opened from 15th Street south to
Newport jetties.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner. DeLautour. Esslinger, Smith, Dugan Curtis Wav):
Supervised beach debris cleanup (Turner). Day 13 - 16, 18, 21 & 31 - 33: Member of
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audit team/audit team inspections (Way).
Operations Commander/IC (Night-Shift) - ICP(Cooper):
At 7:30 AM, HE-48 reported for landing zone detail. IC (Night Shift) (Cooper) briefed the
incoming IC (Picard) on the night's activities and the new IC resumed responsibilities. Ops Comm
remained on duty but without IC (Night Shift) duties. At 9:30 AM briefing reflected conditions
progressing nicely except for rocky areas. Since the harbors were being re-opened, it was decided
that the sorbent booms protecting the federal wetlands inside Huntington Harbour should be
removed. This project was assigned to on-duty fire company to be done in the morning of
2/20/90.
Since offshore activity was minimal by this time, it was felt that the air space need no
longer be restricted. Air traffic control released at 10:45 AM.
• Details of a "beach-walk" were discussed at the 3:30 PM briefing. Representatives of
interested agencies will walk the beach starting at 15th Street in Newport Beach and proceed
north.
At approximately 6:00 PM, the IC (Picard) turned over command to IC (Night Shift)
(Cooper) who remained through the night.
• Police - ICP (Coemerl:
Two officers and a Patrol Sgt. were assigned to the ICP for security of the beaches,
Command Post and landing zone. We were assigned to assist with the jeep tours.
The PD helicopter was used four times for observation of the oil spill. Personnel using the
helicopter were HBFD, USCG, Marine Safety and City video crew.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
r Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 1
Blazers 2
• HazMat/Fire (Shaw):
Same as Day 5.
Public Information Officers (PIO) - ICP:
Day 13 - 18: PIO staff reduced to one full-time person who attended daily 9:30 AM
briefings. News updates given as media releases and personal news updates. Developed video
• and slide show for visual documentation.
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WEATHER:
WINDS: 15E
SEAS: 1-2
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: P
TIDES: AM: /0527 PM: 1304/1953
LOW: LOW: -0.1
HIGH: 5.0 HIGH: 3.5
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 0 RACES (today & remainder of incident)
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 200 NIGHT: 20
HARBOR BOOM-STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: booms removed, open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: booms removed, open
WARNER BRIDGE: booms removed, open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: booms remain N & S while jetty cleaned
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
The survey from Newport Harbor to Anaheim Bay was completed and the final row of
booms protecting the Federal Wildlife Refuge was removed. Rock cleaning operations were
canceled due to equipment, safety, and water supply problems.
City officials held a briefing and update session with the USCG to review plans for the final
cleanup operations.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Sent City vessel to work with Fire personnel in removing absorbent booms in Huntington
Harbour. Aerial photography from Laguna to Seal Beach from HB1 helicopter for PIO.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinaer, Smith, Duaan, Curtis, Way):
Hauled absorbent boom from Sunset Aquatic Park to BP command post at Magnolia
(Neishi, Turner, Dugan). Day 14 - 17: Supervised sanitizing of beach per BP request (Neishi). Day
14 - 22: Ran sanitizer per BP request (Dugan).
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
BC (Groat), on duty as shift commander, attended briefing at 9:30 AM and worked on
documentation from 10:30 AM to 12:00 noon and 3:30 to 7:00 PM. IC (Picard) requested BC
(Groat) attend the City Council meeting to monitor public comments. All relative comments were
recorded and forwarded to the Chief.
Operations Commander/IC (Night-Shift) - ICP (Cooper):
Briefed incoming IC (Picard). Ops Comm remained on duty but without IC (Night Shift)
duties.
Attended 9:30 AM briefing. IC and USCG (Admirals Kime & Yost along with Captain Card)
toured the beach after an 11:45 AM briefing and presentation of conditions.
On-duty•BC requested to assign HME-51 to remove sorbent booms from federal wetlands.
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• At 1:00 PM, new Ops Comm, HE-48 Captain (Wiggins), came on duty. At 6:00 PM, IC
(Night Shift) returned to duty and remained through the night.
Police - ICP Woeroed:
Day 14 - 17: Two officers and a Patrol Sgt. were assigned to the ICP for security of the
beaches and ICP. Beaches were still closed to the public. Personnel also assisted in the helicopter
landings and take-offs as well as jeep tours by the VIPs.
No PD helicopter flights were made to the beach landing zone during this time period.
This activity continued until Day 17 (2/23/90).
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Police Vehicles Assigned: Patrol Cars 1
• Blazers 2
IC/Fire: Stand-by Crews - ICP (Wiaains):
Day 14 - 17: Served the function of availability stand-by for incident related medical aids,
hazardous materials emergencies, helipad crash crew and assisting the IC as needed.
• City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Telephone conference with Jerry Bame, OC Fish & Game, regarding keeping him informed.
Telephone calls to American Trader and Golden West Refining Company. Review of the State
Lands Commission lease of sea berth. Briefed City Council members - Mays, Green, Silva, Erskine
and MacAllister.
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WEATHER: •
WINDS: 08E
SEAS: 1-2
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0006/0614 PM: 1332/2007
LOW: 2.6 LOW: -0.5
HIGH: 5.4 HIGH: 3.7
OIL LOCATION:
AT SEA: minimal visible sheen offshore at bluffs •
BEACH WASH UP: mousse on beach north of pier
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 150, NIGHT: 20
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open •
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed off except for center channel
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Only a minimal visible oil sheen remained offshore, with mousse streaks evident at the •
bluffs and pier. Hot water washing of the rocks at the Bolsa Chica Bluffs was resumed. Discus-
sions were held regarding the final cleanup procedures and standards for the reopening of City and
State beaches. Considerations for the reopening of the bicycle paths were also discussed.
The wildlife cleaning and transfer center at Huntington State Beach Headquarters was
demobilized, with all additional oil contaminated wildlife transported directly to the rehabilitation
and treatment center on Terminal Island.
OSHA officials demobilized their beach command post, with
representatives available by telephone.
Operations Commander/IC (Night-Shift) - ICP (Cooper):
At 4:30 AM, lifeguards reported "mousse" on the beach, north of the pier. A tour of the
beach disclosed "mousse" and debris, as reported, as well as in all runoff water cuts to the ocean. •
Heavy oil debris including contaminated pom-poms in rocks below Huntington Beach Tower 18.
IC (Picard) resumed responsibilities at 7:30 AM. Ops Comm remained on duty through
9:30 AM briefing. Relieved by Shaw/HE48.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Participated in discussion regarding qualitative measures for reopening beaches.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi. Turner. DeLautour, Esslinaer, Smith, Duaan, Curtis, Way):
Supervised sanitizing of beach per BP request. Coordinated City maintenance effort
throughout the incident (Neishi).
Emergency Services Office - (Ott/Morrison): •
Scheduled and attended California Attorney General's Office meeting at HB Civic Center.
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• Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Finance Officer attended a meeting conducted by the State of California Attorney
General's Office. The Attorney General suggested that all parties involved should join with them to
form one unit to deal with BP. They also cautioned on issuing any statements on preliminary costs
for fear of the possibility that it could compromise future efforts once the costs were better known.
• City Attorney (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Telephone calls to Maureen Fennel, .Golden West Refining, newspapers, Mayor (Mays) and
attorney, Mr. Moghaddam, representing American Trader.
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril):
Spoke with CS Director (Engle) in order to have the ICP order the food from this point on.
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WEATHER:
WINDS: 02E
SEAS: 2
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: F-P
TIDES: AM: 0047/0651 PM: 1401/2026
LOW: 2.2 LOW: -0.7
HIGH: 5.7 HIGH: 4.0
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: light sheen along beach around pier
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 200, NIGHT:
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open .
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: N & S channels absorbent booms remain
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Cleanup efforts focused on the Bolsa Chica Bluffs and on discing and sanitizing of all beach
areas. Conditions at the beach were considered to be improving on a daily basis.
Further discussions were held on the safety standards for the reopening of the beaches,
but resolution was not reached. Consideration was given to the reopening of the bicycle paths for
the weekend on a segment basis, depending upon local conditions.
_Operations Commander/IC (Night Shift) -ICP (Cooper):
Lifeguard drive-by reveals light "mousse" around the pier and light sheen along the beach.
Turned over IC responsibilities and continued as Ops Comm.
Staff meeting with IC, Plans, Logistics and ES Mgr to discuss strategies and objectives for
ICP operation efforts.
At 9:00 AM, attended meeting held by IC (Picard) with BP representatives (Webster and
Meerman) to discuss methodology for preparing beach for opening.
At 9:30 AM, attended daily briefing.
At 10:30 AM, discussed and initiated process for formulating.report.
At 2:00 PM, turned Ops Comm over to HE-48 Captain (Wiggins).
At 6:00 PM, returned to duty and re-assumed the position of IC as well as Ops Comm and
remained through the night. Nothing unusual to report. Off duty at 8:00 AM.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
BC (Groat), on duty as shift commander. At 2:00 PM, went to ICP for afternoon briefing
and to develop plans for the upcoming weekend duty as IC. BC (Groat) returned to Gothard Station
at 9:30 PM.
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril/Corbett):
Day 16 - 20: Collected vendor invoices and kept running records of total costs.
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• Incident Commander OC) - ICP (Richardson):
Reviewed sand testing reports from SCS Engineering. Directed Beach Maintenance Staff
to work with BP at their, request to test sanitizing and discing operations. Participated in report
formulation discussion.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
• Supervised sanitizing of beach per BP request (Neishi). Replaced light bar broken by USCG
personnel (DeLautour). Day 16 - 17: Supervised sanitizing of beach per BP request (Neishi).
Disced beach per BP request (Turner).
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WEATHER: •
WINDS: 02E
SEAS: 2
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: F-P
TIDES: AM: 0124/0733 PM: 1426/2048 •
LOW: 1.7 LOW: -0.9
HIGH: 6.0 HIGH: 4.4
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: replaced dike
Cleanup efforts focused on the removal of remaining debris from the beaches and the •
cleaning of all rocky areas. The dike protecting the Huntington Beach Wetlands area was replaced
near the mouth of the Talbert Channel. Sanitizing and discing operations continued on all beach
areas, with the City contracting for analysis of uncontaminated sand to establish a "baseline" of
normal conditions encountered.
The "Post Cleanup and Health Risk Evaluation Committee" was formed with the mission of
establishing final standards for the reopening of the beaches. Committee consensus was that the •
beaches must be cleaned to a level deemed acceptable to the local agency and to specific limits
established by the OC Health Officer. A meeting was set for Saturday, 2/24/90, to finalize the
exact limits and standards for analytical testing.
Discussions were held regarding the reopening of the bicycle paths and the related safety
issues. The bicycle path from Beach Boulevard to Warner Avenue was determined to be adequate-
ly free of vehicles used in the cleanup process and was scheduled for reopening to the public on
Saturday, 2/24/90.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Beach Maintenance Staff tested sand discing and sanitizing equipment to determine if
machinery would clean to USCG, Fish & Game, the City and BP's satisfaction. Attended meeting
at City Hall regarding post cleanup health risk evaluation. •
Incident Commander (IC► - ICP (Groat):
BC (Groat) assisted in the information presentation and video taping for the "Phil Donahue"
television show on oil spills.
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Attended a meeting with representatives from the Pomona Valley Demolition Company
regarding the removal and processing of tainted sand from the beach.
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• WEATHER:
WINDS: 03E
SEAS: 2-3
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: F-P
• TIDES: AM: 0203/0809 PM: 1455/2109
LOW: 1.3 LOW: -0.8
HIGH: 6.0 HIGH: 4.7
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 Explorers
LOCATION: ICP
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Work crews continued the rock and beach cleaning activities, with discing and sanitizers
working down to the wet sand line.
The "Post Cleanup and Health Risk Evaluation Committee" met at ICP and reached
• agreement on standards for beach cleanup as proposed by Med-Tox. (Appendix J: Med-Tox
Quality Control Report) The OC Health Care Agency representative adopted the plan as the official
criteria for reopening beaches affected by the oil spill. Basic elements of the approved criteria are:
1) Audit team survey with no detectible traces of oil. 2) Sand sampling at approximately five
hundred foot intervals with laboratory analysis of the samples. 3) Average hydrocarbon content of
• tested section cannot exceed 100 parts per million.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Participated in briefing Phil Donahue and interfacing with other agencies relative to his visit
and videotaping.
• Beach Maintenance - (Neishi. Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger. Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Disced beach per BP request (Esslinger). Day 18 - 19: Supervised work crew activities;
picked up debris (Turner).
Police - ICP (Coeroer):
Two officers, two Reserves, four Explorers and a Patrol Sgt.
• were assigned to the ICP for beach security and patrols to keep the public off the beaches.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Explorers 4
Reserve Officers 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Patrol Cars 3
• Blazers 2
Search & Rescue Truck- 1
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WEATHER:
WINDS: 01 E
SEAS: 2-4
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: G-F
TIDES: AM: 0244/0847 PM: 1523/2137
LOW: 0.8 LOW: -0.6
HIGH: 5.9 HIGH: 5.0
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: light deposit on beach from high surf washing into rocks and pier •
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 Explorers
LOCATION: ICP
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: ruptured
TALBERT CHANNEL: Strong surf collapsed dike allowing crude into wetlands. Dike rebuilt
at low tide.
A strong surf from the south washed oil out of the rocks and piers, re-contaminating the
beach with light brown oil deposits. All planned audits and tests were canceled until the beach
was cleaned of all visible traces of crude oil.
At approximately 9:30 AM, the combination of the strong surf from the south and a very
high tide collapsed the dike protecting the Talbert Channel and the Huntington Beach Wetlands
area. Water and crude oil flooded the channel and wetlands, overwhelming the dozen booms set
behind the dike to provide protection from the oil. Immediate control and cleanup actions were
instigated by the work crews at the Santa Ana River jetties. Crews worked until dark, with
cleanup activities scheduled to resume the next morning. Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy
was on hand all day. Oil was deposited on much of the shoreline of the wetlands and two oil
soaked birds were captured and transported to the Terminal Island cleaning and rehabilitation
facility. At low tide that afternoon a replacement dike for wetlands protection was placed
approximately fifteen hundred yards up the Talbert Channel. Late in the afternoon a barrage of
news media contacted the ICP believing that the Bolsa Chica Wetlands area had been inundated
with oil. News media impact was significant for several hours.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
First day off since the incident occurred.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):- ICP (Groat):
At approximately 9:30 AM a combination of high tide and heavy surf out of the south
collapsed the dike which had been placed in the entrance to the Talbert Flood Control Channel,
allowing a wave of oil and water to enter the HB Wetlands. Workers were shifted from rock
cleaning at the entrance to containment and cleanup in the wetlands area. The dike was relocated
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• 1500 yards up the channel and rebuilt at low tide. News media impact regarding the wetlands
being oiled was intense for a three hour period from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. BC (Groat) was relieved as
IC at 8:00 AM and departed ICP at 9:00 AM.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinaer, Smith, Dugan. Curtis, Way):
Bagged hazardous materials from trash cans (Esslingen.
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Police - ICP (Coerber):
Two officers, two Reserves, four Explorers and a Patrol Sgt. were assigned to the ICP for
security of the beaches and landing zone.
The bicycle trail was closed on the Santa Ana River from Hamilton south to Brookhurst
due to oil washing into the Talbert Channel Wetlands.
• The PD helicopter was used twice for observation of the oil spill. Helicopter passengers
were Mayor Mays, a councilman and a citizen.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Explorer 4
• Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 3
Blazers 2
Search & Rescue Truck 1
IC/Fire: Stand-by Crews - ICP (Wiggins):
• The fire crews' response was initiated by oil penetration of the Talbert Channel.
Duties remained the same: medical aids, hazardous materials emergencies, helipad crash
crew and assisting/relieving IC so he could.report to Talbert Channel to monitor situation.
HE-48 crew responded to a medical aid on the beach bike path. Medics and ambulance
were requested.
Anticipated the arrival of the Mayor of Boston but she never arrived.
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Public Information Officers (PIO) - ICP:
Day 19 - 23: Rupture of the Santa Ana River dike resulted in increased inquiries from
news media and citizens regarding the opening dates of the beach. These inquiries were answered
by phone and in person. Continued to work on documentary slide show. Coordinated press
• conference and wrote press release announcing the opening of the beaches. (Appendix K:
Responding Officials, Appendix L: Government Agencies, Appendix M: Private Companies.)
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WEATHER:
WINDS: 03E
SEAS: 3-5
SWELL: S
CONDITIONS: G-F
TIDES: AM: 0326/0930 PM: 1548/2206
LOW: 0.5 LOW: -0.3
HIGH: 5.6 HIGH: 5.3
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Primary emphasis was on the added protection and cleanup of the Huntington Beach
Wetlands. Additional work crews were assigned to the rocks and beach. Sanitizing and discing
continued from Beach Boulevard south to the Santa Ana River, with the audit team and Med-Tox
scheduled to begin analysis and testing. The City and the USCG met to review the steps for the
final cleaning and release of the beaches.
The duties and responsibilities of Director were assumed by the new City Administrator,
Mr. Michael Uberuaga. A
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Participated in briefing new City Administrator (Uberuaga). Med-Tox established a staging
and storage area for testing materials in HB Junior Lifeguard Headquarters.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Dragged beach per BP request (Turner). Sanitized beach per BP request (Esslingen. Day
20 - 21: Ran sanitizer on Huntington State Beach per BP request (Dugan). Day 20 - 23:
Supervised equipment operation for BP (Neishi).
Police - ICP (Coeryer):
Day 20 - 23: Two officers and a Patrol Sgt. were assigned to the ICP for security of the
beach. PD personnel also assisted in the helicopter landings and take-offs as well as jeep tours by
the VIPs.
No PD helicopter flights were made to the beach landing zone during this time period. This
activity continued through Day 23 (3/1/90).
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Police Vehicles Assigned: Patrol Cars 1
Blazers 2
_City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Prepared preliminary draft of emergency resolution to continue the emergency.
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• Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue):
Final beach sweep was held at 4:00 PM and HB Junior Lifeguard Headquarters cleaned
out. Equipment, other than boots, was returned to Lifeguard Headquarters.
Note: The number of birds, dead or alive, recovered by bird rescue volunteers is not known.
Volunteers delivered birds directly to Magnolia Street or indirectly through lifeguards, rangers,
• police, or other volunteers. No effort was made to have the volunteers document their efforts. Of
the over 1,000 birds recovered, City and State Lifeguards and State Fish & Game personnel
probably recovered the majority, with several hundred probably picked up by bird rescue volun-
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WEATHER:
WINDS: 05E
SEAS: 3-5
SWELL: SSW
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0412/1015 PM: 1620/2240
LOW: 0.3 LOW: 0.2
HIGH: 5.0 HIGH: 5.5
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Cleanup efforts continued in the Huntington Beach Wetlands. Sanitizing and discing
operations were completed, and the audit team evaluated the area from Beach Boulevard to the
Santa Ana River. Med-Tox began gathering sand samples from Golden West Street to Beach
Boulevard. Washing and cleaning continued in the bluffs and at the Santa Ana River jetties.
The safety issues surrounding the unopened areas of the bicycle trail were evaluated, with
discussion between HBPD and the cleanup contractors.
Agencies present at the morning briefing agreed that once a section of beach had passed
all evaluations and tests within the established standards, the final decision of when to open the
beach to the public would rest with the local governing body.
Acting City Administrator (Acting CA) - (Barnard):
The USCG was pushing hard for a standard which stated that if the beach looked clean,
felt clean when touched and did not smell of oil, then it was acceptable for public access. The City
on the other hand, felt that the public health and safety was too important not to have a
measurable standard, and therefore, stood fast for a scientific standard requiring OC Health Officer
approval.
HazMat/Fire (Shaw):
1:00 - 6:00 PM: Removed HB Tactical Command Trailer and generator from beach back to
Gothard Station.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Wav):
Day 21 - 22: Disced beach per BP request (Turner). Sanitized beach per BP request
(Esslinger).
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Finance Officer contacted Crawford & Company to ascertain their role. Spoke to Mr.
Carl Beard who explained that they were an insurance adjuster for American Trader & Transporta-
tion. He confirmed that they were the place established to receive claims for the oil spill.
Purchasina - EOC (Corbett):
Placed an order for bearing to repair a disc of tractor used to clean beach. Continued to
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receive invoices from vendors from the oil spill.
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Reviewed documents sent by Alaska Attorney General concerning the Exxon oil spill.
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WEATHER:
WINDS: 5E
SEAS: 1-3
SWELL: S
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0504/1107 PM: 1652/2317
LOW: 0.2 LOW: 0.8
HIGH: 4.3 HIGH: 5.5
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open r
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
The final cleanup of the Huntington Beach Wetlands was assumed by the Huntington
Beach Wetlands Conservancy. Sanitizing and discing continued on Bolsa Chica State Beach. The
section of beach from Magnolia Street south to the Santa Ana River was checked by the audit
team and Med-Tox collected samples for laboratory testing and evaluation. Plans for reopening the
Golden West Street to Magnolia Street section of the beach were finalized and an official reopening
ceremony was tentatively scheduled for Thursday, 3/1/90, at 2:00 PM.
HBPD reported that Cal Trans would be modifying the layout of the temporary cement
blocks on Pacific Coast Highway from Brookhurst to the Newport Beach City limits. The intent of
the new layout is to provide a path for bicyclists with adequate separation from vehicle traffic on
the highway.
With the majority of the cleanup completed, the City's management structure was
modified to release all personnel not essential to the operation. Chief Picard designated Marine
Safety Captain (Richardson) as the IC for the duration of City involvement. Overall command of
City operations remained with the Fire Chief in his role as Ops Comm.
Plans Officer -'ICP (Bodenbender):
Briefing at 9:30 AM. Made arrangements for sand samples to be taken on City beach by
S.C.S. Analytical Lab. Attended briefing at EOC regarding standards for opening up oil impacted
beaches. Assigned to subcommittee to study standards for opening up beaches impacted by oil.
Incident Commander (IC) -ICP (Richardson):
Relieved Ops Comm (Picard) as briefing chairman. Acted as briefing chairman until Day
36.
Organized paperwork in anticipation of writing oil spill report. Conducted morning briefing.
ICP becomes leading City agency responsible for interfacing with news media, cities, Federal,
State, and private agencies. Worked in cooperation with Fire IC.
Reported to EOC to assist in organizing oil spill paperwork in anticipation of this report. All
involved City departments attended.
Emergency Services Office - (Ott/Morrison):
Held an oil spill report writing workshop. All parties involved were invited and asked to w
write a summary of activities for each day. Each person was asked to prepare recommendations
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• for improving the City's emergency response to disasters. We had an earthquake (Upland),
prompting the realization that the EOC should be back in order and ready for the possibility of
another operation as soon as possible.
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Finance Officer prepared a draft of a letter to accompany the first billing for use of
• City resources as a result of the spill.
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Sample Collection
1. The sampling cup is lowered into the surf water, withdrawn, and the water
• sample transferred into sterile 40m1 or appropriate glass bottles prepared
by the state certified laboratory contracted for the particular job. The glass
bottles are filled to remove all air space, and tightly fitted with teflon lined
plastic caps.
• 2. The sample bottles are numbered with an indelible marker in the following
manner:
SS-XX-YY
where:
SS - designates surf sample
XX - is the date
YY - sample number
For example, SS228-001 indicates a surf water sample collected on February
• 28, 1990. The sample is the first water sample collected that day.
3. 'Ile complete information on the sample label includes:
Date and time
• Client job number (never client name)
Sample number
Initials of sampler
Analysis desired (if known)
Preservatives in sample bottle (usually noted by lab)
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4. Each sample bottle is given a separate sequential number.
S. Samples are delivered directly to the lab on the same day of sampling by
courier, whenever practical. If next-day delivery is necessary, the samples
• are kept refrigerated at approximately four degrees Celsius overnight and
delivered to the laboratory the following morning.
6. Samples are accompanied by a Chain-of-Custody form which documents the
time, date, .and responsible person during each step of the transportation
process.
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Sample Collection
1. The sampling cup is lowered into the surf water, withdrawn, and the water
sample transferred into sterile 40ml or appropriate glass bottles. prepared •
by the state certified laboratory contracted for the particular job. The glass
bottles are filled to remove all air space, and tightly fitted with teflon lined
plastic caps.
2. The sample bottles are numbered with an indelible marker in the following •
manner:
SS-XX-YY
where:
SS - designates surf sample •
XX - is the date
YY - sample number
For example, SS228-001 indicates a surf water sample collected on February
28, 1990. The sample is the first water sample collected that day. •
3. The complete information on the sample label includes:
Date and time
Client job number (never client name) •
Sample number
Initials of sampler
Analysis desired (if known)
Preservatives in sample bottle (usually noted by lab)
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4. Each sample bottle is given a separate sequential number.
S. Samples are delivered directly to the lab on the same day of sampling by
courier, whenever practical. If next-day delivery is necessary, the samples
are kept refrigerated at approximately four degrees Celsius overnight and •
delivered to the laboratory the following morning.
6. Samples are accompanied by a Chain-of-Custody form which documents the
time, date, and responsible person during each step of the transportation
process. •
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Post Clean--up Health Tusk Assessment
• Evaluation Committee
Meetina Minutes - February 23 , 1990
• Meeting Attendees
Dennis Durnwald
Richard Wade
Gary Petrae.
Mark Bodenbender
Jim Reed
Monica Mazur
Bruce Paine
Amir Matin
Cliff Narquis
Rees Madsen
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Summary
1) BP supports traditional approval methods for reopening
beaches (ie: per recommendation of State and Federal -
• officials based on smell, touch, and visual inspection) .
2) City officials will not open beaches until the Orange Count
Health Department recommends opening. The Orange Co. Health
Department is requesting a qualitative assessment of the
beaches by a professional consultant (Med-Tox) prior to
approving/recommending that the beaches be reopened.
3) Dr. Wade of Med-Tox reviewed his proposal for qualitative
assessment of Huntington beach. Dr. Wade will rewrite his
proposal based on comments received on Z/23190. _
• 4) The Committee will meet on 2/24/90 at 10: 00 am to review the
Med-Tox proposal.
Minutes of last meeting were approved with no changes.
• R.C. Madsen (chairman) presented to the group an overview (one
page) report that he wished to present at the 2:00pm meeting.
This one page report included: the objective, discussion,
recommendation, and action plan that the Post Clean-up Health
Risk Assessment Evaluation Committee would recommend. Minor
revisions were made to this report which emphasized the need for
the committee to review the health status of all the beaches,
not AIft the Huntington Beach area. The, words "State, County"
were also added to item 32 under Discussion .
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R.C. Madsen opened discussion on the issue of what criteria are
necessary for opening the beaches. BP America's position is to
support the traditional criteria, ie recommendatins from the
Federal and State Environmental officials. Community officials
supported evaluations beyond the historical beach clearance
basis of field inspections (including visual, odor, and touch) .
However, a qualitative, rather than a quantitative criteria was
recommended for determining a safe level for opening beaches.-
The timing for opening the beaches will be based on the
recommendations of the orange County Health Department. It was
also noted that beaches would riot be reclosed today (2/23/90) to
accomodate the new qualitative end point.
Rees Madsen introduced Richard Wade, PhD. from Med-Tox and asked •
him to review his proposal for qualitative post clean-up.
Highlights from Dr. Wade's proposal and committee discussion is
outlined below:
Med-Tox collected samples early in the spill event (2/10 -
2/13) and found full complience with OSHA standards.
Concern for workers focused on two areas
1) Protect workers from inhalation of volatile
aromatics
2) Minimize dermal exposure to phenolic compounds and
PNAs
During the Med-Tox sample program (2/10 - 2/13) only PNAs of
lowest toxicity were detected
Dr. Wade recommended a tiered approach; samples would be
tested - first for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) .
Samples with greater than 10 mg/kg of TPH would require
additional testing (See Med-Tax proposal for details) .
Samples testing at 5mg/kg or less could be considered clean.
Dr. Wade's sampling proposal focused on Huntington Beach;
the committee requested that the sampling program examine
the entire impacted beach area. The sampling should also
focus on the upper beach areas where the oil was stratified
and not in the intertidal zone. Sampling near the groins
was recommended by Jim Reed. Med-Tox agreed to rewrite
their proposal based on the committee comments and have it
ready- for review on 2/24/90.
02-_Z6-90 05: G0PM F:i4
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AppOE�!rnd i x K
RESPONDING OFFICIALS
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Gray Davis, State Controller
Lands Commission
Leo McCarthy, Lieutenant Governor
• Alan Cranston, U.S . Senator
Chris Cox, U .S . Congressman
Dana Rohrabacher, U .S . Congressman
Glenn Anderson, U .S . Congressman (Long Beach)
• Marian Bergeson, State Senator
John Seymour, State Senator ( 35th District )
Robert Graham, State Senator (Los Angeles )
Tom Hayden, Assemblyman
• Yost, U .S . Coast Guard Admiral
Robbins , U.S. Coast Guard Vice-Admiral
Kime , U .S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral
Card, U .S .. Coast Guard Captain
• Jerry Scannell , Asst. Secretary OSHA
Reed Smith, State of California Department of Fish & Game
Evelyn Murphy, Lt . Governor Massachusetts
Harriett Wieder, Orange County Board of Supervisors
• James Garner and Phil Donahue, Celebrities
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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Alaska Attornev General , Oil Spill Litigation Division
California Conservation Corps
City of Long Beach
City of Newport. Beach
Contra Costa County
Dana Point Emergency Services
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Aviation Administration
Los Angeles City Fire Department
Los Angeles County Sheriff
Los Angeles City Administrative Office
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Newport Beach Fire Department
Newport Beach Police Department
Newport Beach City Attorney
Orange County Board of Supervisors
Orange County Communications
Orange County District Attorney
Orange County Emergency Management Agency
Orange -County Emergency Operations Center
Orange County Environmental Management Agency
Orange County Fire Department
Orange County Health Care Agency
Orange County Health Officer
Orange County Sheriffs Harbor Patrol
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services : Anaheim, Buena Park,
Cypress , Fountain Vallev, Fullerton, Huntington Beach,
Laguna Beach, Los Alamitos , Orange County and Westminster
San Diego County Board of Supervisors
Seal Beach Police Department
Seal Beach Lifeguards
Secretary of Transportation
Southcoast Air Quality Management District
State Assembly
State Attorney General ' s Office
State Controller
State Department of Conservation , Division of Oil & Gas
• State Department of Fish & Game
State Department of Parks and Recreation
State Department of Transportation (Cal Trans )
State Deputy Attorney General
State Fire Marshal
State Fire Marshal , Pipeline Safety Committee
State Lands Commission
State Office of Emergency Services
State Police
State Senators
U .S . Coast Guard
U . S . Coast Guard Pacific Strike Force
U .S . Congressmen
U .S . Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Admin.
U .S . Department of Labor Office of Information and Public Affairs
U .S . Fish & Wildlife Service
U .S . Navy
U . S . Senators (California , Florida )
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PRIVATE COMPANIES AND
• NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Adams , Duque & Hazeltine
Amberwick Corp.
American Oceans Campaign
American Trading & Transportation Company
American Red Cross
Bolsa Chica Conservancy
British Petroleum
California Aviation
Chempro Environmental Services
Clean Coastal Waters
Crawford & Company
Crosby & Overton
Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin
Enterprise Car Rental
Environmental and Energy Services Co .
• Fox News
Freilich, Stone, Leitner & Carlisle
Fujitsu Imaging Systems of America, Inc .
Golden West Refining
Greenpeace
GSX Services-
• Gughemetti & Spangenberg
Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy
IT Corp.
Law Offices of Jim Ackerman
Los Angeles Times
Marina High School Crisis Class
• Marter_ Marine Technology in Depth
Med-Tox Associates, Inc .
Novar International Corporation
Nossaman, Gunther , Knox & Elliott
Orange County Register
Pactel Meridian Systems
• Pomona Valley Demolition Company
S .C.S . Analytical Lab
Salvation Army
SCS Engineering
Search & Rescue Explorer Post
Southern California Edison
• Sub-Comdex
United Television Broadcasting Systems
VECO, Inc .
Veterinarian Dr. Joel Pasco
Warren Marr Photography
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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
• OIL SPILL CRITIQUE
MINUTES
Date : May 15, 1990
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Time 9: 00 AM
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Location : Emergency Operations Center
Individuals Present :
Jerry Abshier, Mike Adams, Rick Amadril , Rich Barnard, Connie
Brockway, Mark Bodenbender, Paul D'Alessandro, Doug D'Arnall ,
Birgit Davis, Jim Engle, Robert Franz, Bill Fowler, Dennis Groat,
• Fred Heller, Tom Huntley, Colleen Keith, David Kelly, Don Kiser,
Don Lewis, Ron Lowenberg, Glorria Morrison, Mel Ott, James Palin,
Raymond Picard, Tom Poe, Bobbie Purdue, Robert Sedlak, Mick Terich,
Michael Uberuaga, Dan Villella, Jim Vincent, and Dennis Williams
Items included in this critique are from the May 15, 1990
debriefing meeting AND written recommendations received by the
Emergency Services Office.
All "Actions Needed" should be completed by September 15, 1990.
• Report completed actions to Glorria Morrison, Emergency Services
Coordinator. The Coordinator will submit a report on "Incomplete
Actions" to Mike Uberuaga, Director of Emergency Services by
_ September 21, 1990.
• Prepared by:
Glorria Morrison, Emergency Services Coordinator
Connie Brockway, City Clerk
•
I. Raymond Picard, Director of Emergency Services (when the oil •
spill occurred) :
A. Reviewed the emergency organization and the four levels `
of managing an emergency.
1. Policy Group - Includes the City Administrator,
Deputy City Administrators and Department Heads. •
Their role is to set policies, determine
priorities, proclaim a local emergency, coordinate
with elected officials, and County, State and
Federal agencies. Staff to the City Administrator
includes the City Attorney, City Clerk, Public
Information Officer, and Emergency Services
Manager.
2 . Coordination Grout) - Includes EOC personnel under
the direction of the Operations Commander. With
the new changes in the EOC, the four sections in
this group are Operations, Plans, Logistics, . and •
Finance. This group coordinates the overall
strategy of the incident. Determines mutual aid
requirements and requests mutual aid for all
departments other than police and fire.
3. Tactical - The various department's operations
centers are where detailed tactical decisions are
made. They dispatch and track personnel and
equipment.
4. Maneuver - This includes field personnel who are
responding to .the incident. •
B. The Chief reviewed the Line of Succession for Director of
Emergency Services: 1. City Administrator, 2. Fire Chief,
3. Police Chief, etc. The position "Acting City.
Administrator" does not influence this list.
C. The position of Operations Commander is determined by the
type of incident that occurs.
Details of "B" and "C" above are included in the City Is
Emergency Information Guide.
D. Complications of a multi-agency response:
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1. Who is in charge? U.S. Coast Guard, State Fish &
Game, British Petroleum (who agreed to financial
and cleanup responsibilities) or the local
jurisdiction? It was determined that the U.S.
Coast Guard would be the On-Scene Coordinator. •
2. Setting up an organizational structure: Several
cities and the Coast Guard used a form of the
Incident Command System (ICS) . This aided in
organizational setup. Huntington Beach Fire and
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• Police Departments are trained in ICS. ICS
training is needed for other city employees.
*Action Needed: ICS Classes should be scheduled
for EOC personnel and the EOC functions changed to
ICS format. By: Glorria Morrison
• 3. A common coordinating center/command post was
needed for all involved agencies. The City's
Lifeguard Headquarters became the incident command
post (ICP) . Representatives from 23 involved
agencies reported to this location. Numerous
command vehicles were set up in the parking lot
• including OSHA and the County of Orange. This
setup aided in coordination.
4. Intelligence was collected by all agencies and
shared at the command post. The use of maps made
from the Huntington Beach helicopter aerial
• surveillance and the Newport Beach's GeoBase
Digital Mapping System aided the coordination.
5. The director felt this incident could not have been
managed from the City's EOC due to the multi-agency
involvement. The press and elected officials on
site of the spill demanded that the incident
managers be on site.
6. Numerous agencies on different radio frequencies
resulted in communications difficulties.
Communications between this City and Newport Beach
• was excellent due to the common fire radio
frequency.
7. Need to determine how volunteers will be used
earlier in the incident. The assistance of the
Bolsa Chica Conservancy and the Huntington Beach
• Wetlands Conservancy greatly aided the coordination ,
of bird cleanup operations.
Action Taken: Volunteer organizations will be
added to the City's Resource File.
8. In early stages there was a failure to visualize
• total time, manpower and resources that would be
needed to deal with this type of incident.
E. Recommendations:
1. Every participant should have stenographer pads to
document dates, times and their actions.
Action Taken: Steno pads have been placed in all
EOC desks.
*Action Needed: Steno pads need placed in all oper-
ations centers and in field personnel 's vehicles.
By: Fire, Police, Public Works, Marine Safety
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2. Business cards with updated phone numbers and fax
numbers were essential in bringing 23 agencies •
together.
*Action Needed: Add fax numbers to business cards
and keep supplies with you at all times. By: All
3 . Earlier use of the Public Safety Computer Aided
Dispatch/Records Management System for record •
keeping was needed. This. would provide a
chronological list of actions.
4. GeoBase LandTrak Digital Mapping System needed for
accurate tracking of oil locations.
Action Taken: The EOC will have complete GeoBase
LandTrak Digital Mapping System capability by
July 30, 1990.
*Action Needed: Personnel must be assigned this
function and training scheduled. By: Glorria
Morrison and Mark Miller
5. Earlier collection of evidence needed for possible •
litigation.
6. A computer and clerical personnel should have been
set up at the command post to track all
information. •
7. Recommend city "sign shop" be commended for the
expedient production of beach closure signs.
8. Need to become familiar with OSHA standards and
training requirements. •
*Action Needed: Incorporate this information into
Oil Spill Plan. By: Oil Spill Planning Committee
9. Need a department to coordinate volunteers.
Action Taken: Volunteer coordination has been
assigned to the Community Services Department. The •
Personnel Division is still responsible for
volunteer signups.
*Action Needed: Prepare a checklist for the
position of Volunteer Coordinator for the EOC.
By: Community Services and Glorria Morrison
•
II. Mel Ott, Emergency Services Manager/Glorria Morrison,
Emergency Services Coordinator:
A. Emergency Operations Center (EOC) concerns:
1. Difficulties existed in communication between the •
ICP and the EOC. Live TV from the HBPD police
helicopter would have helped to alleviate this
problem. Temporary fax machines aided
communications.
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Action Taken: Permanent fax machines have been
installed in both the Lifeguard Headquarters and
the EOC.
*Action Needed: Complete Live TV from police
helicopter. By: Police Department
2. Need duplicator in EOC; print shop too far away.
• Action Taken: Approved for 1990/91 budget `
*Action Needed:. Order duplicator. By: Richard
Kaump and Glorria Morrison.
3. PIO needs additional space, phones and a computer.
Action Taken: PIO position(s) will be moved into
FireMed Office. It will provide more space to
accommodate a larger staff, three phone lines and 2
computers.
*Action Needed: . Set up FireMed Room for PIO
Function. By: Bill Reed
• 4. Need status boards for EOC.
Action Taken: 1990/91 Budget item - Denied
5. Each department is responsible to contact their own
personnel as called for in the Emergency
Information Guide.
6 Personnel Division should have phone numbers of all
city employees.
*Action Needed: Personnel must have a complete list
of employees home phone numbers available to them
in the EOC at all times. By: Bill Osness
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7. Purchasing should be commended for the excellent
. job they did during the oil spill.
B. Recommendations:
1. Oil Spill Plan must be updated.
Action Taken: A planning group with a represen-
tative from each department has been organized.
First meeting set for July 17, 1990.
*Action Needed: As of July 9, 1990 we still need
representatives from Community Services, Public
Information, Finance and Purchasing.
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2. . The use of rental cellular phones was essential to
the operation. Emergency Services needs to
purchase cellular phones to keep in the EOC.
Rental cellular phones will be available for
localized incidents but should an area wide
• disaster occur, they may not be available.
Action Taken: 1990/91 Budget item - Denied
3. The Fire Department personnel were not familiar
with the Public Works HazMat Vehicle.
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Action Taken: Memo to Fire Department Training
Center requesting video be made for firefighters
about the Public Work's HazMat Vehicle.
*Action Needed: Make Video. By: Chief Abshier
4. Refine PIO plan by specific functions, i.e. Lead
PIO (EOC Policy Group) , On-Scene News Media
Coordinator, Phone Coordinator, Press Conference •
Set-up, Video Crew Leader, etc. A checklist should "
be written for each function.
*Action Needed: A meeting will be scheduled with
Rich Barnard, PIO, Fire Education Specialists and,
Emergency Services by Glorria Morrison.
5. Most city department's responsibilities following a
disaster end when they leave the EOC, but Finance,
City Attorney and Emergency Services must be
prepared to continue to deal with the disaster for
months and even years.
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III. Rich Barnard, Acting City Administrator (when oil spill
occurred) :
A. Public Information (PIO) did a good job but needed to be
better organized. The City PIO should be the lead PIO.
B. All PIO's and City elected officials/spokespersons need
cellular phones and/or pagers.
C. Work closer with neighboring communities and agencies,
i.e. Navel Weapons Station, State Fish & Game, etc.
D. Need a central contact point within the State where all
state agencies and elected officials can be contacted.
Action Taken: The State Warning Center in Sacramento has
confirmed, they have access to all state agencies 24-
hours a day. They have access to elected officials and
can contact the Governor, if necessary. Phone (916)427-
4375, (Number posted on EOC Liaison desk. )
E. Training is needed on note taking/record keeping. Each
individual should record actions they have taken not the
overall situation. Date and time is needed on each •
entry. It is essential that all EOC and field personnel
maintain accurate and complete records of their
activities. The record should contain a short, concise
basic log of daily activities.
F. The City set higher standards on beach cleanup than had
been set in the past. These will. probably become the new
excepted standards nation-wide.
G. Greenpeace demonstration handled well by HBPD.
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• IV. Jim Engle, ,Health & Welfare Chief:
A. The HB Lifeguard Headquarters was not large enough
facility for this type of operation. Recommend a second
trailer specifically designed to work in conjunction with
the HBFD's Tactical Command Trailer which would provide
• a .more extensive portable Incident Command Post (ICP) . '
If the HB Lifeguard Headquarters is to be a future
command post, it should be remodeled to incorporate
portable modular office and conference space, additional
telephone lines and desks. These modules could be kept
• at the Corporate Yard and moved to any location when
needed.
B. We need to work more closely with County, State and
Federal agencies in preparation for disasters.
• C. The City has a responsibility to have emergency supplies
on hand and should stockpile them, i.e. medical supplies,
shelter supplies, sand bags, booms, etc.
Action Taken: 1990/91 budget request for 2 cargo
containers, medical supplies and shelter supplies; Denied
• D. The Oil Spill Plan should be updated to reflect that the
Fire Department has the lead role, not Community .
Services. The plan should describe the role of the U.S.
Coast Guard and the State Fish & Game. Include the
standards set for beach cleanup.
Action Taken: Planning committee formed. First meeting
• July 17, 1990.
E. Chain of command was at times confusing and crews were
given conflicting orders. Establish and post an
organizational chart early in the incident.
• F. The role of the EOC and the ICP were confusing in this
incident.
G. Employees MUST , brief their replacements before turning
over command.
• H. Red Cross did a good job in providing the food canteen
for field workers.
I . Purchasing did a great job of procurement, especially
with provision of meals.
V. Doug D'Arnall, Beach Services Manager:
A. Some elected officials responding to the disaster
dominated the police helicopter and used public safety
personnel as escorts, taking them out of service. At
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times this brought the entire operation to a stand-still.
In a more serious incident, this situation could become •
critical.
Action Taken: Mr. Uberuaga stated that elected officials
are a resource. He will communicate with them in future
incidents. Elected officials are responsible to the
public and have a role in disasters. We must facilitate
their access to information. PIO will give elected •
officials accurate information and they will report to
the people.
VI. Bill Richardson, Incident Commander:
A. One way communications existed. Intelligence from the •
City was good but, we did not receive much information
from other agencies.
B. A full time documentation clerk was needed at the ICP.
C. The key to the success of this operation" was •
adaptability.
VII . Jim Vincent, Acting Fire Chief; Fred Heller, Operations
Commander; Dennis Groat,IC/Fire; Jim McKay, Logistics; Mark
Bodenbender, Plans; Tom Shaw, HazMat; Colleen Keith,
Supervising Fire Controller; Steve Rothert, Fire Controller; •
A. Communications from the ICP to EOC was poor. EOC
personnel were frustrated. Could have reduced EOC
manning level earlier.
B. A telecommunications person needs to be added to the EOC. •
Action Taken: A telecommunications person has been added
to the EOC call out list.
C. Written plans are too compartmentalized. Departments
must coordinate their plans to make sure they interface.
Make sure that all department heads . sign off on •
Operations Plats.
D. Need caches of emergency supplies located at each fire
station.
Action Taken: Budget item 1990/91 - Denied
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E. Helicopter landings must be controlled from the onset of
an incident to prevent serious accidents. Designate a
formal landing zone with lights, socks, tarmac markings
and water supply. Policy makers must set priorities for
use of the helicopter.
*Action Needed: Have portable landing zone supplies •
packaged and ready at all times. By: Police Department
F. Make better use of ground patrols to observe for oil
coming ashore.
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• G. The night flights and infrared videos aided in morning
briefings. All videos should be dated, timed and kept
. . for permanent record and. litigation.
H. A larger task force for cleanup was needed than
originally anticipated.
• I . Immediate collection of evidence and continuation of
collection on a timely basis was needed. ,
J. The Tactical Command Trailer needs two televisions for
monitoring news, a VCR for viewing updated conditions,
police helicopter live time television hookup, 4-6
cellular phones, three hard wired phones, fax machine and
a water supply. A dispatcher should be assigned to the
trailer instead of a reserve.
*Action Needed: Emergency Services should budget for
needed items. By: Glorria Morrison
• K. GeoBase LandTrack Digital Mapping System - needed at
heliport as well as a . fax machine.
L. Need additional phones in fire radio room and on fire
desk of EOC.
*Action Needed: Order Phones. By; Colleen Keith
M. : Long, delay in Public Works HazMat vehicle.. No Public
Works representative in EOC most of the time.
N. Cad .printer in radio room not operational.
• *Action Needed: Fix printer. By: Colleen Keith
0. , Needed to anticipate magnitude early on to get in front
of- power curve by setting up Tactical Command Trailer
earlier with all necessary equipment.
VIII .Ron Lowenberg, Police Chief; Jack Reinholtz, Acting Police
Chief ( for oil spill incident) , and Gil Coerper:
A. VIP protection and a reception area for VIP's was needed.
B. Impromptu press conferences made security difficult. PIO
• must inform police department of press conferences.
C. Safety concerns must come first in helicopter use; Need
a fixed person running aero bureau disaster operations.
Communications needed from ground control to air traffic.
Secure air space immediately following a disaster for
• safety purposes.
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IX. Don Kiser, Acting Director Public Works:
A. City's inventory must be maintained at a much higher
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level. We were running short of supplies.
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X. Birgit Davis, Fire Public Information; Dennis Williams, City
Public Information:
A. Should have made use of fire department video personnel,
equipment and their cable TV channel 32. •
B. Need cable TV access at HB Lifeguard Headquarters.
*Action Needed: Installation of cable television at
Lifeguard Headquarters. By: Doug D'Arnall
C. At ICP, briefing summaries were posted on walls. These •
needed to be available for press releases.
*Action Needed: Order lap-top. computer in 1991/92
Emergency Services budget. By: Glorria Morrison
D. City Hall second floor PIO staff received hundreds of
questions from the public by phone. The radio stations
gave out their phone number, stating that volunteers were
needed. They were not receiving updated information and
were not kept well informed.
*Action Needed: Include a section in the PIO Plan on
"phone center" . By: Bill Reed
E. Community Services, City Hall, fifth floor, received
hundreds of phone calls from citizens that wanted to
volunteer. They took names and compiled lists.
F. PIO should be on-site and see the incident to speak from
experience. •
G. The more the City said it didn't need volunteers, the
more Greenpeace published the city phone numbers making
PIO operations even more difficult.
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XI. Connie Brockway, City Clerk:
A. Rules and regulations were followed in the convening of
Council meetings. It had been determined that the City
Council cannot meet in closed session with other •
State/County officials during a declared disaster.
XII. Rick Amadril, Purchasing Officer:
A. Will set up vendor contracts for supplies (i.e. cellular •
phones, booms, sand bags, etc. ) for future disasters.
Will create a questionnaire to survey businesses using
City business licenses lists.
*Action Needed: Vendor contracts. By: Rick Amadril
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B. Coordinating with Finance Division to speed up payments
to vendors used during the oil spill.
XIII.Don Lewis, Personnel:
A. Determine early on if volunteers will be needed and
inform radio stations.
B. New volunteer sign-up form designed and copies printed.
Kept in EOC personnel desk. Used to protect workers by
giving them State workers compensation insurance.
XIV. Robert Sedlack.. Finance Officer:
A. Insurance adjuster is scrutinizing every claim. We need
quality documentation. The present system needs
improvement.
*Action Needed: Need to consider a payroll project
accounting system. By: Bob Franz
xv. Mike Adams, Damage Assessment Officer:_
A. More people should be trained on public information
procedures due to the volume of inquiries at the outset
of the disaster.
B. The damage assessment desk phones are the day-to-day
Emergency Services lines. They rang constantly with
calls from the public, media and agencies. The PIO
should be given this desk and a new location assigned to
damage assessment.
*Action Needed: In EOC change-over to . ICS, Damage
Assessment will be moved. By: Glorria Morrison
C. Additional training is needed on what type of information
should be displayed in the EOC.
XVI. Mike Uberuaga, City Administrator:
A. It is necessary for individuals to understand their
emergency role and the roles of others.
B. California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) will be
on-site October 9, 10, and 11. Their emphasis is on
critiquing rather than instruction, so it is necessary to
be preparedi
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Subject: FINAL PRINTING OF AMERICAN Date: SEPTEMBER 16, 1991
TRADER OIL SPILL REPORT
Attached is a copy of the final printing of the American Trader Oil
Spill Report. We wanted to make sure that everyone who contributed to
the report received a copy. If extra copies are needed for any reason,
please call our office. After you have reviewed the report, please do
not throw, it away. If you do not wish to keep it, return it to the
Emergency Services Office.
Distribution
Mike Adams, Community Development
Rick Amadril, Administrative Services
Rich Barnard, Administration
Mark Bodenbender, Fire
Connie Brockway, City Clerk's Office
Gil Coerper, Police
Bill Cooper, Fire
Renalee Corbett, Administrative Services
Ross Cranmer, Community Development
Paul D'Alessandro, City Attorney's Office
Birgit Davis, Fire
Walt Eby, Administration
Jack Ellis, Public Works
Jim Engle, Community Services
Richard Esslinger, Community Services
Bill Fowler, Community Services
Robert Franz, Administrative Services
Gary Glenn, Fire
Fred Heller, Fire
Larry Henderson, Fire (RACES)
Jim Holman, Fire
J.B. Hume, Police
Gail Hutton, City Attorney's Office
Tom Huntley, Fire
Gail Hutton, City Attorney's Office
Richard Kaump, Fire
Colleen Keith, Fire
Dave Kelly, Administration
Don Kiser, Public Works
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Don Lewis, Administration Services
Ron Lowenberg, Police
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RESOLUTION NO. 6126
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
I HUNTINGTON BEACH PROCLAIMING THE TERMINATION
OF THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PREVIOUSLY DECLARED ON
FEBRUARY 7, 1990
WHEREAS, on February 7, 1990, the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach declared the existence of a local emergency
due to the American Trader oil spill; and
On February 27, 1990, the City Council declared that said
local emergency still existed; and
Conditions now warrant the termination of said local
emergency,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach does hereby resolve as follows :
1 . The local emergency due to the American Trader oil
spill, previously declared into existence by the City Council on
February 7, 1990, is hereby terminated.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th
day of March, 1990 .
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk /9 City Attorney
INITIATED, REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator/Direct of
:.j Civil Defense and Emergency Services
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Res. No. 6126
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I , CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the- City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19TH day
Of MARCH 1990 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Winchell, Green, Mays, aamister, Silva, Erskine
NOES: Councilmembers :
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
None
City er an ex-offiEio er
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
_l�
1� Y
RESOLUTION NO. 6126
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH PROCLAIMING THE TERMINATION
OF THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PREVIOUSLY DECLARED ON
FEBRUARY 7, 1990
WHEREAS, on February 7, 1990, the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach declared the existence of a local emergency
due to the American Trader oil spill; and
On February 27, 1990, the City Council declared that said
local emergency still existed; and
Conditions now warrant the termination of said local
emergency,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach does hereby resolve as follows :
1 . The local emergency due to the American Trader oil
spill, previously declared into existence by the City Council on
: February 7 , 1990 , is hereby terminated.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th
day of March, 1990 .
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk AJ City Attorney
INITIATED, REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator/Direct of
:� Civil Defense and Emergency Services
Res. No. 6126
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I , CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19TH day
Of MARCH 1990 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Winchell, Green, Mays, Bannister, Silva, Erskine
NOES: Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
None
City ClerR and ex-offiClo er
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
February 26, 1990
Date
Submitted to: HONORABLE MAYOR TOM MAYS AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Submitted by: MICHAEL UBERUAGA, CITY AD NISTRATOR/DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE
AND EMERGENCY SERVICESP(` T�
Prepared by: GAIL HUTTON, CITY ATTORNEY re-5.
OV _t�0U
Subject: DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
pyy CITY
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Consistent with Council Policy? bd Yes [ ] New Policy or Exce CMYCLT,
Statement of Issue, Recommendation,Analysis, Funding Source,Alternative Actions,Attachments:
ISSUE:
On February 7, 1990, the City Council passed Resolution 6114 (1990-2)
declaring that a local emergency existed, due to the American Trader
oil spill, during the period of February 7 - 28, 1990 . The emergency
period specified in that resolution has almost expired, yet
conditions still exist, as outlined below, that make it necessary to
extend the declaration of local emergency.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt the attached resolution which continues the emergency period.
ANALYSIS:
The oil spill has created conditions that pose extreme peril to life
and property. These conditions include:
1. The closure of the state and municipal beaches;
2 . Contaminated materials are being transported throughout
the city to proper disposal sites;
3 . The continued need for the consolidation and
coordination of city work forces;
4 . The need to maintain public safety during the ongoing
cleanup effort .
For these reasons, staff recommends that the local emergency be
continued until such time as conditions warrant that it can be
terminated.
FUNDING SOURCE:
Not applicable.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS:
Do not adopt the resolution and allow the local emergency to
terminate.
ATTACHMENT:
Proposed resolution.
PI 0 5/85
' RESOLUTION NO. 6122
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH DECLARING THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE
OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
WHEREAS, on February 7, 1990, the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach declared that a local emergency existed throughout
the city due to the American Trader oil spill; and
The period of said emergency was declared to be February 7,
1990 , through February 28 , 1990; and
The continued closure of the .city and state beaches , the need
to maintain public safety during cleanup efforts, and the
transportation of contaminated materials through the city to proper
disposal sites are conditions of extreme peril to the safety of
persons and property within the city,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach does hereby resolve as follows :
1 . A local emergency as defined in California Government
Code §8558 (c) , continues to exist in the City of Huntington Beach.
The City Council shall review, at least every 14 days until such
local emergency is terminated, the need for continuing the local
emergency and shall proclaim the termination of such local emergency
at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
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Huntington Beach at an emergency meeting thereof held on the c�
day of ��-6' � ^ 1990 .
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Mayor
ATTES : APPROVED AS-PTO/ FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney z.2`you
INITIATED, REVIEWED AND APPROVED: a -"Z6 ' 20
City Administrator/Director.
Civil Defense and Emergency Services
Res. No. 6122
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I , CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington. Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 27th day
of February , 1990 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
MacAllister. Green, Mays. Bannister. Silva
NOES: Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
Winchell , Erskine
City Clerk and ex-officlo Clerk
of the..City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
of
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LOCAL RESOLUTION No. 6113 (1990-1)
REQUESTING DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES,
CONCURRENCE IN LOCAL EMERGENCIES
WHEREAS, ON February 7, at 7 : 25 p.m. , 1990, the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach found that due to an oil spill from
an off-loading oil tanker attempting to drop anchor, a condition of
extreme peril to life and property did exist in the City of
Huntington Beach during the period February 7, at 7 : 25 p.m. , 1990 ; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with state law the City Council now
declares an emergency did exist throughout said city;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby declared and ordered that a copy
of this declaration be forwarded to the State Director of the Office
of Emergency Services with a request that, he find it acceptable in
-� accordance with provisions of the Natural Disaster Assistance Act; and
VT IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that Raymond Picard, Director of Civil
Defense, City of Huntington Beach is hereby designated as the
authorized representative of the City of Huntington Beach for the
purpose of receipt , processing, and coordination of all inquiries and
requirements necessary to obtain available state assista '
DATE: February 7, 1990
C . OKiD PICARD
ctor of Civil 'Defense
RICHARD BARNARD
Acting City Administrator
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City Clerk �, y City Attorney
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Res. No. 6113 (1990-1)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a special emergency meeting thereof held on the 7th day
Of February 1990 by the following vote:
-m
AYES: Councilmembers:
Winchell , Green, Mays, Silva
NOES: Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Bannister, Erskine
The foregoing instrument is a correct
Ko�
City Clerk an ex-o lcl - er
copy of the original on fiie in this office./11 of the City Council of the City
Attest , 19ry of Huntington Beach, California
CONNIE BROCKWAY�
City Clerk a:d Ex-cfficio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach,
Californi
By Deputy
F. _F. RESOLUTION NO. 6114 1990-2)
-1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH REQUESTING THE CONCURRENCE OF
THE STATE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES IN DECLARING A. LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on February 7, at 7 : 25 p.m. , 1990, the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach found that due to an oil spill from
are oil tanker off the coast of Huntington Beach, a condition of
extreme peril to life and property did exist in the City of
Huntington Beach during the period of February 7 - 28, 1990; and
In accordance with state law, the City Council now declares an
emergency did exist throughout said city.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach that a copy of this declaration be forwarded to
_.: the state Director of Office of Emergency Services with a request
that he find it acceptable in accordance with provisions of the
Natural Disaster Assistance Act; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Raymond Picard, Director of Civil
Defense, is hereby designated as the authorized representative of the
City of Huntington Beach for the purpose of receiving, processing and
coordinating all inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain
available state assistance .
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..''� PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a special meeting thereof, pursuant to Charter
Section 303 (b) , held orh the 7th day of February, 1990 .
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Clerk =-;Z-7-90 City Attorney
REV WED AND APPROVED:
---I City Administrator
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6114 (1990-2)
Res o No. 6114 (1990-2)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I , CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution .was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a special emergency meeting thereof held on the 8th day
Of February 19 90 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
Winchell, Green, Mays, Silva
"'ES: Count 1..em,b,ers
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Bannister, Erskine
The foregoing instrument is a correct Uity Cler an ex-o i ci o er
copy of the osiginal�n this office. of the City Council of the City
Attest 19Lv of Huntington Beach, California
---C-2NNlE._I 0 cWAy _
City Cielk a.-,d Ex-afficio Clark of the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach,
California.
--' By puty _
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RESOLUTION NO. 6115 (1990-3)
RESOLUTION REQUESTING. GOVERNOR
TO PROCLAIM A STATE OF EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on February 7, at 7 :25 p.m. , 1990, the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach found that due to an oil spill from
an oil tanker off the coast of Huntington Beach, a condition of
extreme peril to life and property did exist in the City of
Huntington Beach; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with state law the City Council
declared an emergency did exist throughout said city; and
WHEREAS, it has now been found that local resources are unable
to cope with the effects of said emergency;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby declared and ordered that a copy
of this declaration be forwarded to the Governor of California with
the request that he proclaim the City of Huntington Beach to be a
State of Emergency; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a -copy of this declaration be
forwarded to the State Director of the Office of Emergency Services;
and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that Raymond Picard, Civil . Defense
Director of the City of Huntington Beach is hereby designated as the
authorized representive for public assistance and Richard Barnard,
acting City Administrator, are hereby designated as the authorized
representatives for individual assistance of the City of Huntington
Beach for the purpose of receipt, processing and coordination of all
inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain available state and
federal assistance.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a special meeting thereof, pursuant to Charter
Section 303 (b) , held on the 7th day of February, 1990 .
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: v
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City Clerk uCity Attorney
RE ED AND PROVED:
- City Administrator .
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6115 (1990-3)
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Res. No. 6115 (1990-3)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City 'of Huntington Beach, and ex-of ficio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a special emergency meeting thereof held on the 7th day
Of February 19 90 , by the following vote:
{ AYES: Councilmembers:
Winchel.l, Green, Mays, Silva
IYVL.J. Counci membei"S:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Bannister, Erskine
The foregoing instrument is a correct
copy of the original on file in this office. City Clerk and ex-o icro er
Attest_ ig 10 of the City Council of the City
ONNIE BRQQ of Huntington Beach, California
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City Clerk ad Ex-o(fcio Cl!rk of the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach,
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AMERICAN TRADER OIL SPILL
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA
February 7, 1990
•
Huntington Beach City Council
Tom Mays, Mayor
Peter Green, Mayor Pro Tern
• Wes Bannister John Erskine
Don MacAllister John Silva
Grace Winchell
Michael T. Uberuaga, City Administrator
Director of Emergency Services
Hire Date 2/26/90
Raymond C. Picard, Fire Chief
• Deputy Director of Emergency Services and
Acting Director for Oil Spill
DEDICATION
This report is dedicated to all City of Huntington Beach employees who supported the City
through this incident. Without their dedication, the recovery operations would have been impossible.
Special dedication goes to the Acting Director of Emergency Services, Raymond C. Picard for
his exceptional leadership throughout this emergency operation.
Report prepared by:
Glorria Morrison, Emergency Services Coordinator
Dennis Williams, Public Information Specialist
Dennis Groat, Battalion Chief
Bobbie Purdue, Clerk Typist Senior
•
Table of Contents
Page
Incident Organization Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
City Organization Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Daily Reports
Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Day2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Day3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Day4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Day5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
• Day6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Day7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Day8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Day9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Day10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Day 1 1 46
• Day12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Day13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.
Day 14 52
Day 15 54
Day16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Day 17 58
Day18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Day19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Day20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Day21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Day22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Days 23 - 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Appendixes
A. Operational Plan Sixteen - Major Oil Spills
B. Bird Reports
C. Municipal Code 8.60.070
• D. Beach Closing and Opening Dates
E. Financial Memos/Forms
F. Resolutions - Local Emergency Proclamations
G. Sample Overflight Maps
H. Oil Spill Observation Glossary (NOAA)
I. Volunteer Enrollments Form
• J. Med-Tox Quality Control Report
K. Responding Officials
L. Government Agencies
M. Private Companies and Non-Profit Organizations
N. Critique/Recommendations
• If you have any questions regarding this report, contact the City of Huntington Beach Emergency
Services Office at (714) 536-5980.
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• EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AMERICAN TRADER OIL SPILL
FEBRUARY 7 , 1990
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BP British Petroleum
CAD/RMS (Police/Fire) Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System
CCC California Conservation Corps
CS Community Services
• DFM Deputy Fire Marshal
EBS Orange County Emergency Broadcasting System
EMA Environmental Management Agency
EOC Emergency Operations Center
ES Emergency Services
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
• FDC Fire Dispatch Center
Fish & Game State of California, Department of Fish & Game
FUR Forward Looking InfraRed
FOC Fire Operations Center
HazMat Hazardous Materials
HB Huntington Beach
• HBFD Huntington Beach Fire Department
HBPD Huntington Beach Police Department
HE-47 Huntington (Beach Fire Department) Engine 47
HE-48 Huntington (Beach Fire Department) Engine 48
HHM-6 Huntington (Beach Fire Department) HazMat Unit 6
a HLA Huntington (Beach Fire.Dept.) Light & Air Unit
HME-51 Huntington Beach Medic Engine 51
IC Incident Commander
ICP Incident Command Post
ICS Incident Command System
MS Marine Safety
• NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
OC Orange County
OC EOC Orange County Emergency Operations Center
OES State Office of Emergency Services
Ops Comm Operations Commander
OSHA U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration
• PCH Pacific Coast Highway
PD Police Department
PIO Public Information Officers
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PW Public Works
RACES Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services
• SCE Southern California Edison
USCG United States Coast Guard
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DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7
On February 7, 1990, at approximately 4:00 PM, the tanker American Trader passed over
its own anchor while attempting to berth at the offshore marine terminal located off the Huntington
Beach coastline. Two holes were torn in one of the forward cargo tanks, and within a matter of
minutes, approximately three thousand barrels of North Slope Alaskan crude oil spewed into the
waters around the ship. Sea and weather conditions at the time were mild, with a very slight
onshore breeze blowing out of the southwest:
WEATHER:
WINDS: 03E
SEAS: 2-4
SWELL: W
• CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 1256/0707 PM: 1419/2048
LOW: 2.1 LOW: -1.3
HIGH: 6.4 HIGH: 4.2
OIL LOCATION:
• AT SEA: 2 mi long, 400 yds wide 33'37" X 1 18'1"
BEACH WASH UP: none
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 12
LOCATION: bird rescue
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 8 RACES
LOCATION: Santa Ana Rv, pier, bluffs, Warner bridge, EOC
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: boomed
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Initial notification of the accident was made to the Huntington Beach Lifeguard Division at
4:40 PM. Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) and Fire Department (HBFD) were notified
at approximately 4:55 PM that a major oil spill may have occurred from the ship near the marine
terminal. Additional notification was received by HBFD from the State Office of Emergency
Services (DES).
One of the first tangible indications of the potential magnitude of the problem was the
onshore influx of heavy petroleum fumes with numerous complaints from coastal residents to the
Fire Dispatch Center (FDC). Over one hundred complaints of noxious or dangerous fumes were
received in the first few hours of the incident.
Initial HBFD response was to investigate the beach areas and to conduct an aerial surveil-
lance of the spill. The aerial investigation showed a crude oil spill of major proportions headed in a
northwesterly direction and within one half mile of the shoreline. This prompted Fire Chief Picard
to activate the City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and to implement a comprehensive
action plan, including Operational Plan Sixteen - Major Oil Spills (Appendix A).
Once the organizational buildup and necessary initial actions were completed, accord was
reached with the local United States Coast Guard (USCG) officials and British Petroleum (BP)
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representatives for the spill control and cleanup procedures. Booms had been deployed around the
damaged ship immediately. Spill control vessels were deployed, including Clean Coastal Waters
and skimmers. •Work crews placed protective booms at the entrances to all environmentally
sensitive areas: the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, the Federal Wildlife Refuge in Seal Beach, the Hunting-
ton Beach Wetlands and the entrances to the Santa Ana River. BP assumed full financial responsi-
bility for the cleanup and activated their crisis management team. The USCG accepted BP as the
financially responsible party for this incident. At an emergency session of the Huntington Beach •
City Council, the spill was declared a "local emergency." An Emergency Action Plan proposed by
the Acting Director of Emergency Services (Fire Chief Picard) was ratified.
Shortly after sundown, the wind direction changed to offshore at about eight knots. This
stalled the onshore movement of the spilled oil, so patrol forces were deployed to monitor the
situation throughout the night hours. The EOC was demobilized at 1:00 AM on 2/8/90 with a local
Incident Command Post (ICP) established and manned at City of Huntington Beach Lifeguard
Headquarters. Plans were made to re-activate the EOC at daybreak.
Director of Emergency Services - EOC (Picard):
Fire Chief (Picard) first became aware of the emergency
shortly before 5:00 PM and initially took no official action, as the extent of the oil spill was
unknown. He gave orders for HBFD Operations Chief and Emergency Services Manager (ES Mgr)
of the Emergency Operations Center to acquire more information and report on their findings.
Shortly after 6:00 PM, HBFD Operations Chief informed Fire Chief (Picard) that the
situation was potentially serious and recommended the City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) be
activated. Request granted. Both Fire and Police Dispatch Centers were given the order to
activate the City call-out system which alerts City management personnel to the incident.
The Huntington Beach City Administrator was not available to assume the position of
Director of Civil Defense/Emergency Services (hereafter referred to as Director.) The Fire Chief,
Deputy Director of Emergency Services, assumed command as Director.
The first order of Director (Picard) was to call for a policy meeting with the chiefs from
Police, Fire, Public Works (PW), Community Services (CS), Damage Assessment, Administrative
Services, Public Information and the City Attorney. After a policy briefing, strategy was set calling
for full activation of the EOC. Director (Picard) appointed HBFD chief officer (Heller) as Operations
Commander (Ops Comm) of the EOC.
An Incident Command Post (ICP) was established at the City of Huntington Beach
Lifeguard Headquarters with Marine Safety Captain (Richardson) in charge as the Incident
Commander (ICI. Additionally, policies were set to keep all citizens off the beach and to organize a
bird recovery and cleaning program to be conducted by volunteers. (Appendix B: Bird Reports)
After the first briefing, it became obvious that this potential major emergency was beyond
the ability of local government to handle. A large interface with other governmental agencies and
private contractors would be required. Director (Picard) then declared a "Local Emergency" in
accordance with the Huntington Beach Municipal Code Section 8.60.070 (Appendix Q. A report
was made to the Mayor. He immediately called a special session of the City Council who declared
a "Local Emergency." This provided an opportunity for the Mayor and Director to give a briefing to
the news media.
Various local government and private officials visited or called the EOC during the evening.
They were either seeking information or briefing the Director on the situation and their activities.
The USCG reported they would be the On-scene Coordinator for this emergency and all activities
should be coordinated through them. State of California Department of Fish & Game (Fish &
Game) stated they would be the State lead agency. British Petroleum (BP) stated they would
assume responsibility for the cleanup and a private cooperative titled Clean Coastal Water had
started cleanup operations.
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Later in the evening, offshore winds were forecasted to keep the oil off the beach. No oil
was expected until the next day. A policy was determined that whenever the oil came ashore it
would be best to let it rest until the private work force could be assembled by BP with coordination
to be handled by the USCG
The Huntington Beach City organization was in place by the evening of Day 1. Predicted
weather conditions were such that the oil was expected to remain at sea for the night. The IC
(Richardson) was well established with reconnaissance being handled by Lifeguards; the beach was
closed and signs posted to the berm line. Plans (Bodenbender) was directed to conduct an early
reconnaissance and Operations Command was assigned to Fire Department (Groat) for the
remainder of the night.
Acting City Administrator (Acting CA) - (Barnard):
The Acting City Administrator (Acting CA) (Barnard) became aware of the oil spill at 6:00
PM, while viewing a television report, and proceeded immediately to the EOC which was already
activated.
The incident occurred at 4:10 PM, the USCG was notified at 4:20 PM and the City Fire
Department was notified at 5:11 PM. The incident involved the ship, American Trader. It was
understood that the American Trader was under contract to transport North Slope Crude Oil for BP.
Had discussion with Fire Chief (Picard) regarding command of this incident. (I was concerned due
to my position as Acting City Administrator. In past EOC activations, I have held the position of
liaison). The understanding reached was that Picard would assume responsibility for the tactical
allocations of resources and Barnard would take care of the political end of the incident. Most
major decisions were done in consultation with each other and the policy group.
• One of the first duties of the Acting CA (Barnard) was to contact City Council members
and inform them that the oil spill had occurred. Several council members were at Old World for a
Chamber of Commerce function. Acting CA (Barnard) was able to reach the Mayor Tom Mays,
Councilwoman Grace Winchell and Mayor Pro Tern Peter Green at that location. Councilman Don
MacAllister was out of town on business for the duration of the incident. Other members of the
City Council were notified.
The City Attorney (Hutton) was requested to prepare a resolution for council action
establishing that a Local Emergency existed. The following members of the Council were present
in the council chambers the evening of February 7, 1990 at 9:25 PM to take action to establish a
Local Emergency Declaration: Mays, Green, Winchell and Silva.
One of the initial concerns of the staff was to decide who was in charge of the incident:
USCG? BP? At no time during the incident was it ever thought that State Fish & Game was in
• charge. Staff also was concerned about who would approve the cleanup plan? It was not clear
how long it would take to respond to the incident. This was later clarified. Early on, BP stepped
forward and indicated that they would take the lead on undertaking the cleanup of the spill.
The oil that leaked from the American Trader was North Slope Crude. It was light weight
and had a honey consistency. It was relayed to us that up to 25 to 30% of the leaked oil would
evaporate into the atmosphere.
• From the beginning of the incident there was concern about what actually caused the spill.
There was speculation that the ship had run into the mooring pipe, run aground, or punched a hole
in the side or bottom with its own anchor.
Emergency Services Office - (Ott. Morrison, Kaumn):
ES Mgr (Ott) was paged by dispatch and given the message to call Keith Harrison, OES
• Region I, regarding an oil spill. Keith Harrison gave the ES Mgr details that were known about the
spill. ES Mgr contacted Fire Chief (Picard) and gave him the full report received from OES. It was
decided by the Fire Chief (Picard) not to activate the EOC at this point but to establish an ICP at
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Lifeguard Headquarters. ES Mgr (Ott) responded and assisted Marine Safety Captain (Richardson)
in setting up.
The ES Mgr (Ott) was then contacted by FDC, informed the EOC was being activated and
ordered to respond to the EOC. ES Mgr (Ott) requested that the Emergency Services Coordinator
(ES Coord) (Morrison) be paged.
Upon arrival to the EOC, ES Mgr (Ott) was given a briefing on the spill status.
At 6:20 PM, while at school, ES Coord (Morrison) was paged by HBFD Administrative
Assistant (Strook). Questions were relayed about EOC activation and what department was in
charge in an oil spill incident. There was discussion on whether Community Services or Fire would
be Ops Comm in the EOC. ES Coord (Morrison) immediately reported to the EOC.
ES Mgr and ES Coord (Ott/Morrison) worked together to coordinate and facilitate the EOC
activation, giving on-going reports to State DES and Orange County Emergency Operations Center
(OC EOC). Full on-going situation reports were given to both agencies for the next several weeks.
Where required, ES assisted with staffing the EOC, requested all workers to use EOC
message forms and logs of action, logged information on computer in EOC (including an agency
phone list),controlled message and paper flow, spot trained personnel, activated Radio Amateur
Civil Emergency Services (RACES), requested security, recorded attendance of visitors, assisted
with the set up of public information, worked with the City Attorney on declaration of local
emergency and updated reports to County and State agencies. These duties continued throughout
the activation of the EOC.
OC EOC proclaimed a Local Emergency. Harriett Wieder, OC Board of Supervisors, was in
HB EOC and available for the emergency press conference. OC asked if additional resources were
needed. ES Coord (Morrison) relayed message, per Director (Picard), no additional resources
needed at that time.
Security became a major problem as the EOC went from 25 City employees to about 60
persons within 2 hours. A police officer was placed at the door for security but he had no way of
knowing who belonged and who didn't. ES Coord (Morrison) attempted to have all guests and
employees sign in but as the EOC became more crowded it became impossible. ES Coord
(Morrison) took on the responsibility of denying entrance to the EOC to contractors, news media
and others. Additional personnel in the EOC necessitated resetting the air conditioner. Volunteers
showed up at police front desk.
Representatives from the following organizations reported to the EOC Day 1 and/or 2: City
Elected Officials, OC Board of Supervisors. United States Coast Guard, State Controller (3 persons),
State Senator, State Assemblyman (2 persons), State Fire Marshal, State Lands Commission (9
persons), State Fire Marshal Pipeline Safety Committee (2), State Parks, State Office of Emergency
Services, State Police, State Division of Oil & Gas, OC District Attorney, Los Angeles County
Sheriff, Seal Beach Police Department, Seal Beach Lifeguards, Newport Beach Police Department,
Laguna Beach RACES (2 persons), American Red Cross, British Petroleum, Clean Coastal Waters, IT
Corp, GSX Services, Crosby & Overton, and others that were not documented or admitted to the
EOC.
Hundreds of news media personnel and volunteers called for information. Published EOC
phone numbers were constantly busy. An unlisted number was given to OC EOC, State OES, and
certain officials.
Future City Administrator, Michael Uberuaga, (due to start in one week) called regularly for
situation updates.
Huntington Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt Acting Races
Officer
First call-out 7:50 PM: oil spill 1 1/2 miles offshore. Made general call-out announcement
on the radio, made telephone call-out of all RACES members. Available personnel responded to
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• EOC for assignment. By 8:45 PM eight members were at the EOC ready for dispatch.
Location of oil slick was generally unknown and movement of the slick with tide and winds
was of greatest concern. By nightfall the oil could not be seen by HB-1 from the air, so beach
watches were needed to determine if the oil came ashore anywhere along the coast.
Because of the nature of the assignments, the location and the darkness, all work was to
be done in teams. Teams of two RACES members each were dispatched to the mouth of the
• Santa Ana River, the pier, the bluffs, and the bridge where Pacific Coast Highway crosses over the
entrance to Huntington Harbour. Attempt was made to gain access to the jetty in Anaheim Bay,
but this was unsuccessful.
Watches were established and maintained at the above locations, looking for any signs of
oil on the beach or in the water. The first shift of workers maintained these watches until about
1:00 AM the following morning.
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Operations Commander (Ops Comm) - EOC (Heller):
Received notification of possible oil spill in the ocean. Conversation with Ops Comm
(Heller), Director (Picard) and representatives from CS indicated that CS was the responsible
department to handle the emergency (Appendix A: Operational Plan Sixteen). Fire Division Chief
(Heller) contacted CS Director (Engle) at home by telephone and he immediately responded to the
• Civic Center.
The Deputy Fire Marshal(DFM)/Petro-Chemical Section (McKay) was directed to arrange an
aerial reconnaissance with HBPD helicopter. The DFM was assisted by the Oil Field Inspector
(Bodenbender). Upon completion, they reported a large oil slick in the vicinity of the tanker and
advised of the possibility of a major oil spill.
CS Division Head (Fowler) and Ops Comm (Heller) began researching emergency plans. The
most appropriate oil plan indicated the Fire Department was in charge. The Fire Division Chief -
contacted the Fire Chief (Picard) and informed him. In our conversation he directed the Ops Comm
(Heller) to activate the EOC.
The Director (Picard) activated the EOC placing the Fire Division Chief (Heller) as Ops
Comm and directed Marine Safety Captain (Richardson) to go to HB Lifeguard Headquarters and set
up an ICP.
The balance of the evening was spent gathering intelligence and developing contingency
plans. Representatives from British Petroleum (BP) arrived at the EOC and stated they would
assume financial responsibility.
The operation of the EOC continued until 1:30 AM Thursday morning. It was then
discontinued until 7:00 AM, with the ICP and a Fire Command Post remaining in service through
the night.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
Note: Logistics was not formally established at the beach ICP until the end of the second
day. Day 1 and Day 2 are written with both plans and logistics in mind.
At 4:30 PM, Oil Field Inspector (Bodenbender/Plans) and DFM Petro-Chem (McKay/Logis-
tics) were informed of an oil accident offshore at the tanker mooring. Logistics (McKay) notified
Fire Chief and recommended an air overflight to assess the magnitude of the spill before nightfall.
Overflight made by Plans (Bodenbender) and Logistics (McKay). At 5:00 PM, oil 3/4 to 1 mile long,
200 yards wide stretching from tanker bow towards the Huntington Beach Pier; booms had been
placed around tanker bow. Advised Fire Chief of the possibility of a major oil spill.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Assigned to DFM (McKay) to complete an overflight of the incident. Assignment was
completed at 6:20 PM. At 6:45 PM the EOC was opened. At 9:30 PM assigned to ICP.
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Police Department (PD) - EOC (Reinholtz): •
Acting Police Chief (Reinholtz) arrived at EOC at 7:00 PM and secured at 12:30 AM. Took
responsibility for assigning officers for crowd and traffic control and security for dignitaries. On
several occasions, PD assisted at incident site in providing transportation for officials.
Police - ICP Woeroed:
After the EOC was activated, the PD called out the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
Unit, which remained at the staging area (HB Police Station) and was not deployed to the scene.
The PD helicopter, with crew of two, was used for a total of five observation flights. These
flights were made by HBFD, the City Councilmen and City video camera crews.
Additionally, the Search & Rescue Explorer Post (Explorers) was activated and responded
to the Search & Rescue Building for staging. They were not deployed to the scene.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Initial oil spill incident occurred at approximately 4:30 PM. Upon arrival at 5:30 PM at
Beach Division Lifeguard Headquarters,.Marine Safety Captain (Richardson), instructed Marine
Safety (MS) personnel to close all beach activities (in water) under City jurisdiction from Tower #20
to Beach Boulevard due to imminent possibility of oil hitting the beach. (Appendix D: Beach Closing
and Opening Dates.)
Briefed EOC staff on initial spill incident; advised EOC that water activities had been shut
down.
Established Beach Division Lifeguard Headquarters as ICP. Began duties as IC. Established
constant beach patrols with MS Personnel from Warner Avenue to the Santa Ana River.
Gave spill update interviews to.news media throughout the night. Provided ongoing
information to the news media and other agencies. Acted as liaison to Beach Division for
manpower and equipment from MS, Parking, and Beach Maintenance. These responsibilities
occurred daily throughout the oil spill.
Beach Division activities included patrolling, daily ICP briefing, security (keeping public out
of closed areas), beach cleanup and discing, and compiling beach condition information relevant to
tides, surf, wind, littoral currents, etc.
Throughout the emergency, when acting as IC, performed IC duties along with regular
Marine Safety job responsibilities.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
Battalion Chief (BC) (Groat) and aide (Glenn) self-dispatched to Huntington State Beach due to
reports of a possible oil leak from a tanker at Golden West Refining's offshore terminal. After
assessing the situation, BC (Groat) relocated to Beach Division Lifeguard Headquarters. Two
helicopter overflights were arranged through HBPD for Plans (Bodenbender) and Huntington
HazMat-6 (Mills). Preliminary spill information was received from the ES Mgr (Ott).
Operational Plan Sixteen - Major Oil Spills (Appendix A) was implemented.
The EOC was activated, and BC (Groat) was assigned as Fire Chief. Off-duty BC (Cooper)
was recalled as duty BC.
Operations Commander/IC (night Shift) - ICP (Cooper):
The Fire Operating Center (FOC) was activated for three days to deal with the potential
impact on HBFD resources.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Kiser):
PW (Kiser) reported to EOC from about 7:15 PM until 12:15 PM. PW on standby in case
City heavy equipment and corporate yard supplies were requested.
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• Community Services (CS) (Care & Shelter) - EOC (Engle & Fowler(:
CS reported to EOC shortly after 6:00 PM (Engle & Fowler). Made connections with ICP,
the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army (Fowler). Quick response by American Red Cross;
dinner was provided for staff and private citizens involved.
It became obvious that the oil spill was going to be with us for some time, so plans were
made to feed staff and workers for a long term operation. The Salvation Army was alerted for
blankets and cots for workers (Fowler). CS (Fowler & Engle) remained in the EOC until 12:15 AM
2/8/90. CS Director (Engle) then went to City Yard to see if "Beach Closed" signs had been made
by PW. No one was there. Went to ICP and coordinated with Beach Division staff to get signs
posted for sunrise the next day.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, Del-autour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Emergency call out for oil spill standby. Reviewed procedural plans (Way) and retrieved
• boxes for bird volunteers (Neishi, Turner, Dugan(.
Community Development - EOC (Adams):
Community Development (Adams) reported to the EOC after 7:30 PM alerting call and
remained until approximately 12:00 midnight. The primary duties assigned were to assist public
information answering phone calls and display information concerning spill updates for those in
• EOC to read.
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Administrative Services Chief Finance Officer (Villella) is responsible for finance,
purchasing, personnel, legal services and official records. (Appendix E: Financial Memos/Forms.)
As the finance officer, communications were prepared to all departments explaining the importance
of proper record keeping for hours worked and materials and supplies used.
PERSONNEL - EOC (Lewis):
Personnel (Lewis) kept a list of volunteers and assisted the City's Public Information
Officers (PIO) in answering numerous phone calls.
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril):
Called to the EOC at 6:45 PM. Purchasing (Amadril) was given a directive by Director
(Picard) to establish contact with BP regarding an "open account." Purchasing spoke with various
people at BP and American Trading & Transportation Company. No one was specific on finances,
but assured us that BP was going to be responsible dollar wise. The Finance Director (Villella) and
the Purchasing Officer (Amadril) agreed on how purchasing procedures would be handled. Spoke
to numerous vendors that called and came to the EOC to donate or do contractual work.
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
City Attorney (Hutton) arrived in the EOC at approximately 7:00 PM. Called in additional
Deputy City Attorney who assisted in legal research. Drafted resolutions declaring State of
Emergency (Appendix F). Was present at the emergency City Council Meeting to provide legal
services and advise.
Served as member of emergency response team on behalf of the City Attorney's office
(D'Alessandro). Arrived at EOC Approximately 9:00 PM. Remained until approximately 1 1:00 PM.
City Clerk - EOC (Brockway):
City Clerk (Brockway) prepared and maintained required documents for a local emergency
status. Set up an emergency City Council Meeting for ratification of the "Local Emergency."
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Public Information Office (PIO) Staff - EOC & ICP (Reed, Werth, Davis, Kelly, Williams, Kinslerl:
The PIO Staff in the EOC handled hundreds of calls from the news media from all over the
United States. Staff set up a news media center in the video studio and set up press conference
for walk-in media representatives. Initial news media comments were written for the Mayor. Staff
assisted in set up of emergency City Council Meeting. PIO staff wrote and disseminated press
release on the incident. Staff was placed at EOC, ICP and PIO/City Hall to answer incoming phone
calls, deal with the on-scene news media and political figures.
Balsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leiozia (Bird Rescue):
Bolsa Chica Conservancy was notified of the oil spill by Fish & Game biologist, Esther
Burkett, around 7:00 PM. Leipzig went immediately to EOC. After determining that no organized
volunteer effort was yet underway, Leipzig went to ICP. Arrangements were made to use HB
Junior Lifeguard Headquarters as a rescue station for injured wildlife. A dozen or more volunteers
were already on hand. Boxes and rags were distributed and people began patrols of the beach.
Veterinarian Dr. Joel Pasco and his assistant, Christina Amoro, instructed the volunteers on bird
rescue and cleaning methods. Leipzig picked up the first known oiled bird, a Western Grebe,
around 9:00 PM. It was high on the beach near the foot of Lake Street. The first few birds were
initially brought to Junior Lifeguard Headquarters, but the lack of hot running water caused the
operation to relocate to the Huntington State Beach Headquarters garage at Magnolia Street. The
first half dozen birds were washed here by local volunteers including Leipzig and Shirley Dettloff,
Vice-Chair of the Bolsa Chica Conservancy.
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DAY 2 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8
• WEATHER:
WINDS: 02E
SEAS: 2-3
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0142/0749 PM: 1452/2117
LOW: 1.7 LOW: -1.3
HIGH: 6.4 HIGH: 4.4
OIL LOCATION:
• AT SEA: 4:55 PM slick 1/4 mi. offshore Beach Blvd. to NB Pier
BEACH WASH UP: Newport Beach shoreline at 7:35 PM
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 28 RACES
LOCATION: beach, EOC
• HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: additional booms
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: additional booms
WARNER BRIDGE: additional booms
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: broken boom at mouth, additional booms
• TALBERT CHANNEL: additional booms
Beginning at daybreak, news media impact was severe. Members of the City's PIO teamed
up with FD Public Information Specialists to provide current information for news releases from City
officials. Logistical support was provided to other involved agencies and to concerned political
representatives. A press conference was called by the Secretary of Transportation, local Congress-
men Cox and Rohrabacher, and USCG Admirals Kime and Yost. HBFD's Oil Field Inspector was
detailed to aerial reconnaissance from HBPD helicopter in order to provide the City's Director of
Emergency Services and Ops Comm with accurate information for the planning, management, and
decision making process.
The first reports of oil deposits on the local beaches were received early in the afternoon,
but none were proven to be accurate. The last reconnaissance flight of the afternoon showed the
• oil slick to be concentrating and moving towards shore in the area of Huntington State Beach and
the Newport Beach Pier, with the closest and heaviest concentrations off Newport Beach. City
officials in Newport Beach were advised of the situation, and preparations were made for our own
operational buildup. Heavy oil was first reported on the shoreline at 7:35 PM in the area of the
Newport Beach Pier. -No significant findings were made in Huntington Beach throughout the night.
• Director of Emergency Services - EOC/ICP (Picard):
An early morning policy briefing was held and all previous policies were reaffirmed. The
weather was still holding the oil off the beach. There was intense activity all day and night. It was
reaffirmed, and agreed upon from a joint agency coordination standpoint, that the USCG was the
On-scene Coordinator and would conduct their policy briefing in Long Beach. USCG agreed they
would not federalize the incident and would let BP conduct and finance cleanup operations. Fish &
Game would be the State lead agency and also work out of their Long Beach Office. The major
role left for City forces was to secure the beaches (establish security via Marine Safety and Police
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Officers), provide news media facilities and press conferences, conduct local intelligence on all
operations and spill conditions, provide a facility for all agencies to interface for the Huntington
Beach area (the ICP), provide coordination for all agency, news media and VIP briefings, continue
to support the wildlife rescue effort, prepare plans to insure safety of the wetlands and for the oil \
coming ashore, and be a general facilitator for all activities in the Huntington Beach sector.
As the day continued, it became obvious most coordination support would focus through
the ICP rather than channel via normal disaster channels: National, State, Regional, County (area)
and then locally through the HB EOC. Slowly, each agency began to relocate their local command
post to the City of Huntington Beach ICP. Effectiveness of the Director (Picard) working at the
EOC was limited. Director (Picard) relocated to the ICP to be available for Huntington Beach
Officials, visiting public authorities and the news media. This type of activity was very intense on
the second day and continued for ten more days.
Director (Picard) ordered the EOC to continue operation at a level commensurate,with
demand for support services. Director (Picard) delegated responsibility for EOC activities through
the EOC Ops Comm (Heller). This direction also allowed the Ops Comm the latitude to increase or
decrease the EOC operation as necessary.
Public interest was such that the entire beach had to be closed and a security parameter
set up at the beach road.
The Director (Picard) established regular HB policy and coordination meetings at 9:30 AM
and 3:30 PM each day without fail. This action caused a further focus on the HB ICP.
As the day wore on, news media attention continued, wildlife recoveries slowly increased,
offshore oil skimming operations increased and public inquiries and visitation increased. .
The USCG maintained a constant interface at the ICP. Later in the evening BP made
contact with reference to establishing a local Command Post and logistics center. It was decided
there would be two supply staging locations, one at ICP in HB and another at Lifeguard Headquar-
ters in Newport Beach. Fish & Game also met and set up a coordination meeting late Thursday
night. This primarily revolved around the wildlife effort.
A battalion chief from the Fire Department was assigned to take over ICP command each
night and assume all night activity coordinating and control. Plans Officer, along with Marine
Safety Officers, were directed to make surveys and prepare intelligence reports for the morning
briefings.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
At approximately 1:00 AM, BC (Groat) relieved Director (Picard) and assigned to ICP as
HBFD IC. Liaison was established with USCG representatives at the scene.
Fire Chief (Picard) assumed command as IC at 9:00 AM. BC (Groat) worked until 8:30 PM
at ICP assisting with information gathering, overflights and strategy.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
At first light, responded to HBPD heliport and made the first of four overflights. Drew
maps and informed EOC and ICP that weather was keeping oil offshore. (Appendix G: Sample
Overflight Maps.)
Acting City Administrator (Acting CAI - (Barnard):
Concern at this point was about the amount of oil that leaked from the American Trader
and the efforts which were underway to address the spill. The City heard various reports
concerning the amount of resources that were being used to attempt cleanup operations. Reports
indicated that additional skimmers were on their way and that they would be in service by noon.
The City was informed that Clean Coastal Waters was providing materials and that BP had stepped
forward to take charge of the cleanup operations.
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• The City was informed that the USCG's Pacific Strike Force had been activated and was to
be deployed to the scene. We were notified that the USCG was on the American Trader testing
the crew members. USCG was considering a policy of selective unloading of the American Trader.
There was a concern that such a procedure could compromise the structural stability of the ship.
At this time and in the days to follow, the City played an important role in monitoring and
communicating with radio, television and the newspaper reporters. The City's Public Information
• Office (PIO) did an outstanding job of ensuring that factual information was given to the news
media. The leadership provided by the Director (Picard), the Mayor and myself all contributed to
ensuring that the news media received the most up-to-date and accurate information available. A
strategy was formulated to have all State and Federal officials in the ICP for an update of the
incident before meeting the news media. In some cases, it actually resulted in a change in their
attitudes or understanding of what was going on with the oil spill. The Fire Department's Public
• Information personnel are to be commended for their outstanding effort during the entire incident in
handling the news media.
Most of the day was spent monitoring and responding to the news media and the visits by
various State and Federal dignitaries. It was anticipated that oil would wash onto shore sometime
during the day. The City received a citizen's report at approximately 12:55 PM that oil had washed
up on the sand. However, this report was later found untrue.
• As the oil moved closer to shore, there was a growing concern for the need to develop
action plans for the protection of the wetland areas just north of the Santa Ana River as well as the
Bolsa Chica Wetlands.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Coordinated placement of news media personnel and equipment (32 vehicles) which
• arrived in force at 4:00 AM.
Briefed Fire ICP staff on previous nights (12 midnight to 6:00 AM) activities. This
responsibility continued throughout the oil spill incident.
Established locations for Federal, State and other agencies as they began operations.
Enforced closure of water and beaches (berm line toward water) under City jurisdiction as
established by City Administrator (Cook).
• Coordinated printing and placement of cardboard "Beach Closed" signs.
Operations Commander (Ons Comm) - EOC (Heller):
This day was spent gathering information and developing contingency plans for the
emergency. The EOC was in operation until 7:15 PM when it was reduced in operation to
minimum staffing level.
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Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Assigned map drawing for oil spill and weather records to DFM (McKay/Logistics).
Police - EOC (Reinholtz):
Acting Police Chief (Reinholtz) insured that the ICP had sufficient PD personnel for crowd
• control; assisted with transportation needs and secured at 5:30 PM.
Police - ICP (Coerced:
An unannounced press conference in the pier area required five officers for crowd control.
Press conferences and traffic control at the ICP required an additional three officers for crowd
control. During the day, the PD helicopter was used for a total of four observation flights. These
flights were made by City Councilmen, City video camera crews and HBFD personnel.
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Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 8
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 5
Motor Cycles 3
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison, Kaumo):
Worked 7:00 AM to midnight (Ott, Morrison, Kaump). Continued to coordinate and
facilitate the EOC Operation. Training was done as needed. Security, sign-in sheets and logs were
maintained. Ordered cellular phones and FAX machines (EOC & IC). Kept minutes for policy
meetings. Phones rang continually with calls from news media, OC EOC, public inquiries,
volunteers, City departments, etc.
Received aerial photographs from mapping company. Arranged for afternoon fly-over and
additional photographs.
Used the OC Emergency Broadcasting System (EBS) to alert citizens that the beach was
closed and volunteers were not needed at this time.
Huntinaton Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emeraency Services) - Dutch Ludt:
Midnight to 7:00 AM: A second shift of RACES members began working about 1:00 AM
maintaining a beach patrol watch. It was found that RACES could ride with the HB Lifeguards in
Jeeps along the shoreline and obtain a much better view of most of the beach. The bridge and
bluff watches were maintained on a rotating patrol basis until about 7:00 AM.
Patrols continued on a limited basis for the remainder of the day. HB RACES and mutual
aid personnel were used to staff patrols. City staff still formulating overall program to deal with
spill. Arranged for availability of HB RACES and other RACES members on continuing basis.
Nights are most difficult time to fill since need is greatest, and members work at other daytime
jobs.
Fire Chief - EOC (Vincent):
EOC HBFD staff positions: Fire Chief (Vincent); Tactical Officer (Parker); Dispatcher
(Kaump). Routine operations: Dispatched HazMat team to report broken oil booms at Santa Ana
River mouth. Monitored status and assisted public information with calls from public.
Assumed standby posture at 8:00 PM.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Sandoval, Kiser):
PW (Sandoval) checked into EOC for briefing and was replaced during day by various
Engineering personnel. Street Maintenance delivered HazMat truck to Santa Ana River and placed
spill dikes and booms. Street Maintenance requested to stand by with HazMat truck. Sewer
Maintenance sent to check Sunset Beach catch basins and harbor waters.
Community Services (CS) Care & Shelter - EOC (Engle & Fowler(:
At 6:00 AM, Engle was at ICP for status report, then to EOC for briefing. Worked at both
areas throughout the day, coordinating beach staff, meals procurement, etc. CS (Fowler) in EOC
from 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM. Communicated with ICP and CS EOC personnel to keep updated on
the oil spill and to maintain accurate account of the number of workers/volunteers to be fed and
housed. CS talked directly with American Red Cross, Steve Woods, local director, and got
information that they would provide the canteen and have it set up near the ICP. Ken Bucknell,
Salvation Army, stated that he would get blankets and cots from the Los Angeles Office if needed
(Fowler).
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Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner. DeLautour. Esslinaer. Smith, Dugan. Curtis. Way):
Supervised beach crew activities; responded to emergency dispatches as necessary.
Continued these activities throughout the incident (Way).
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril):
Started to set up contacts with vendors that might be utilized based on needed supplies for
cleanup. In addition, spoke with vendors that came to the EOC. Placed order for food and aerial
photos. Provided information to Insurance & Benefits regarding BP and American Trader &
Transportation Company. Gave Purchasing's FAX machine to EOC.
Community Development - EOC (Adams):
The following day, and throughout the disaster,. Community Development's role was
primarily to log, post and direct phone calls. At various times, Community Development had up to
four people in the EOC. One Community Development representative was present at the EOC
throughout operating hours.
Public Information Officers (PIO) - EOC & ICP:
A PIO was established at the ICP with three full-time and one part-time position. Heavy
news media impact over the phone, written news releases, news updates, radio interviews,
television interviews and four press conferences were staged in the parking lot next to the ICP.
Hourly news updates, with maps, were posted on status boards in front of ICP for on-scene press.
Coordinated with public officials' offices to establish sites and equipment for press conferences.
Public Information Specialists arranged one-on-one interviews between the on-scene news
media and representatives stationed at the ICP from all agencies involved.
The PIO Staff handled incoming news media calls and wrote updated press releases on the
incident. Staff created signs for identification of Bird Rescue Station.
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Finance Officer (EOC) made certain that all Administrative Services EOC desks/func-
tions were covered for this first full day of the disaster. Also there was a continued effort to stress
the importance of tracking hours and equipment/supplies used on the oil spill.
_City Attorney (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Reviewed insurance of Golden West Refining. Placed telephone calls to insurance company
and risk management.
Worked almost daily on how the City will approach American Trader & Transportation and
BP on negotiation and litigation that has arisen from the oil spill. Contacted the Attorney General
of Alaska, Oil Spill Litigation Division to determine how they handled the Exxon/Valdez oil spill.
Performed preliminary research regarding oil spill liability. Telephone conference with
Alaska Deputy Attorney General, Craig Tillery. Reviewed franchise and lease agreement with
Golden West Refining.
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue):
A number of the volunteers continued working through the night, including Leipzig and
Dettloff. Washing the birds was extremely laborious and time consuming. By late Thursday
morning, Rangers and Biologists of State Fish & Game arrived at Magnolia Street and took over the
bird washing operation.
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DAY 3 - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9
WEATHER:
WINDS: 04E
SEAS: 1-3
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0225/0831 PM: 1524/2145
LOW: 1.5 LOW: -1.1
HIGH: 6.3 HIGH: 4.6
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: 3:00 PM, Tower #20 of Bolsa Chica State Bch
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 3 RACES
LOCATION: bridge watch, EOC
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: Closed. booms reinforced, steel plates placed in front of ducts which feed
southern Bolsa Chica
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: additional booms
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: additional booms
TALBERT CHANNEL: surface booms
BOLSA CHICA WETLANDS: steel gates placed at entrance
Light amounts of oil washed ashore in Huntington Beach in the early morning hours of Day
3. The entrances to Anaheim Bay and Newport Harbor were boomed and closed. The Bolsa Chica
Wetlands and Seal Beach Wildlife Refuge received additional protection from the oil slick by the
placement of additional surface booms, as did the entrances to the Santa Ana River and the Talbert
Channel feeder to the Huntington Beach Wetlands restoration area.
The news media and political impacts were again heavy, with a multitude of reporters and
politicians congregated in the area of the ICP.
At midday, the wind shifted from a mild offshore breeze to onshore and moderately strong
out of the south, pushing the oil slick back toward shore. Moderate to heavy deposits of oil hit
Bolsa Chica State Beach at approximately 3:00 PM'in the area of lifeguard tower #20.
In order to enhance protection for sections of the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, steel plates were
placed in front of the ducts which feed the southern sections.
HazMat/Fire (Shaw):
Maintained beach surveillance throughout night. Logged oil contamination every two
hours. Reported to relief in morning.
Director of Emergency Services - lCP (Picard):
Day 3 and throughout the incident: Because of the extended nature of the emergency, the
need for the Director to maintain a frontal presence diminished and many of his duties were
delegated to the IC (Richardson). The exception was the incident progress review presented to the
City Council. Director (Picard) requested the Council.extend the "Local Emergency" proclamation
until the entire beach was clean and open to the public.
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The emergency management policy established in Day 3 and maintained thereafter, was to
share intelligence and make decisions at multi-agency briefings twice daily.
At today's briefing, it was reported that there was a general holding offshore of the oil
with only light ribbons of oil coming ashore. They were easily cleaned up on both Day 2 and Day 3
until around 3:00 PM.
The local ICP and logistic staging area that was to be established by BP did not materialize
• either in Huntington Beach and Newport Beach. BP later reported they actually staged at Lifeguard
Headquarters at Huntington State Beach (vs. City Beach Headquarters) in error. This error later
proved to be beneficial as enormous storage and operational space was needed and considerable
conflict would have occurred if BP logistics was located next to ICP.
The Director (Picard), Mayor (Mays) and Acting City Administrator (Barnard) met frequently
to discuss organizational relationships among other agencies and the massive news media impact
• on the City of Huntington Beach.
It became clear the Mayor would have to play a major public and political roll for this
emergency. From a local standpoint, it became obvious that WORLD attention was on the City and
only the Mayor's position would satisfy the public and news media demand for information and
multi-organizational stability.
At approximately 3:30 PM on Day 3 a very large amount of oil hit the beach between the
• bluffs and Magnolia Street. The profound impact on the staff emphasized the fact that the cleanup
effort would be enormous. There were questions as to the effectiveness of the skimming operation
and how much evaporation had actually taken place. The skimmers had been working two days
and up to 30% of the oil was to have evaporated in the first 100 hours.
The earlier cleanup of ribbons had been very successful, but this amount of oil looked
overwhelming. The cleanup strategy was to let the oil come up with the high tide, let it rest, then
• use hand work crews to clean up the oil and place the oil soaked "diapers" in bags to be disposed.
The number,of birds becoming oiled was significantly increasing. The bird recovery
volunteers were becoming more organized and effective. The local Huntington Beach recovery
facility was proving too small and the State Lifeguard Headquarters on Magnolia Street became a
key bird collection and rehabilitation location.
• Acting City Administrator (Acting CAI - (Barnard):
Around. 10:10 AM, we received reports from HB Marine Safety patrols that oil had washed
upon the beach between 11th Street and Lifeguard Tower #20. Pin sized tar balls were reported
on the beach. One growing concern was the Huntington Beach Wetlands area just north of the
Santa Ana River. Talbert Flood Control Channel, which provides the sea water to the restored
wetlands, was boomed.
• At 11:00 AM, Director (Picard), IC (Richardson) and Acting CA (Barnard) attended a Fish &
Game, Region 5 meeting in Long Beach. State and local officials directly involved in the oil spill
incident were at the meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss space for equipment,
beach access, vehicle logistics and people support. Reed Smith and Pete Bonitelliee, Fish & Game,
were present. An action plan had been reviewed by the USCG and the State. .We were told that
the command Post would be located at Huntington Beach Lifeguard Headquarters (ICP) and in
• Newport Beach at the Newport Beach Pier. There was need for a large parking lot for trailers and
vehicle parking access. While it was understood that the State would use the City Beach Parking
Lot as a staging area for beach cleanup, it turned out that the Huntington State Beach parking lots
were used. There was discussion about the manpower allocation on Huntington and Newport
Beaches.
Acting CA (Barnard) was later involved in discussion with BP, Fish & Game and the County
• of Orange regarding where to transport contaminated sand and the disposal of the materials which
would be used to absorb the oil. One possibility discussed was transporting the waste material to
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Kettleman Dump Site since the material could not be accepted at a Local Class III Landfill Site.
Later it became apparent that the booms which were placed at the Santa Ana River mouth
and the Talbert Channel were not keeping the oil out.
At the evening staff briefing, the following status was given: Heavy oil concentration on
the beach from the Santa Ana River to Golden West Street; Oil sheen (Appendix H: National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Oil Spill Observation Glossary) existed
from the Newport Beach Pier to Anaheim Bay; All openings have been boomed or blocked; Work
crews will be on the beach all night and throughout the emergency; No volunteers have been
requested to assist in the cleanup of the oil. Oil is a contaminate and most be handled by special
crews which wear protective clothing and have special training. The waste must be properly
disposed of by these crews. The beach must be kept clear so oil will collect, then be cleaned up
by using special absorbent pads.
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) -ICP (Heller):
The IC/Fire arrived at 7:00 AM at ICP at Lake Street and Pacific Coast Highway. There
was a briefing. IC/Fire was assigned liaison to Fish & Game which was headquartered at Magnolia
Street and Pacific Coast Highway. IC/Fire met with their representative and then returned to the
ICP. At 10:30 AM IC/Fire was assigned harbor operations and departed for Warner Fire Station.
IC/Fire requested authorization to block Bolsa Chica tidal gates and to have a Fish & Game
representative dispatched to Warner Fire Station.
At 11:00 AM, the HBFD HazMat Unit responded to Warner Fire Station and was detailed to
inspect the Bolsa Chica floodgates. IC/Fire contacted the USCG (Lt. Stagliano) inquiring as to a
harbor booming program and questioning how Huntington Beach could assist. IC/Fire called for PW
absorbent booms.
At 11:10 AM, IC/Fire (Heller) contacted Fish & Game (Warden Lisa Kramer). She will have
Fish & Game Biologist (Burkett) call. .IC/Fire contacted the USCG (Commander Chris Desmond) and
requested booming be increased in the outer harbor and booms be installed at the wetlands,
Warner Bridge and that Bolsa Chica floodgates be blocked. U.S. Navy (Lt. Terry) called and said
the U.S. Navy (Commander Lauraway) will call and has manpower available.
At 2:30 PM, the IC/Fire ordered 2000' of 8" x 10' of absorbent boom at approximately
$250 per 40' bag through City Purchasing (Corbett). The Councilman (Bannister) arrived and
suggested using steel plates to block the Bolsa Chica floodgates. The IC/Fire contacted PW (Kiser)
and he assigned his Street Maintenance Supervisor (Ellis) to respond. The maintenance supervisor
arrived and discussed the project.
At 3:45 PM, a crane, a welder and steel plates were enroute to the Bolsa Chica area.
IC/Fire contacted Fish & Game (Burkett) and advised Huntington Beach was going to close the
gates.
At 4:00 PM, Fish & Game (Burkett) arrived at Warner Fire Station. The IC (Picard) then
called and reported authorization from Worthley and Reed Smith of Fish & Game to install the
plates. The IC/Fire then directed PW (Ellis) to make installation.
IC/Fire received,delivery of 2000' boom. IC/Fire requested HE-47, HE-48 and BC (Cooper)
assist HME-51. IC/Fire also requested OC Harbor Patrol.
At 6:00 PM, the requested equipment arrived. IC/Fire gave directions and booming began
at the Federal Wetlands, Warner Avenue Bridge and the Bolsa Chica Flood Gates.
At 7:00 PM, the Emergency Services Coordinator (Morrison) called inquiring for State
Office of Emergency Services (OES), Gardner Davis, of any needs. it was relayed that additional
boom material was needed. OES referred the IC/Fire to Fish & Game (Jim Obrien).
At 8:00 PM, the IC/Fire contacted Fish & Game (Jim Obrien). He agreed to provide 3000'
of 8" x 10' of absorbent boom. IC/Fire arranged for Warner Station Crew to receive the boom at
about midnight and have Warner Crew complete booming at 5:30 AM at the Federal Wetlands.
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Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Day 3 - 25: the IC debriefed night staff and reviewed drive-by reports of oil condition, plus
oiled bird and dead bird count.
Established location for volunteer bird cleanup station. Conducted 9:00 AM overflight in
helicopter HB1 for mapping of oil conditions. Results were presented in daily morning briefing.
Briefed City staff and Federal, State, County and private agencies on flight observations. ICP and
other commands expanded as activity increased. Provided Beach Division support via materials,
space and liaison as needed.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
Logistics started at Beach ICP at first light; made first of four overflights. Drew maps and
informed ICP and EOC; Started to interface with beach PIO and HBPD for VIP transportation and
air overflights.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Kiser):
Street Maintenance took three pallets of absorbent pillows, four 20' spilldikes and the
HazMat truck to Warner Fire Station and was requested to stand by. Street, Sewer and Water
crews cut 6 steel trench plates and installed at pipes in the Bolsa Chica wetlands. PW (Kiser)
called Fish & Game, Kim McCleneghan, Sacramento representative, and provided a listing of
available PW equipment (four loaders, seven backhoes, twelve dump trucks, one motorgrader, five
4" to 6" pumps, five generators; additional smaller vehicles, pickups, and automobiles).
Police - EOC (Reinholtz):
PD (Reinholtz) attended briefing and occasional update meetings. All PD activity was at
the incident scene.
Police -ICP (Coeroer):
One police officer liaison (Coerper) was assigned to the ICP and maintained this full-time
assignment through 3/1/90. Daily duties included the following:
1) Attend daily briefing at the ICP. 2) Provide security at this location and for various
VIP's who toured the beaches. 3) Provide-a liaison between the PD and other City departments,
as well as State and Federal agencies. 4) Coordinate landing and take-offs by Huntington Beach
and the USCG helicopters at the beach landing pad.
During frequent press conferences held during the day, three additional officers were
assigned for crowd and news media
control. It should be noted that the only arrests were made
on this day. One arrest was made by the City Lifeguards of a
male who refused to leave the water. The other arrest was a
female for public intoxication and made by officer at a press
conference at ICP.
The PD helicopter was used for a total of five observation flights. These flights were made
by the Mayor, City Administrator, PD and Fire Chiefs, State Department of Conservation and HBFD
personnel.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 4
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 5
Motor Cycles 3
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Ooerations Commander/IC (night Shift) - ICP (Cooper):
On-duty HB Fire Crews were used to deploy absorbent, surface booms to isolate the
federal wetlands inside Huntington Harbour as well as the Bolsa Chica wetlands. PW Crews were
requested to assist with heavy equipment in isolating the Bolsa Chica Wetlands from tidal
exchanges
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison, Kauma):
EOC activated at 9:45 AM. Took FAX machine from PW to ICP (Kaump). Obtained
weather information and updated ICP (Morrison). The weather updates continued throughout the
incident. Received request for ten cellular phones (obtained one phone from Enterprise Car Rental;
required personal credit card). Contacted OC, Anaheim, Fountain Valley and Westminster to
activate their RACES members. Purchased refreshments for EOC staff and RACES. Re-activated
RACES for boom watch. EOC visited by OES, Gardner Davis; OC Environmental Management
Agency (EMA), and Emergency Services Coordinator, City of Anaheim, Bob Berg.
Talked with Sgt. Gonis, Newport Beach PD (Morrison). Newport Beach EOC partially
activated. They proclaimed a local emergency and closed beaches. Continued conversations with
OC EOC and OES. Phones still heavy in EOC with news media, volunteers, updates for officials.
Huntington Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt:
7:00 - 10:30 PM: Maintained a bridge watch, or watch of the integrity of the floating
booms around the bridge, for a period before high tide, through high tide, and slightly after.
Community Services (CS) Care & Shelter - EOC (Engle & Fowler):
Same as preceding day, working at EOC and ICP 6:00 AM - 1 1:00 PM: Also assisted bird
rescue volunteers with equipment procurement (Engle). CS (Fowler) worked from 7:30 AM until
10:00 AM. Answered calls from ICP and continued working with Purchasing and American Red
Cross planning meals for the weekend.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Moved contractor's light generator with tractor (Turner, Dugan, Way).
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril):
In EOC, placed orders for booms, cellular phones, goggles, caps, gloves and shoes.
Arranged for delivery ASAP.
City Attorney (Hutton):
Reviewed City's contract with Golden West Refining. Examined contract for franchise
agreement and litigation settlement. Placed and received telephone calls with City Council and
press. Attended department head briefing.
Incident Commander (IC1 - ICP (Groat):
At 7:00 PM, paged by FDC to return to duty. Assumed coverage as shift BC from 7:00
PM to 1 1 :00 PM while BC (Cooper) assisted with harbor and wetlands protection.
Public Information Officers 1P1O1 - EOC & ICP:
Heavy news media impact continued with television stations positioning satellite dishes
along the beach access road in front of the ICP.
Attendance at daily briefings at 8:30 AM and 3:30 PM. Fielded incoming news media
inquiries from as far away as London. Continued to do radio interviews as well as written news
releases daily and sent over the wire service. Arranged for one-on-one interviews between City
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officials, agency representatives and the news media.
Documented by photography and video the progression of events daily. Set up an average
of two press conferences per day. Coordinated the transportation and security needs for incoming
dignitaries. Prepared written statements for news media updates given by the Mayor.
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue):
Volunteers, especially the Marina High School Crisis Class, were on the beach all day
looking for more injured birds. Leipzig helped establish a distribution point near Lake Street for
boxes and rags. Dettloff worked to publicize the need for additional volunteers and supplies. In the
afternoon, the volunteer site was moved to a location near public telephones south of the ICP.
Marine Safety (Richardson) provided volunteers with adhesive badges indicating authorization to be
on beach despite closure.
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WEATHER:
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WINDS: 03E
SEAS: 1-3
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0303/0907 PM: 1552/2213 •
LOW: 1.3 LOW: -0.7
HIGH: 6.0 HIGH: 4.7
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 120
LOCATION: bird rescue
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 12 RACES
LOCATION: communications for bird rescue
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 10 Explorers
LOCATION: beach operations
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 50, NIGHT: 40 •
HARBOR BOOM STATUS: all areas boomed
ANAHEIM BAY: boomed
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Major cleanup of the Huntington Beach coastline first began early on Day 4. A press
conference was conducted near the ICP and the Greenpeace environmental group staged a
demonstration against oil companies.
Incident Command was officially relocated to the beach area at HB Lifeguard Headquarters
and the HB Tactical Command Trailer was set up north of the headquarters building. City officials
cooperated in the formation of a volunteer bird rescue program which was to be managed by Bolsa
Chica Conservancy. Standards for training and protection of the volunteers in the rescue program
were agreed upon, and the City provided necessary logistic support.
Director of Emerciencv Services - EOC/ICP (Picard):
The 9:30 AM briefing intelligence revealed there was still a sizable amount of oil on the
ocean and holding offshore. The large quantity of oil that hit the shore on Day 3 was still there.
BP reported that a large number of workers would be deployed to clean the beach and their
efforts proved effective throughout the day. The result led officials to believe the cleanup effort to
be relatively easy.along the sandy portions of the beach.
News media impact was still at a very high peak and many government officials again
visited the beach and held press conferences. There were also several political officials who
inspected the beach and requested not to be given any recognition or special attention.
The public information section of both the City and Fire Department played an important
roll in all official and news media events. The media impact and need for public information was
very demanding. The appearance of free lance writers and photographers added to this impact.
The public generally respected the closure of the beach all the way back to Pacific Coast
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• Highway. The major impact was on the bike path which resulted in bikes being relocated onto the
highway itself. Vehicle traffic was also on the increase and all streets were heavily impacted. In
general, increase in traffic control was not required as existing traffic control devices were able to
handle the flow.
One area of specific concern was the rerouting the bike path around the construction area
in the Santa Ana River section. All in all, the potential for a traffic or bike accident was high. By
• insuring a clear path for beach cleanup workers and wildlife rescuers the risk for an on-looker,
traffic or bike accident increased. The question of public safety immunity was paramount. The
laws, including the California Emergency Services Act, were researched and commanders were
appraised that the "Declaration of Local Emergency" protected the City.
Acting City Administrator (Acting CA) - (Barnard):
• The staff held a briefing at 9:30 AM at the ICP conference room. The following was the
status of the oil spill at that time: There continues to be considerable oil offshore; Sheen areas
extend from Newport Beach to Anaheim Bay; Film area from 3rd Street to Sunset Beach;
Concentrated strips of oil offshore between Santa Ana River to Warner Avenue.
Cleanup of oil predicted to take 2-3 weeks.
A plan to use volunteers was developed. A lack of effort to use hundreds of people who
• offered to assist in the cleanup created negative press. The idea of organizing a bird rescue
program by training volunteers to safely handle wild birds was recommended by the leaders of the.
Bolsa Chica Conservancy. Volunteers would walk along the berm line every hour. Recovered oil-
drenched birds were transported to Bird Rescue Stations. The volunteers were given proper
training and protective clothing. This program proved to be very successful and was responsible
for turning the volunteer issue from a negative into a positive.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbended conducted helicopter overflight at first light. Overflight report
given at 9:30 AM briefing. Second overflight conducted at 1:00 PM. Report given at 3:30 PM
briefing. At 6:00 PM a third overflight was conducted. Information from this flight will be used to
assist with mapping the flow of oil for the following day. Advised to prepare for oil to hit shore.
Contacted Newport Beach and advised them of possible oil impact in the area of the Newport
Beach Pier.
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) - ICP (Heller):
IC/Fire (Heller) arrived at the harbor. IC/Fire inspected the steel plates set in place to block
the flow of water into the Bolsa Chica Wetlands. IC/Fire arrived at the fuel dock where the
booming operation for the Federal Wetlands area was being conducted.
At 9:00 AM, booming operation was complete except for one small area at the east end of
the Federal Wetlands area entrance. This area was marginal in terms of being exposed at the
extreme high tide. We determined that it was acceptable for now as oil had not entered the
harbor. It would be determined later if that section needed to be boomed.
At 10:30 AM, IC/Fire inspected booming at the Warner Bridge. It appeared to be intact.
IC/Fire returned to headquarters and requested HB Tactical Command Trailer, generator, HE-48
(with HazMat Unit) and the light unit to set up a base of operation for HBFD.
IC/Fire set up objectives for HBFD operational plan as follows:
1. FD HazMat Team, with HE-48, HazMat Unit and light unit, on scene daily from 8:30 AM
until 6:00-8:00 PM depending on conditions.
2. A response area for beach Command Fire Company set for the beach, between Beach
Boulevard and the Huntington Pacific Apartments.
3. Immediate availability and responsibility for managing all helicopter landings.
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4. Additional Reserves as required to provide for errands and other assistance. The Reserve
Captain (Parker) set up a schedule for two Reserves each day.
IC/Fire requested telephones and received two cellular phones from HBPD. This operation
continued until 6:00 PM when Chief Groat arrived assuming IC responsibilities. All HBFD person-
nel, except Groat, departed.
Logistics - ICP (McKay).
Beach ICP officially located at HB Lifeguard Headquarters. Established HB Tactical
Command Trailer, phones, toilets, power drops, security; ICP area now in full operation. Called in
Oil Field Inspector (Bodenbender) and detailed him to be Plans Officer at ICP. Helped through EOC
to secure equipment for bird program.
Police - ICP (Coeroer):
Three additional officers and one Patrol Sgt. were assigned after it was learned that
Greenpeace would hold a demonstration at the beach. This occurred during a press conference and
required an additional two officers for security and crowd control.
Explorers were activated and responded to ICP with one PD advisor and 10 Explorers
The PD helicopter was used for a total of six observation
flights. These flights were made by the Mayor, Lt. Governor (Leo McCarthy), City Administrator,
Fire Chief, Harbors & Beaches Captain and HBFD personnel.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 8
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Explorers 10
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 6
Search & Rescue Truck 1
Incident Commander (ICI - ICP (Groat):
Assumed the duties of IC at ICP at 6:00 PM (Groat). Worked throughout the night with
various agencies in logistic support including: Balsa Chica Conservancy (wildlife program), Fish &
Game and USCG. Problems with broken booms were reported. Investigation determined that the
contractor on site had adequate resources and work crews to handle the situation without
assistance from on-duty HBFD units.
HazMat/Fire (Shaw):
Decision made to set up the HB Tactical Command Trailer with all necessary communica-
tion capabilities: phone, FAX and radio. Moved into trailer. Generator and Huntington Light/Air
Unit utilized for power source. Coordinated electrical and phone hookups through EOC. Set up
landing zones for HBPD helicopter and USCG helicopter for incoming dignitaries using HE-48 and
crew.
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison. Kauma):
ES Mgr at ICP, ES Coord at EOC relaying requests for resources. Received request from ES
Mgr (Ott) for 500 goggles, caps, gloves and boots for bird volunteers. Activated RACES. HB
RACES personnel have been exhausted. Contacted Cities of Anaheim, Westminster, and OC
RACES for additional volunteers. Activated City Personnel Office to go to beach and sign up
volunteers. Continued coordination with OC EOC and OES. Phones ringing off the hook.
Answering 2-3 phones constantly (Morrison/Kaump).
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Huntinaton Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emeraencv Services) - Dutch Ludt:
3:15 AM - 10:39 PM: Began the day with bridge watch from 3:15 PM until 10:30 PM.
IC/Fire (Heller) was very specific that in addition to the bridge, watches were also needed for the
"flood gates" and the mouth of the Santa Ana River. The oil was just off the shore line, high tide
was to be 6.0, and the winds were very uncertain. If the winds turned to "onshore," the oil would
wash up all along the.beach and into the harbor and wetlands. The wetlands just South-East of the
Warner Fire Station were extremely sensitive ecologically. The winds didn't change and high tide
came and no oil washed ashore.
At 11:20 AM, activated again and mutual aid was requested from other RACES organiza-
tions. Communications were needed for coordination of 500 volunteer workers who were going to
walk the beach to recover oil soaked birds. The response was to be immediate since the volunteer
efforts were ready and waiting. Twenty communicators were requested and within two hours
there were twelve on scene. U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administra-
tion (OSHA) halted the immediate implementation of the efforts until the volunteer workers were
properly attired with protective clothing. The volunteer work began at approximately 7:30 PM and
continued until 9:00 PM.
Bridge watch was set out again at 7:00 PM and secured at 10:39 PM. The booms held
and no oil was seen on the water or on the sand. RACES secured for the night.
Fire Chief - EOC (Huntley):
Paged at home and requested to report to the EOC as acting Fire Chief. As Fire Chief/EOC,
coordinated HBFD's activities as it related to the oil spill. Sent Reserves to pick up safety
equipment in Compton procured by the City. Explorers were put on standby. RACES were
requested on the beach. The Tactical Command Vehicle was transported to the ICP (Lifeguard
Headquarters) parking lot. Had Dispatcher (Rothert) available in EOC to take any information
to/from ICP and to facilitate any requests on days 1-4.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Kiser):
Corporation Yard warehouse was opened and furnished all absorbents and personnel safety
supplies that were on hand (goggles, gloves, vests and baseball caps). PW (Kiser) was represented
in EOC from 1 1:30 AM to 4:00 PM when relief (Blackman) stepped in. PW obtained sign blanks
from warehouse. Traffic Paint Maintenance painted signs and took stakes from warehouse for
installation. Sign Shop fabricated and delivered 200 beach closure signs. Electricians responded to
ICP and hooked up power to HB Tactical Command Trailer.
Community Services (CS) Care & Shelter - EOC (Engle & Fowler):
Engle at ICP - activities similar to previous day. Fowler worked from 9:30 AM to 12:30
PM. Worked with purchasing to supply meals and other items needed by the volunteer workers.
The American Red Cross canteen fed workers at the ICP and EOC as well as bird rescue volunteers.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi Turner. DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith Dugan Curtis Way):
Moved contractors' light generators (Neishi, Dugan). Towed stuck vehicles (Turner,
Dugan). Set up press conference area on beach, set up crowd control barriers (Turner).
Personnel - ICP (Morris):
Helped coordinate volunteers for the bird cleaning operation. Signed up volunteers on
Volunteer Enrollments form (Appendix 1) which gives volunteer Workers Compensation Insurance
coverage if injured while volunteering for the City.
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Purchasing - EOC (Amadril/Corbett):
Coordinated request from ICP for barrier tape and signs made by PW to close the beach.
Placed orders for electrical 'cord.
City Attorney (Hutton):
Assigned Deputy City Attorney (Robert Sangster) to prepare waiver for volunteers to sign.
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue):
Leipzig and Dettloff participated in an all-day series of meetings with City and agency
officials to establish a mechanism to allow volunteers to continue to be involved. OSHA required
volunteers to wear gloves, boots and goggles. Goggles and gloves were obtained within hours by
the City and boots were ordered. The City also provided bright orange caps to identify Bird Rescue
Volunteers. A thousand copies of the liability waiver the City required volunteers to sign were
drawn up. State Fish & Game required volunteers to be trained in bird handling. Leipzig gave the
first two training sessions in the afternoon. Key volunteers led by Cyndy Kontoes, under direction
of Leipzig and Dettloff, manned the tables where public volunteers signed waivers, gave names and
addresses, and picked up equipment. Leipzig devised a zone system to insure that all sections of
the beach would be thoroughly covered in a single beach sweep. The boots did not arrive until
after dark. At that point, approximately 200 people were on hand hoping to rescue birds. The
logistics of distributing boots of the correct size to all these people made it impossible to utilize all
who wanted to help, but about 120 people went out on the first coordinated beach sweep.
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DAY 5 - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11
WEATHER:
WINDS: 07E
SEAS: 1-3
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
• TIDES: AM: 0345/0945 PM: 1617/2239
LOW: 1.2 LOW: -0.3
HIGH: 5.5 HIGH: 4.7
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: Magnolia to Bolsa Chica State Beach
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 43
LOCATION: bird rescue
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 6 RACES
LOCATION: EOC, ICP
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 6 Explorers
LOCATION: beach operations
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 137, NIGHT: 38
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: boomed temporarily removed for normal traffic
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Representatives from Federal OSHA enforced safety requirements for the level of training
necessary to work in the oil cleanup. BP reported low numbers of workers due to the requirements
imposed. Actions were implemented to conduct training and build up the work force. News media
and political impacts continued to be felt, with emphasis on the heavier deposits of oil on the
shoreline.
At approximately 4:00 PM heavy oil hit the shoreline from Magnolia Street to Bolsa Chica
State Beach. The USCG's local On-scene Coordinator, Lt. Shane Ishiki, attempted to mobilize
additional workers through BP representatives involved with the cleanup efforts. In spite of his
continuous efforts, no increases in the number of workers had been made by the end of Day 5.
Director of Emergency Services - EOC/ICP (Picard):
The morning briefings continued to prove effective. Most e4 agencies generally attended
and a general, coordinated consensus was reached. The key to coordination was the positive,
supportive attitudes and actions of all parties.
The format of presenting a situation report proved very helpful. The Plans Officer usually
made a fly-over survey and that information was coupled with the data provided by the night-
patrolling Lifeguards. This set the stage for each agency to present their daily objectives and
required coordination. This, particularly, provided the Local Incident Command personnel the
opportunity to pass on local information and requests to the USCG On-scene Commander.
Ocean and land cleanup operation continued. It was hard to judge the effectiveness of oil
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skimming operation. The issue was how much oil was being picked up or evaporating. The
remaining oil would be sure to come ashore sooner or later. The question was when, where and
what would the impact be if more oil came ashore. Cleanup operations to date had proved to be
effective.
Late in the afternoon of Day 5, a large amount of oil came ashore. The impact was major
and the work necessary to clean it up looked overwhelming. The area impacted was from Bolsa
Chica State Beach to the Santa Ana River. Requests were made to the On-scene Coordinator for a
large work effort. .
Acting City Administrator (Acting CA) - (Barnard):
Day 5 and continuing throughout the incident: Acting CA (Barnard) continued to make
arrangements for elected officials, other dignitaries and celebrities and the news media to view the
oil-soaked beaches. Many requested helicopter observations. Maintained contact with the City
Council until the City Administrator (Paul Cook) returned to the City and assumed that responsibili-
ty.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Overflight conducted at first light by HBPD helicopter. Visibility poor. Report given at 9:30
AM briefing. Second overflight at 1:00 PM. Report given at 3:20 PM briefing. Night overflight
was conducted for the first time using HBPD helicopter's state of the art infrared/heat scanning
equipment. Advised to prepare for heavy impact of oil on HB City and Huntington State Beach
shoreline.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
Helped coordinate transportation and air overflights; agendas and briefing papers prepared
for the first time; bird count stats, tides, weather, and NOAA overflight information compiled.
Started tracking cleanup efforts.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Directed the procurement and placement of metal "Beach Closed" signs. Closed entire
beach area under City jurisdiction from service road to water and affected patrols to maintain
closure.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
IC (Groat) was relieved at 8:30 AM, but assisted with briefings, strategy and plans until
1:00 PM.
At 6:00 PM, again assumed duties of IC. The U.S. Navy reversed a previous statement..
concerning a ship entering their Anaheim Bay facility, re-instating their intent to remove booms
from Anaheim Bay for the entry and exit of a large Naval Combat vessel. Seal Beach and Newport
Beach were contacted and enlisted their assistance in stopping the removal of these booms from
BP, USCG, Fish & Game, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, State Parks Department and City Officials.
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Lomita, 72nd district) intervened as the official representative
of the affected area and persuaded the Navy to utilize an alternate area for their vessel unloading.
IC (Groat) gave Congressman Rohrabacher and his aide a tour of the heavily oiled sections
of Bolsa Chica State Beach. Oiled birds and grunion were observed while inspecting the beach.
Although heavy amounts of crude oil had been deposited on the beach, worker counts
(conducted by lifeguard patrols) were extremely low. USCG (Lt. Ishiki) made many contacts to BP
in an attempt to augment work forces. No increases were seen by the end of the day.
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• Community Services (CS) Care & Shelter - EOC (Engle):
Activities same as previous day from 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 2:00 - 6:00 PM. From
noon to 2:00 PM attended Library Division special event.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Towed stuck vehicles (Turner, Dugan).
•
Police - ICP 1 oeroer1:
Two reserve officers in a four-wheel drive Blazer were assigned in addition to one Patrol
Sgt. During the press conferences, two additional officers were assigned for security and for
crowd control.
Six Explorers were present with one PD advisor.
• The PD helicopter was used for a total of four observation flights. These flights were made
by the Mayor, City Administrator, and HBFD Personnel.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 7
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Explorers 6
• Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 4
Blazers 2
Search & Rescue Truck 1
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) - ICP (Heller):
Operations continued throughout the day with the same operational objectives set on Day
4. IC/Fire (Heller) continued throughout the day to monitor the oil spill and position protective
booming throughout the harbor.
IC/Fire requested, through the EOC, that Southern California Edison (SCE) provide fixed
power source at HB Tactical Command Trailer. Also requested the EOC provide hard line telephone
lines to the trailer.
At 2:30 PM, SCE ran a power drop to the trailer.
At 8:00 PM, HazMat weather station was set up. The IC/Fire contacted PW (Kiser) and
confirmed that the steel plates had been removed from Bolsa Chica floodgates due to concern for
sufficient oxygen to the Bolsa Chica Wetlands. IC/Fire requested PW establish a contingency plan
for blocking water flow under the Warner Street Bridge and for reinstalling Bolsa Chica floodgate
plates.
Beach Maintenance (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Towed stuck vehicles (Turner, Dugan).
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison, Kaump):
EOC reactivated. Received aerial photographs from Friday shoot. Arranged for video
taping of EOC staff and beach areas by Robert Larsen. Set up video for interviews with job .
activities. Arranged for Robert Larsen to use his Forward Looking InfraRed (FLIR) for evening video
taping of beach. Received 3/4" tape and copied to 1/2" tape for morning briefing (no 3/4" video at
HB Lifeguard Headquarters) (Kaump).
Huntington Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt:
8:30 AM - 12:50 PM: Members of Huntington Beach, Westminster and OC RACES
returned to ICP to continue communications for the coordination and operations of the bird
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recovery program. The recovery operation had few volunteers and, once organized, operations ran
well without assistance from RACES. Secured the detail at 12:50 PM.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Kiser):
Street, Sewer and Water crews removed plates from the Bolsa Chica Wetlands. HBFD
(Heller) requested that PW look at closing Warner Bridge waterway.
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leirmia (Bird Rescue):
A regular series of volunteer training sessions and beach sweeps were established. About
three sweeps per day were made for the next few weeks. Birds recovered were usually delivered
to Magnolia Street by lifeguards.
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DAY 6 - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12
WEATHER:
WINDS: 05E
SEAS: 3-5
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F-G
TIDES: AM: 0424/1017 PM: 1643/2307
LOW: 1.2 LOW: 0.2
HIGH: 4.9 HIGH: 4.7
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 130
LOCATION: bird rescue
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 6 RACES
LOCATION: Anaheim Bay, EOC, Pacific Coast Highway, bridge
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 337, NIGHT: 440
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: boomed
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Increased work forces arrived in the area of the Huntington Beach Pier at 6:30 AM on Day
6. By 2:30 PM the number of workers on City beaches had increased to over five hundred.
Booming was checked and augmented as necessary at environmentally sensitive areas. News
media and political impacts were again a factor. There was a significant increase in the recovery of
live oil-soaked wildlife. All of these animals were transported to the cleaning and transfer center
located at Huntington State Beach Lifeguard Headquarters.
Director of Emergency Services - EOC/ICP (Picard):
Personal observations and Plans reports revealed a major impact on the beach. The private
contractor had placed hundreds of workers on cleanup operations. The results proved to be slow
and the amount of work to be performed staggering.
One of the early cleanup crew issues was worker safety. OSHA was on-site and ruled all .
workers potentially coming in contact with oil must receive 40 hours of hazardous material training.
The rule seemed excessive to many and was reduced by OSHA to site, or emergency-specific,
training. The hours of training was first cut in half and then further modified to include on-the-job
training. Training facilities for workers were located in the supply staging area.
Air traffic was becoming a major safety problem and the private contractors requested that
the local agency request air space control.
The bird and wildlife recovery organization and effort was very active and, from a
command standpoint, very effective. Actual live bird recovery at best is difficult, but the search,
retention and cleaning operations seemed to progress satisfactorily. The number of wildlife being
recovered continued to increase daily.
HBPD helicopter proved very valuable from the start of the emergency. The intelligence
provided by both observation and infrared camera helped to coordinate efforts among all agencies.
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Most City policies and operations were being made at the local IC by the Director,
Operations Commander and Incident Commander. These policies were forwarded to the EOC.
These policies were forwarded to the EOC as applicable. The general actions of the day as
reported at each local IC briefing were generally reactive to the activities and policies as established
by the On-scene Commander, the prime contractor, British Petroleum, or State Fish and Game.
Only local control issues, such as bird recovery, traffic, beach closure, news media interaction,
intelligence gathering, local coordination, briefing coordination, communication, etc. were under the
command and control of the Local IC. Most of the major cleanup policies were handled by the On-
Scene Commander at their 9:00 AM daily briefing at Coast Guard Headquarters, Long Beach.
Special arrangements were made to facilitate an on-site meeting or briefing location for the
many policy makers, i.e., USCG, State Fish and Game and British Petroleum. A special office was
set aside at Lifeguard Headquarters for these on-site policy briefings. Local IC felt this was
important because the logistics of traveling to Long Beach was too time consuming. Also, the local
Command Post for the USCG was working well but State Fish and Game had lesser resources and
it was more difficult to interface with their organization. At best at these early stages, a staff
person would attend Local IC briefings.
The general beach condition on day 6 was heavy oil in the water and all along the beach
from the bluffs to the Santa Ana River. A sand dike had been built across the river, the flood
channel and the Talbert wetlands. This dike proved effective and the Talbert channel entrance was
a good lateral drift collector for oil flowing down coast. There was so much oil in the channel that
a large vacuuming truck could be used to suck the oil off the surface of the ocean water.
The Newport Beach IC was concerned that HB was acquiring most of the manpower but
after an observation flight, it was evident that the HB area was the most heavily impacted.
Skimmers worked in close to shore during the day. It was generally noted that after five
days of skimming there was still considerable oil coming ashore.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) conducted overflight at first light. Heavy deposits of crude oil
noticed all along the north section of the City's beach front. Booming was observed to be intact in
all locations except west, inside beach at Anaheim jetty. Report of Saturday night's (2/10/90)
flight and today's AM flight was given at the 9:30 AM briefing. Overflight at 12:30 PM confirmed
heavy oil deposits on shoreline from Bolsa Chica lifeguard headquarters south to the Huntington
Beach Pier. Oil extended offshore approximately 1.5 to 2.0 miles. Report given at 3:30 PM
briefing. Booming status has. not changed from AM flight. Overflight conducted at 4:30 PM;
heaviest concentration seen in the area of the Huntington Beach Pier. Night overflight conducted
to record on video tape using infrared camera.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
USCG (Ishiki) continued efforts to augment work forces on the beach throughout the
morning hours.. No additional forces arrived on scene until approximately 6:30 AM. Lt. Ishiki and
IC (Groat) made an inspection of the beach to verify worker numbers and to assess the extent and
degree of crude oil contamination. During this inspection a live oil-soaked bird was recovered and
transferred to the wildlife treatment center at Huntington State Beach Headquarters at Magnolia.
Worker counts showed no increase over the amount planned prior to requests for an increase.
IC (Groat) was relieved at 8:30 AM and assisted at City ICP until 11:00 AM. Beach
personnel made regular inspections of the beaches to monitor amounts of oil and oil-soaked
wildlife.
Logistics - ICP (McKay): .
Helped coordinate transportation and air overflights. Agendas and briefing papers
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• prepared.
Operations Commander/Fire - EOC (Vincent):
HBFD fully staffed EOC at 8:00 AM. FD operations included: logistics (arranging for
feeding of ICP personnel), PIO and monitoring and obtaining intelligence to aid City personnel.
PW services were arranged for three PW stations in EOC. In the afternoon, the EOC
• staffing was reduced to minimal level; Ops Comm, City Clerk, Disaster Assessment, Health &
Welfare, Purchasing, Fire, Police. Operations remained at this level until EOC was reduced to
normal mode on Day 9. EOC reduced to standby mode.
Police - ICP (Coerper):
Two reserve officers in four-wheel drive Blazer were assigned in addition to one Patrol Sgt.
• During press conferences, four additional officers were assigned for security reasons and crowd
control (celebrity press conference).
Six Explorers were present with one PD officer advisor.
The PD helicopter was used of a total of six observation flights. These flights were made
by the Mayor, City Administrator, City video camera crew and HBFD personnel.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 9
• Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Explorers 6
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 4
Blazers 2
Search & Rescue Truck 1
Motor Cycle 3
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Compiled information for morning briefing.
Beach Maintenance (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinaer, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
. Supervised installation of 500 beach closure signs (Neishi, Turner, Dugan, Curtis).
Transported materials and supplies (Turner, Dugan, Curtis).
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) - ICP (Heller):
IC/Fire (Heller) attended briefing to discuss the use of heavy equipment on the beach
cleanup. At 9:00 AM went to EOC for a briefing and back to the ICP for a briefing.
At 11:00 AM, IC/Fire requested OC Communications Control 2 Van establish liaison with
OC EOC.
At 12:30 PM, IC/Fire attended a meeting at Seal Beach Police Department with Seal Beach
City Officials and other agencies including the U.S. Navy.
At 2:00 PM, IC/Fire returned to IC and maintained the program established for HazMat
Company throughout the day.
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison, Kaump):
EOC remained activated. Same activities as Day 5. Evening FLIR shooting. Copied tape
for AM briefing. Contacted Orange County Health Department regarding citizen complaint of
nausea and headache due to oil odor. Dr. Thomas Pendergast called to inform us that unpleasant
odors can lead to headache, burning eyes and nausea. These symptoms are not necessarily
indicative of a toxic chemical exposure since they can occur from any unpleasant odor and may be
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aggravated by fear. There is no cause for alarm. Anyone experiencing these symptoms accompa- •
nied by fever should consult their physician.
Huntington Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt:
RACES called out again for bridge watch during high tide. Oil sitting off mouth of Anaheim
Bay, and change in weather is forecasted. Provided a bridge (or boom) watch throughout the
night. A base station maintained contact with the watch via radio and Fire Department via
telephone. The outer most visible boom began to "sink" with the outgoing tide. Otherwise, there
were no unusual incidents.
HazMat/Fire (Shaw):
Coordinated landing zones/safety and dignitary transport from "temporary" landing zone at
Pacific Coast Highway and Huntington Street.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Sandoval, Kiser):
PW (Sandoval/Kiser) attended briefing in EOC from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM and toured the
beach with the City Administrator (Cook) from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon. Electricians hooked up
generator and power to news media trailers and installed lights for a temporary helipad. Sign Shop
fabricated 500 beach closure signs and delivered to. beach.
Community Services (CS) Care & Shelter - EOC (Engle & Fowler):
Engle at ICP for briefing and interaction with Beach Division (lifeguards, maintenance and
parking) and volunteers. Worked from City Hall office interacting with Beach Headquarters,
Purchasing and other departments as necessary.
CS represented in EOC from 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM. Purchasing had established certain
businesses for breakfast, lunch and dinner. CS had responsibility of getting correct numbers of
City employees at both ICP and EOC.
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Finance Officer issued to all departments a more detailed request for establishing oil
spill costs. Forms were also issued to track hours, equipment and supplies used on the oil spill.
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril):
Notice was given that American Red Cross would not be providing food from tomorrow on.
Coordinated with Health & Welfare/Housing & Feeding representative to come up with a plan for
ordering food. Gave my speaker phone to beach ICP.
Placed orders for cellular phones, private lines, FAX machine, sign blanks and-sign post channel,
and set up open accounts for food.
City Attorney (Hutton):
Phone calls from home to HBFD (Poe); USCG Lt. Stagliano; BP, Keith Mouton, Air
Coordinator, Subcontractor, California Aviation; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Tom Rivas.
Public Information Officers (PIO) - ICP:
PIO Staff was still handling news media calls, but the focus of the press activity shifted to
the ICP.
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leiozia (Bird Rescue):
Leipzig began attending daily morning briefing sessions to keep agency representatives
aware of Bird Rescue activities. Training of volunteers and refinement of the system continued.
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• Other key volunteers took over training sessions after this day. Leipzig and Dettloff met with
Supervisor Wieder and local bird rehabilitators to discuss bird handling procedures.
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DAY 7 - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13
WEATHER:
WINDS: 03E
SEAS: 2-4
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0506/1056 PM: 1704/2335
LOW: 1.2 LOW: 0.8
HIGH: 4.3 HIGH: 4.7
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 15 RACES
LOCATION: EOC, bridge watch
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 437, NIGHT: 90
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: broken boom repaired
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
During the morning, workers in the Bolsa Chica Bluffs area complained of headaches,
dizziness, and nausea from the fumes encountered in the cleanup of heavy oil deposits. OSHA
personnel worked with representatives from BP and had air quality monitoring equipment placed at
this location. A detailed situation briefing was given to Long Beach USCG Command personnel by
the Huntington Beach emergency management staff. Local incident command offices were set up
at beach ICP for both the USCG and BP.
High winds developed in the afternoon to the point where workers had to be removed from
the beaches. Skimming operations also had to be halted due to the ensuing rough sea conditions.
The amount of lifeless oiled birds recovered rose dramatically. These changing conditions caused
continuing news media impact for City personnel.
Director of Emernencv Services - EOC/ICP (Picard):
The weather had turned bad with heavy seas, rain and strong winds. The skimmers were .
removed and the work force was ineffective. The rain inland was flowing down the flood control
channels and the flowing water blew out the sand dike. This did not present a problem for the
wetlands as the outward water force was keeping the oil out to sea. Fresh wind blown sand
created a problem of sand covering the layer of oil standing on the beach. The strategy was to let
the storm blow by and protect the oil under this new sand by letting it stand until crews could hand
clean the beach.
There was considerable discussion of how to best clean the oil off the beach. BP recommended
an active skip loader beach sand skimming operation. The local demand was to hand clean the
beach with shovels. The technique was to lightly scoop the oil and contaminated sand into bags,
collect them with the skip loader and dump the material into trucks.
Not much actual work could be performed today. In general, it was a holding operation
except for BP continuing to bring in supplies and prepare an action plan for after the storm.
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• Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) conducted overflight at first light. Light sheen noticed within
the Anaheim jetty and extending as far south as the Newport Harbor entrance. Sheen was
observed at least five miles offshore. All booming appeared to be well intact. Report given at 9:30
AM briefing. The 3:00 PM overflight showed signs of oil sheen separating now, with large
amounts of mousse seen upon the ocean surface. Report given at 3:30 PM briefing. Night
• overflight conducted with the use of video equipment.
Advised that major oil impact is still expected upon our beach.
Incident Commander (IC) -ICP (Richardson):
Prepared morning "Briefing Paper". for 9:30 AM meeting. Daily update meetings continued
until Day 22 (2/28/90). Assisted in establishing a formal, temporary helicopter landing pad at the.
• beach.
Initiated complete bike path closure within City jurisdiction.
Requested specific signs from the Sign Shop relative to the bike path closure.
Assisted in establishing USCG and Fish & Game Operation Centers in ICP.
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) : ICP (Heiler):
At 7:00 AM, the IC/Fire (Heller) arrived and made contact with City of Newport Beach
liaison (Craig Chastain).
At 9:30 AM, IC/Fire conducted ICP briefing for IC (Picard). IC (Picard) and Mayor Tom
Mays attended a meeting at the USCG headquarters in Long Beach. HBFD operations continued as
previously outlined.
At 11:00 AM, the IC/Fire conducted briefing for Huntington Beach for on duty battalion
commander, HazMat Team and other staff. At 12:45 PM, IC/Fire requested OC EOC liaison
through the Huntington Beach EOC.
At 2:00 PM, OC Emergency Management Agency (Clark Riding) arrived and established
himself as OC liaison.
At 3:15 PM, PW (Kiser) confirmed contingency plans to reinstall plates on Bolsa Chica
Floodgates and the closing of the Harbor Channel under the Warner Street Bridge. Closing of the
Harbor Channel was determined impractical as 2600 yards of fill dirt is required.
IC/Fire (Heller) briefed replacement.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
At approximately 1:30 AM, helicopter HB-1 reported a broken boom at the entrance to
• Anaheim Bay with heavy oil near the entrance and the beaches. An aerial overview with FUR
confirmed these facts, and a crew was dispatched to repair the boom. Maps showing the heavy
concentration of oil were prepared for the morning briefing.
Workers at Bolsa Chica State Beach complained of effects of the fumes from heavy oil
deposits. BP contractor requested HBFD HazMat and OC HazMat for air monitoring for the
workers. IC (Groat) canceled HazMat responses, and had OSHA representatives work with BP to
obtain the proper equipment to perform continuous air monitoring for workers in the area of the
Bolsa Chica Bluffs. BP representatives provided the equipment and cleanup activities resumed.
IC (Groat) was relieved at 8.30 AM, and assisted at ICP until 9:30 AM.
Police - ICP (Coeroer):
Two officers and a Patrol Sgt. were assigned to this detail
for security of the ICP and establishing a patrol to keep the public off the beaches.
A helicopter landing zone was set up in the City parking lot at Huntington Street and
Pacific Coast Highway for HB and USCG helicopters.
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The PD helicopter was used five times to view the oil spill by HBFD, Mayor Mays, City
Administrator and Councilmen.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Police Vehicles Assigned: Patrol Cars 1
Blazers 2
IC/Fire (Night Shift) and Operations Commander - ICP (Poe):
Attended briefing at ICP as IC. Monitored high wind conditions and boom placements
through the night, through utilization of USCG and RACES. At one point, used HB BC to verify oil
crossing booms to Anaheim Channel. BC reported booms holding nicely.
Also received call from City Attorney (Hutton) to restrict further air flight around City
beach. Contacted USCG to restrict operations through FAA.
Later in evening, the USCG (McClain) advised that ALL personnel were being pulled off the
beach due to flying sand from the wind.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
Set up ICP beach offices for the USCG and Fish & Game. Ordered clean phones, FAX
machines and complete office setup. Coordinated the establishment of the heliport at Pacific Coast
Highway and Huntington Street. Prepared briefing papers and agendas.
Operations Commander/Fire - EOC (Vincent):
EOC operations same as Day 6. Reduced staffing level 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Standby
mode after 5:00 PM.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Kiser)
Electricians hooked up additional trailers at ICP and installed windsock and clearance lights
for the temporary helipad. Sign Shop fabricated an additional 200 signs and painted outlines and
symbols for temporary helipad. Street crews delivered barricades to the beach and picked up the
HazMat truck.
Operations Commander - EOC (Huntley):
DFM (Huntley) assumed temporary position as Fire Chief in EOC, monitoring oil situation
and handling resource requests, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM.
Operations Commander - EOC (Parker):
Assigned to Ops Comm position in EOC. Monitored situation and assigned duties/resou-
rces as ICP requested. One representative from each City department remained in the EOC to
coordinate City resources.
Community Services (CS) Care & Shelter - EOC (Fowler):
Day 7 - 10: activities similar to previous day (Engle) except that the need for involvement •
was reduced enough that the oil spill (briefings, procurement, staff coordination) could be delat
with on an as-needed basis and returned to normal workload.
Briefing sessions from approximately 8:00 - 9:00 AM. Very little went on from the
standpoint of Care & Shelter responsibilities (Fowler).
Beach Maintenance (Neishi Turner. DeLautour. Esslinger, Smith Dugan Curtis Way):
Supervised completion of sign installation (Neishi). Completed sign installation (Turner,
Smith, Dugan, Curtis). Returned to run disc and sanitizer for evaluation by BP, USCG and Fish &
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• Game (Neishi, Turner). Re-installed vandalized signs (Curtis).
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril):
Coordinated for coffee and water to be provided at the ICP. Provided supplies (gloves 200 pr.)
from the City Yard warehouse to be delivered to the ICP. Placed orders for post hole digger,
electrical cord, gloves, food, VCR tapes and name badges.
•
City Attorney (Hutton):
Telephone call to Al Kaufer, of the law firm of Nossaman, Gunther, Knox & Elliott,
regarding Ken Adams, Washington, D.C., attorney involved in Exxon Valdez litigation. Phone calls
from home to various people and the FAA to secure FAA 9191 flight altitude restricted zone for
cleanup.
•
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott. Morrison, Kaumo):
The EOC remained activated with one representative from each City department coordinat-
ing their department's responsibilities. The EOC was more of a backup facility to the ICP at this
point, providing resources and City personnel as needed. Maintained contact with OC EOC and
OES providing updates (Morrison). No evening FUR (Kaump).
•
Huntington Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt:
Midnight - midnight (continued 2/14/90) : RACES continued the bridge watch during high
tide. A base station maintained contact with the watch via radio and Fire Department via
telephone. Secured detail at 7:30 AM.
At 12:20 P,M, RACES was notified to provide a bridge watch to begin at dusk and run until
dawn. Weather is changing and offshore winds have turned around. A cold storm is expected to
hit tonight.
. Bill Denisi of Fountain Valley PD (WB6NLU) called and offered the use of his repeater and
phone patch if required.
The watch began at 5:00 PM. At 8:00 PM, W7EII and KF6ZB felt there may be a "light
sheen" of oil just inland of the first boom. Huntington Beach HazMat was dispatched to the bridge
for investigation. It was determined that the wind was causing chop on the water and the "sheen"
was only calm water on the leeward side of the boom. The wind picked up and the temperature
dropped considerably during the night. The RACES watch personnel were able to get vehicles up
to the edge of the bridge and water on the seaward side. This allowed a view of the first boom
from inside a vehicle, out of the wind and cold. RACES personnel provided warmth and shelter to
the two BP workers who were on watch at that location. The watch continued until 4:00 AM
2/14/90.
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leig)zig (Bird Rescue):
Continued beach sweeps.
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DAY 8 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14
WEATHER:
WINDS: 15E
SEAS: 1-3
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F-P
TIDES: AM: 0555/1135 PM: 1723
LOW: 1.3 LOW: 1.3
HIGH: 3.6 HIGH:
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 RACES
LOCATION: bridge watch, EOC
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 820
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY:
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE:
WARNER BRIDGE:
SANTA ANA BRIDGE
TALBERT CHANNEL:
The adverse weather conditions severely impeded cleanup efforts. Workers were unable to
remain on the beaches. Clean sand was blown over the oil deposits on shore, creating a layering
effect described as looking like "zebra stripes." Skimming activities had to be halted due to the
rough ocean surface. Hazards created by the numerous aircraft in the spill area prompted the FAA
to restrict this air space. The City's IC was given authority over all aircraft in the control area.
Director of Emergency Services - EOC/ICP (Picard):
The storm had generally abated. There was still a strong onshore wind with oil coming ashore
but not coming in as high since the tides were receding. HB City Beach looked relatively good
above the berm line but where the tide had come above the berm line in the Huntington State
Beach area there was a considerable amount of oil on the beach.
The Newport Beach area also showed heavy impact. Debris that came down the Santa Ana
River was flowing laterally north and coming ashore from the river north to Newland Street.
Most workers were deployed in Newport Beach and most of HB was a holding action. Worker
safety had become an issue on Day 3 in Newport Beach, the primary issue being training. BP set
up school room tents on the beach near their logistics center and was doing a mixture of training
and actual work. A major issue was the amount of training required. The rules called for forty
hours but everyone knew this was excessive based upon the specific oil product and the method of
clean up. The workers all wore rubber boots, plastic clothing, vinyl gloves and goggles. Compro-
mises were made with limited training followed by on the job training.
The bird recovery effort continued and the number of oil soaked birds, unable to fly or dead
continued to increase. The local bird recovery and cleaning center at the HB Lifeguard Station
quickly proved over taxed and was moved to State Beach Lifeguard Headquarters.
This bird recovery operation proved to be very effective in the HB area. Volunteers were
organized and trained by State Fish and Game. Their equipment was provided by the City of HB.
They operated from an assembly point at Lake Street on PCH and fanned out to their respective
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• assigned locations.
The original technique was to patrol the beach for birds but it soon became evident that this
activity should be intermittent to allow the birds could come ashore and collect on the beach.
The bird recovery effort became widespread and covered an area from Long Beach to Newport
Beach. Fish and Game and local citizens generally handled the HB sector.
• Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbended conducted overflight at first light. Due to high winds, oil was
difficult to see.on the ocean surface. Report given at 9:30 AM briefing. No additional flights
conducted today due to high winds.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
• Supported Plans and prepared briefing papers.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Established "Bird Volunteers" at HB Junior Lifeguard Headquarters with phone number for
Bird Rescue from inland areas.
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) - ICP (Heller):
HBFD Operations continued throughout the day as previously outlined.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
BC (Groat), on duty as shift commander, reported to ICP at 9:00 AM, attended morning
briefing and returned to quarters at 11:00 AM. At 2:00 PM, returned to ICP for afternoon meeting
and briefing. Assumed IC duty from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
Police - ICP (Coerper):
Two officers were assigned to security of ICP and the beaches. Officers assisted in
keeping the public off the beaches and with jeep tours for VIPs. They assisted in helicopter
landing and take-offs.
HBPD helicopter was used twice to survey the oil spill by the Mayor and HBFD personnel.
Jeep tours were set up for the Mayor, Senator Seymour, Fire Chief Picard, Department of
Transportation Secretary (Mr. Scannell) and U.S. Senator (Robert Graham) from Florida.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 1
Blazers 2
Operations Commander/Fire - EOC (Vincent)
EOC operations same as Day 6. Reduced staffing level 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Standby
mode after 5:00 PM.
IC/Fire (Night Shift( and Operations Commander - ICP (Poe):
On duty at 9:00 PM. Followed through on establishing interview of Mayor Mays by Fox
News at Pacific Coast Highway and Golden West Street on the beach.
Fire Engineer (Rees) on duty to monitor air traffic as flight Ops Comm to restrict air traffic
from beach areas. This was the first day of air operations.
Was contacted by USCG (Garris) regarding news persons entering secure areas. Discussed
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with him right of entry of press allowed by the law.
Was relieved at 9:00 AM the next morning.
Public Works (PW) - EOC (Kiser):
Electricians made several maintenance checks and repairs at the ICP and various trailers.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Rehung vandalized signs (Neishi).
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Finance Officer (Villella) called the Director of Finance for the City of Newport Beach
to discuss what was being done with regard to billing costs of the oil spill. It was found that they
had not yet actually prepared any billings. However, when bills were complete, they were going to
send them to Crawford & Company at 4952 Warner Avenue, Huntington Beach, 92647.
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril/Corbett):
It was requested to see if any car dealership wanted to donate the usage of a four-wheel
drive vehicle. However, we were able to obtain same vehicle from the County.
Briefed my replacement (Corbett) with information of the oil spill and directive of what was
needed to be done.
Placed orders for food, goggles, repair of FAX machine, rental of copy machine, television
video coverage of the spill tapes and repair of light bar for a vehicle.
Operations Commander - EOC (Huntley):
Assigned to EOC as Ops Comm 8:00 AM - 12:00 noon. Assigned procurement of jeeps
for reconnaissance to purchasing. Coordinated vehicle and radio resources with County representa-
tives. Monitored situation and made assignments as needed.
Operations Commander - EOC (Parker):
Assembled all City department representatives in EOC. Attended ICP briefing update.
Gave oil spill update to all City department representatives in EOC requesting that one representa-
tive from each department remain in the EOC to coordinate department resource requests.
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison, Kaum2):
EOC remained activated with one representative from each City department; supported
the ICP. IC and Mayor requested from ES Coord (Morrison) copies of the California Emergency
Services Act in an attempt to have Governor Deukmejian declare a State of Emergency (Morrison).
Arranged for evening FUR video. Picked up tape in Seal Beach from cameraman. Copied
tape for AM briefing (Kaump).
Huntington Beach RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) - Dutch Ludt:
Midnight to 5:30 PM: RACES continued the bridge watch during high tide. A base station
maintained contact with the watch via radio and Fire Department via telephone. Secured detail at
4:00 AM. Very cold, very windy night.
Reported at a 10:00 AM briefing in the EOC: The storm had blown most of the oil up on
the beach. There was very little left on the water. The oil skimming boats had discontinued work.
If there was to be a bridge watch the next few nights, requested we use OC RACES and other city
RACES. HB RACES was in need of some relief.
At 5:30 PM, advised no watch was required. RACES secured and was not activated again
for this emergency.
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Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue):
Due to cold weather, volunteer activities were relocated back to HB Junior Lifeguard
Headquarters. Leipzig worked with British Petroleum and State Parks over the next few days to
establish a "Phone Rescue" system whereby the public can notify bird rescue volunteers when an
oiled bird is spotted.
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DAY 9 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15
WEATHER:
WINDS: 04E
SEAS: 1-3
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0653/0003 PM: 1736/1228
LOW: 1.5 LOW: 1.8
HIGH: 4.6 HIGH: 2.9
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: Corona Del Mar, Laguna Beach, Edison Plant to Newport Beach Pier
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 RACES
LOCATION: EOC, bridge watch
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 585
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: boomed
SURFSIDE%101 BRIDGE:
WARNER BRIDGE:
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: maintaining river barrier, concerned about rain run-off
TALBERT CHANNEL:
Moderately strong winds continued to hamper the cleanup efforts, and also broadened the
geographic areas affected by the spill. Light amounts of oil were encountered on the beaches and
in the rocks at Corona Del Mar and Laguna Beach. Ocean conditions still prevented skimming
operations. Work crews were able to continue cleanup operations on the beaches, but allocations
of workers between cities caused some disagreement and subsequent discussion with BP
representatives.
Air corridor control was maintained throughout the entire day, with markedly less aircraft
in the area of the incident and few violations of the controlled air space.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) conducted overflight at first light. Majority of oil appears to be
in the area of the SCE steam plant south to the Newport Pier. Report given at 9:30 AM briefing.
The 1:30 PM overflight showed sheens to extend as far south as Laguna Beach.
Advised Newport and Laguna Beach of oil sheening in their area.
Logistics - ICP (McKay):
Supported Plans and prepared briefing papers.
Police - ICP (Coeraer):
Two officers were assigned to security of ICP and beaches. They assisted with jeep tours
and helicopter landing and take-offs. The PD helicopter was used three times by HBFD and USCG
personnel to survey the oil spill.
There were many civilian helicopters in the air causing an air traffic control problem. A
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• restricted air space was established over the oil spill area.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 1
• Blazers 1
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) - ICP (Heller):
HBFD Operations continued throughout the day as previously outlined.
IC/Fire (Night Shift) and Operations Commander - ICP (Poe):
• Arrived at ICP at 4:30 PM and attended an incident briefing. Air flight operations still
restricted. Concern over Santa Ana River barrier and rain runoff. Beach cleanup to begin in
segments with eventual opening to be in segments. Was informed that Congressman Rohrabacher
was to arrive at Beach helipad 2/16/90 at 2:30 PM.
Operations Commander/Fire - EOC (Vincent)
EOC operations same as Day 6. Reduced staffing level 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Reduced
permanently to normal staffing at 4:00 PM.
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
Day 9 - 20: The Finance Officer continually contacted departments to remind them of the
need to send cost information to Finance to enable them to compile a City-wide cost summary.
Purchasing - EOC (Corbett):
Called user and vendors to verify cost and deliveries. Made copies of all field notes and
communication logs. Started working on total cost from purchase orders, express purchase orders,
City Yard warehouse and storeroom.
Placed orders for food, hats, television monitor and VCR tapes.
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandrol
Took helicopter flight to review cleanup area (Hutton).
Telephone conference with Attorney Alex Moghaddam regarding Golden West Refining's
position concerning oil spill. Attended the EOC briefing regarding the oil spill. Telephone confer-
ence with Lt. Cole of California Fish & Game.
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott, Morrison, Kaumpl:
Normal EOC operations. Ott, Morrison, Kaump and Purdue continued to support the ICP.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Assisted in establishing "Airwatch" for FAA flight restriction from Seal Beach to Dana
Point. Office established in ICP.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Day 9 - 12 & 15 - 16: Supervised beach crew activities (Way).
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue):
The morning beach sweep was moved from 10:00 AM to 6:30 AM to take advantage of first light.
"Phone Rescue" service is started using the HB Junior Lifeguard Headquarters phone number.
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DAY 10 - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16
WEATHER:
WINDS: 10E
SEAS: 1-2
SWELL: S
CONDITIONS: P
TIDES: AM 0827/0040 PM: 1730/1421
LOW: 1.5 LOW: 2.3
HIGH: 4.5 HIGH: 2.4
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: Coronal Del Mar, Laguna Beach, Tower #20 to Abalone Point
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 13 RACES
LOCATION: EOC, bridge watch
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 320
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: boomed
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
With.an adequate number of workers trained, outfitted with proper protective clothing, and
mobilized into teams, Federal OSHA forces at the scene were cut back substantially. Heavy rains
and winds from the afternoon onward impeded the cleanup activities.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) conducted overflight at first light. Light. crude oil and mousse
observed from Tower #20 (City Beach) to Abalone Point. Report given at the 9:30 AM briefing.
Second overflight conducted at 1:30 PM. Winds out of the south blowing sheen back towards
Newport and Huntington beaches. Report given at 3:30 PM briefing.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Entered into discussion of beach cleaning priorities.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, Del-autour, Esslinaer, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Ran sanitizer per BP request (Dugan). Supervised sanitizing of beach per BP request;
rehung vandalized signs (Neishi).
IC/Fire (Night Shift) and Operations Commander - ICP (Poe):
Arrived at ICP 4:00 PM to attend briefing. Fire Engineer (Sampson) working as flight
operations coordinator. Assumed duties of night IC and worked through Saturday, 2/17/90.
Flight operations control still in effect to monitor flight operations through weekend.
Concern over bike traffic encountering hazards crossing Santa Ana River. IT Corp. contacted to
resolve problem. USCG reported possible gang related activity among beach workers on Martec
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• Crew. Reported that workers from "Crips" and "Bloods" are flying colors. USCG (Lt. Ishiki) who
reported incident said that Martec is handling the problem.
PIO reported that New York Congressman will land tomorrow.
HBFD Fire Investigator (Merrill) reported to ICP to conduct sampling survey for beaches.
Weather update: Los Angeles weather forecast predicts rain 1/2-1" for tomorrow.
• Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
BC (Groat) attended the morning briefing while on duty as shift commander (9:00-11:30
AM). No other activity related to the oil spill.
Incident Commander/Fire (IC/Fire) - ICP (Heller):
HBFD Operations continued throughout the day as previously outlined.
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Police - ICP (Coernerl:
Two officers were assigned to security of the ICP and the beaches plus security for the
helicopters landings and take-offs. There were four helicopter flights to observe the.oil spill by the
HBFD, State-Parks Director and his assistant, and Marine Safety personnel.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 1
Blazers 1
IC/Fire: Stand-by Crews - ICP (Wiggins):
Helicopter crews, HE-48, HB HazMat (HHM-6) and the Huntington Light and Air (HLA)
vehicle reported.
Briefed by Ops Comm (Heller) regarding the day's activities. Assumed IC responsibilities
and the crew was on stand-by for incident related medical aids, hazardous materials emergencies
and helipad crash crew.
Involved in crash protection for three helicopter take-offs and landings. The crew was
relieved at 6:00 PM.
Purchasing - EOC (Corbett):
Day 10 - 14: Placed food orders in advance since EOC was decreasing its staffing level.
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott. Morrison, Kaump):
Requested HB PIO video tape beach scenes. Held morning briefing session with represen-
tatives from agencies (Morrison). Video taped storm impact to Santa Ana River and debris, bird
operation at Huntington State Beach Lifeguard Headquarters at Magnolia Street and Picard and
Mays at bird center - Terminal Island (Kaump).
Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leipzig (Bird Rescue):
Bird Rescue operations continued for the next week and a half with regular volunteer
training sessions and beach sweeps. Leipzig coordinated supply and communication between the
City and volunteer leaders. Leipzig also regularly attended morning briefing sessions.at ICP.
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DAY 11 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17
WEATHER:
WINDS: . 28E
SEAS: 1-2
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: VP
TIDES: AM: 1028/0133 PM:
LOW: 1.3 LOW:
HIGH: 4.4 HIGH:
OIL LOCATION:
AT SEA: near entrance of Santa Ana River, off 14th Street, Newport Beach
BEACH WASH UP: debris washed up from HB Pier to Santa Ana River and from Talbert
Channel to Santa Ana River
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 Explorers
LOCATION: beach operations
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 320
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: oil crossing booms
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: boomed
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: booms torn from storm, repair difficult
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
The continuing rain and high winds created problems in addition to the oil on the beaches.
The protective levees placed across the entrances to the Santa Ana River and the Huntington
Beach Wetlands were washed out by storm runoff, and booms in all areas were torn loose and
broken in varying levels. Large quantities of runoff water made repairs and replacement difficult in
some locations.
A significant oil slick was sighted near the entrance to the Santa Ana River and it was
monitored closely for movement toward shore. A previously uncharted oil slick was spotted off
14th Street in Newport Beach; samples were gathered by BP and sent to a lab for comparison to
the crude oil spilled from the American Trader.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Due to high winds and heavy rains, all overflights were canceled. Patrol of City and State
beaches was conducted by ground patrol. Report of condition given at 9:30 AM briefing. At
12:00 noon, a beach survey was conducted; large amounts of debris was noticed along shoreline
extending from Santa Ana River west to the Huntington Beach Pier. Report given at 3:30 PM
briefing. Debris and oil being mixed together along shoreline.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Minimal activity due to heavy rain.
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• Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinaer. Smith, Dugan. Curtis. Way):
Conference with BP and contractor personnel (Turner).
IC/Fire (Night Shift) and Operations Commander - ICP (Poe):
Fire Engineer (Holman) assigned as flight operations coordinator.
The predicted rain is now falling and causing debris and flow from Talbert Channel and the
• Santa Ana River mouths.
Aerial survey was canceled by HBPD this morning due to weather conditions.
Attended briefing at ICP and noted reports that sheening has gone nearer to the shore and
now becoming "mousse." Also the oil and sand on beaches creating "zebra" effect.
Received reports of oil crossing booms to Anaheim Bay. Had BC (Cooper) check booms.
Reported no apparent problems on inland side of booms.
• Later in evening, viewed videos produced by the City of oil and debris flowing out of the
Santa Ana River. Also viewed videos of bird rehabilitation process in Terminal Island.
Next morning was relieved from ICP by BC (Cooper).
Police - ICP (Coeroer):
Two officers, two reserve officers, four Explorers and one Patrol Sgt. were assigned to ICP
• for the security of beaches, Command Post and the landing zone.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Reserves 2
Explorers 4
Police Vehicles Assigned: Patrol Cars 2
• Blazers 2
Search & Rescue Truckl
Emergency Services Office - EOC (Ott. Morrison. Kaumu):
Requested PIO video tape beach operations, cleanup, oily soil, California Conservation
Corps (CCC), cleanup crews and State Beach area with private contractor equipment. Continued
• backing up ICP with needed resources. Only Ott, Morrison, Kaump and Purdue in EOC; organizing
paperwork. Maintained updated phone contact lists, attended briefings and meetings (Morrison).
Public Information Officers (PIO) - ICP:
All working PIO staff has shifted to the ICP. The EOC staff is still handling scattered news
media calls. The ICP is constantly communicating with the EOC to keep them updated.
• The City Hall Public Information clerical staff was also handling a heavy influx of news
media phone calls and walk-in inquiries during the entire incident.
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DAY 12 - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18
WEATHER:
WINDS: 15W
SEAS: 1-2
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: Cloudy, hazy, visibility 7 miles, 48'
TIDES: AM: 1146/0300 PM:
LOW: .08 LOW:
HIGH: 4.4 HIGH:
OIL LOCATION: some sheening in Huntington Harbour
AT SEA: storm run-off dumped debris into harbors & flood control channels
BEACH WASH UP: 2 mi. "scum line" on Laguna Beach. 1/2 mile long wash-up at Beach
Blvd., Huntington Beach
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 RACES
LOCATION: EOC, bridge watch
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 Explorers
LOCATION: ICP
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 340
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: disrupted
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: disrupted
WARNER BRIDGE: disrupted
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: diking at mouth of river destroyed
TALBERT CHANNEL: disrupted
Storm runoff dumped debris into the harbors and flood control channels, which resulted in
large amounts of oil soaked debris being deposited on the beaches. Work crews concentrated on
the gathering and removal of this debris. Sea conditions calmed, allowing skimming activities to be
resumed.
A two mile long "scum line" was sighted off Laguna Beach. Vessels were dispatched to
investigate its content and experts were questioned as to possible causes.
With temporary repairs completed to the American Trader, the vessel departed Long
Beach, heading to San Francisco for shipyard restoration.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) conducted overflight at first light. Ocean and bays appeared
dirty from rain water runoff. Some sheening noticed in Huntington Harbour channels. Large
amounts of debris found washed ashore. Booming found to be disrupted in all areas. Diking at the
mouth of the Santa Ana River destroyed. Method being used by BP in debris removal seems to be
improper method.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Assisted with Incident Command System (ICS) organizational chart of this incident.
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• Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Set up barricade tape and barriers along bike path (Dugan).
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
BC (Groat), on duty as shift commander, reported to ICP at 9:30 AM. After morning
briefing, BC (Groat) worked until 3:30 PM on development of command chart.
•
Ooerations Commander/IC (Night-Shift) - ICP W000er►:
Debriefing and overview of objectives proceeded. 9:30 AM ICP briefing and 10:30 AM
HBFD. Arson Investigator recalled to take evidential samples for incident documentation.
Air traffic control in effect throughout day and night time hours.
Attended 3:30 PM briefing and at approximately 6:00 PM assumed IC (from Picard) and
• functioned as IC, night shift, as well as Ops Comm through the night.
At 9:20 PM, heavy "tar-like" oil was reported on the beach at Beach Boulevard. Deposit
was approximately 1/2 mile long. BP immediately dispatched hand crews.
Police - ICP (Coeroer):
Two officers, two reserve officers, four.Explorers and a Patrol Sgt. were assigned to the
• ICP for security of the beaches and ICP. Heavy rains caused damage to area near the channels
washing debris and oil onto the beaches.
HBPD helicopter was used twice for observation of the oil spill. Persons using the
helicopter were Mayor Mays, HBFD and USCG personnel.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1:
• Helicopter Crew 2
Explorers 4
Reserve 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 4
Blazers 2
• Search & Rescue Truck 1
IC/Fire: Stand-by Crews - ICP (Wiggins):
Responsible for crash crew duties for helicopter landings and take-offs. Supported the IC
by performing any FD related operations. Instructed by IC at 5:20 PM to collect oil samples from
• different geographic areas of the beach. Samples taken to be used for court evidence if needed.
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DAY 13 - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19
WEATHER: •
WINDS: 8W
SEAS: 1-2
SWELL: S
CONDITIONS: Cloudy, visibility 8 miles, 54'
TIDES: AM: 0031/0424 PM: 110811948
•
LOW: 0.3 LOW: 2.9
HIGH: 4.6 HIGH: 3.2
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: Laguna Beach, residue at rock jetties
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 6 RACES
LOCATION: EOC, bridge watch
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 160 NIGHT: 40
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open; booms removed from entrance only
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: boomed
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed; mousse & sheening in river mouth
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
AIRSPACE: opened
An evaluation of the overall spill situation showed the problem to be mitigated to a degree
where the harbors could be safely re-opened. Newport Beach was opened from 15th Street to the
Newport Beach Harbor jetty. A survey of the beaches was initiated covering the area from
Newport Harbor to Anaheim Bay.
Air traffic had diminished considerably and at 11:00 AM the restrictions in the area of the
spill were lifted.
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) dispatched personnel
and vessels to accurately survey the depth and bottom contours in the area of the offshore tanker
berth.
•
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Plans Officer (Bodenbender) made overflight at first light. Mousse and sheening seen in
and around Santa Ana River mouth and the west jetty of the Newport Harbor. Report given at
9:30 AM briefing. This flight was conducted with USCG personnel on board City aircraft. Oil
sheening appeared to be coming from residue found in and around the rock jetties.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
"Airwatch" discontinued. Harbor opening; Newport opened from 15th Street south to
Newport jetties.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour. Esslin4er, Smith Duaan Curtis Wav):
Supervised beach debris cleanup (Turner). Day 13 - 16, 18, 21 & 31 - 33: Member of
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• audit team/audit team inspections (Way).
Operations Commander/IC (Night-Shift) - ICP (Cooper):
At 7:30 AM, HE-48 reported for landing zone detail. IC (Night Shift).(Cooper) briefed the
incoming IC (Picard) on the night's activities and the new IC resumed responsibilities. Ops Comm
remained on duty but without IC (Night Shift) duties. At 9:30 AM briefing reflected conditions
• progressing nicely except for rocky areas. Since the harbors were being re-opened, it was decided
that the sorbent booms protecting the federal wetlands inside Huntington Harbour should be
removed. This project was assigned to on-duty fire company to be done in the morning of
2/20/90.
Since offshore activity was minimal by this time, it was felt that the air space need no
longer be restricted. Air traffic control released at 10:45 AM.
• Details of a "beach-walk" were discussed at the 3:30 PM briefing. Representatives of
interested agencies will walk the beach starting at 15th Street in Newport Beach and proceed
north.
At approximately 6:00 PM, the IC (Picard) turned over command to IC (Night Shift)
(Cooper) who remained through the night.
• Police - ICP Woeroerl:
Two officers and a Patrol Sgt. were assigned to the ICP for security of the beaches,
Command Post and landing zone. We were assigned to assist with the jeep tours.
The PD helicopter was used four times for observation of the oil spill. Personnel using the
helicopter were HBFD, USCG,.Marine Safety and City video crew.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 1
Blazers 2
HazMat/Fire (Shaw):
Same as Day 5.
Public Information Officers (PIO) - ICP:
Day 13 - 18: PIO staff reduced to one full-time person who attended daily 9:30 AM
briefings. News updates given as media releases and personal news updates. Developed video
and slide show for visual documentation.
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DAY 14 - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20
WEATHER:
WINDS: 15E
SEAS: 1-2
SWELL: W
CONDITIONS: P
TIDES: AM: /0527 PM: -1304/1953
LOW: : LOW: -0.1
HIGH: 5.0 HIGH: 3.5
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 0 RACES (today & remainder of incident)
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 200 NIGHT: 20
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: booms removed, open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: booms removed, open
WARNER BRIDGE: booms removed, open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: booms remain N & S while jetty cleaned
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
The survey from Newport Harbor to Anaheim Bay was completed and the final row of
booms protecting the Federal Wildlife Refuge was removed. Rock cleaning operations were
canceled due to equipment, safety, and water supply problems.
City officials held a briefing and update session with the USCG to review plans for the final
cleanup operations.
Incident Commander (ICI - ICP (Richardson):
Sent City vessel to work with Fire personnel in removing absorbent booms in Huntington
Harbour. Aerial photography from Laguna to Seal Beach from HB1 helicopter for PIO.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinaer, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Hauled absorbent boom from Sunset Aquatic Park to BP command post at Magnolia
(Neishi, Turner, Dugan). Day 14 - 17: Supervised sanitizing of beach per BP request (Neishi). Day
14 - 22: Ran sanitizer per BP request (Dugan).
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
BC (Groat), on duty as shift commander, attended briefing at 9:30 AM and worked on
documentation from 10:30 AM to 12:00 noon and 3:30 to 7:00 PM. IC (Picard) requested BC
(Groat) attend the City Council meeting to monitor public comments. All relative comments were
recorded and forwarded to the Chief.
Operations Commander/IC (Night-Shift) - ICP (Cooper):
Briefed incoming IC (Picard). Ops Comm remained on duty but without IC (Night Shift)
duties.
Attended 9:30 AM briefing. IC and USCG (Admirals Kime & Yost along with Captain Card)
toured the beach after an 11:45 AM briefing and presentation of conditions.
On-duty BC requested to assign HME-51 to remove sorbent booms from federal wetlands.
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At 1:00 PM, new Ops Comm, HE-48 Captain (Wiggins), came on duty. At 6:00 PM, IC
(Night Shift) returned to duty and remained through the night.
Police - ICP (Coeraer):
Day 14 - 17: Two officers and a Patrol Sgt. were assigned to the ICP for security of the
beaches and ICP. Beaches were still closed to the public. Personnel also assisted in the helicopter
landings and take-offs as well as jeep tours by the VIPs.
No PD helicopter flights were made to the beach landing zone during this time period.
This activity continued until Day 17 (2/23/90).
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Police Vehicles Assigned: Patrol Cars 1
Blazers 2
IC/Fire: Stand-by Crews - ICP (Wiggins):
Day 14 - 17: Served the function of availability stand-by for incident related medical aids,
hazardous materials emergencies, helipad crash crew and assisting the IC as needed.
r City Attorney - EOC (Hufton/D'Alessandro):
Telephone conference with Jerry Bame, OC Fish & Game, regarding keeping him informed.
Telephone calls to American Trader and Golden West Refining Company. Review of the State
Lands Commission lease of sea berth. Briefed City Council members - Mays, Green, Silva, Erskine .
and MacAllister.
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DAY 15 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
WEATHER:
WINDS: 08E
SEAS: 1-2
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0006/0614 PM: 1332/2007
LOW: 2.6 LOW: -0.5
HIGH: 5.4 HIGH: 3.7
OIL LOCATION:
AT SEA: minimal visible sheen offshore at bluffs
BEACH WASH UP: mousse on beach north of pier
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 150, NIGHT: 20
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed off except for center channel
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Only a minimal visible oil sheen remained offshore, with mousse streaks evident at the
bluffs and pier. Hot water washing of the rocks at the Bolsa Chica Bluffs was resumed. Discus-
sions were held regarding the final cleanup procedures and standards for the reopening of City and
State beaches. Considerations for the reopening of the bicycle paths were also discussed.
The wildlife cleaning and transfer center at Huntington State Beach Headquarters was
demobilized, with all additional oil contaminated wildlife transported directly to the rehabilitation
and treatment center on Terminal Island.
OSHA officials demobilized their beach command post, with
representatives available by telephone.
Operations Commander/IC (Night-Shift) - ICP (COwer):
At 4:30 AM, lifeguards reported "mousse" on the beach, north of the pier. A tour of the
beach disclosed "mousse" and debris, as reported, as well as in all runoff water cuts to the ocean.
Heavy oil debris including contaminated pom-poms in rocks below Huntington Beach Tower 18.
IC (Picard) resumed responsibilities at 7:30 AM. Ops Comm remained on duty through
9:30 AM briefing. Relieved by Shaw/HE48.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Participated in discussion regarding qualitative measures for reopening beaches.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi. Turner, DeLautour, Esslinaer. Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Wav):
Supervised sanitizing of beach per BP request. Coordinated City maintenance effort
throughout the incident (Neishi).
Emergency Services Office - (Ott/Morrison):
Scheduled and attended California Attorney General's Office meeting at HB Civic Center.
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Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Finance Officer attended a meeting conducted by the State of California Attorney
General's Office. The Attorney General suggested that all parties involved should join with them to
form one unit to deal with BP. They also cautioned on issuing any statements on preliminary costs
for fear of the possibility that it could compromise future efforts once the costs were better known.
City Attorney (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Telephone calls to Maureen Fennel, .Golden West Refining, newspapers, Mayor (Mays) and
attorney, Mr. Moghaddam, representing American Trader.
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril):
Spoke with CS Director (Engle) in order to have the ICP order the food from this point on.
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DAY 16 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22
WEATHER: •
WINDS: 02E
SEAS: 2
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: F-P
TIDES: AM: 0047/0651 PM: 1401/2026
LOW: 2.2 LOW: -0.7
HIGH: 5.7 HIGH: 4.0
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: light sheen along beach around pier
PAID CLEANUP CREW - DAY: 200, NIGHT:
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: N & S channels absorbent booms remain
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Cleanup efforts focused on the Bolsa Chica Bluffs and on discing and sanitizing of all beach
areas. Conditions at the beach were considered to be improving on a daily basis. •
Further discussions were held on the safety standards for the reopening of the beaches,
but resolution was not reached. Consideration was given to the reopening of the bicycle paths for
the weekend on a segment basis, depending upon local conditions.
Operations Commander/IC (Night Shift) -ICP (Coot)erl:
Lifeguard drive-by reveals light "mousse" around the pier and light sheen along the beach.
Turned over IC responsibilities and continued as Ops Comm.
Staff meeting with IC, Plans, Logistics and ES Mgr to discuss strategies and objectives for
ICP operation efforts.
At 9:00 AM, attended meeting held by IC (Picard) with BP representatives (Webster and
Meerman) to discuss methodology for preparing beach for opening.
At 9:30 AM, attended daily briefing.
At 10:30 AM, discussed and initiated process for formulating report.
At 2:00 PM, turned Ops Comm over to HE-48 Captain (Wiggins).
At 6:00 PM, returned to duty and re-assumed the position of IC as well as Ops Comm and
remained through the night. Nothing unusual to report. Off duty at 8:00 AM.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
BC (Groat), on duty as shift commander. At 2:00 PM, went to ICP for afternoon briefing
and to develop plans for the upcoming weekend duty as IC. BC (Groat) returned to Gothard Station
at 9:30 PM.
Purchasing - EOC (Amadril/Corbett):
Day 16 - 20: Collected vendor invoices and kept running records of total costs.
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Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Reviewed sand testing reports from SCS Engineering. Directed Beach Maintenance Staff
to work with BP at their request to test sanitizing and discing operations. Participated in report
formulation discussion.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi. Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Supervised sanitizing of beach per BP request (Neishi). Replaced light bar broken by USCG
personnel (DeLautour). Day 16 - 17: Supervised sanitizing of beach per BP request (Neishi).
Disced beach per BP request (Turner).
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DAY 17 - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23
WEATHER:
WINDS: 02E
SEAS: 2
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: F-P
TIDES: AM: 0124/0733 PM: 1426/2048
LOW: 1.7 LOW: -0.9
HIGH: 6.0 HIGH: 4.4
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: replaced dike
Cleanup efforts focused on the removal of remaining debris from the beaches and the
cleaning of all rocky areas. The dike protecting the Huntington Beach Wetlands area was replaced
near the mouth of the Talbert Channel. Sanitizing and discing operations continued on all beach
areas, with the City contracting for analysis of uncontaminated sand to establish a "baseline" of
normal conditions encountered.
The "Post Cleanup and Health Risk Evaluation Committee" was formed with the mission of
establishing final standards for the reopening of the beaches. Committee consensus was that the
beaches must be cleaned to a level deemed acceptable to the local agency and to specific limits
established by the OC Health Officer. A meeting was set for Saturday, 2/24/90, to finalize the
exact limits and standards for analytical testing.
Discussions were held regarding the reopening of the bicycle paths and the related safety
issues. The bicycle path from Beach Boulevard to Warner Avenue was determined to be adequate-
ly free of vehicles used in the cleanup process and was scheduled for reopening to the public on
Saturday, 2/24/90.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Beach Maintenance Staff tested sand discing and sanitizing equipment to determine if
machinery would clean to USCG, Fish & Game, the City and BP's satisfaction. Attended meeting
at City Hall regarding post cleanup health risk evaluation.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):
BC (Groat) assisted in the information presentation and video taping for the "Phil Donahue"
television show on oil spills.
City Attorney EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Attended a meeting with representatives from the Pomona Valley Demolition Company
regarding the removal and processing of tainted sand from the beach.
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DAY 18 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24
WEATHER:
WINDS: 03E
SEAS: 2-3
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: F-P
TIDES: AM: 0203/0809 PM: 1455/2109
LOW: 1.3 LOW: -0.8
HIGH: 6.0 HIGH: 4.7
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
• NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 Explorers
LOCATION: ICP
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Work crews continued the rock and beach cleaning activities, with discing and sanitizers
working down to the wet sand line.
• The "Post Cleanup and Health Risk Evaluation Committee" met at ICP and reached
agreement on standards for beach cleanup as proposed by Med-Tox. (Appendix J: Med-Tox
Quality Control Report) The OC Health Care Agency representative adopted the plan as the official
criteria for reopening beaches affected by the oil spill. Basic elements of the approved criteria are:
1) Audit team survey with no detectible traces of oil. 2) Sand sampling at approximately five
hundred foot intervals with laboratory analysis of the samples. 3) Average hydrocarbon content of
• tested section cannot exceed 100 parts per million.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Participated in briefing Phil Donahue and interfacing with other agencies relative to his visit
and videotaping.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Ducaan, Curtis, Way):
Disced beach per BP request (Esslingen. Day 18 - 19: Supervised work crew activities;
picked up debris (Turner).
Police - ICP (Coeroer):
Two officers, two Reserves, four Explorers and a Patrol Sgt.
. were assigned to the ICP for beach security and patrols to keep the public off the beaches.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Explorers 4
Reserve Officers 2
Police Vehicles Assigned: Patrol Cars 3
Blazers 2
Search & Rescue Truck 1
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DAY 19 - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25
WEATHER: •
WINDS: 01 E
SEAS: 2-4
SWELL: SW
CONDITIONS: G-F
TIDES: AM: 0244/0847 PM: 1523/2137
LOW: 0.8 LOW: -0.6
HIGH: 5.9 HIGH: 5.0
OIL LOCATION:
BEACH WASH UP: light deposit on beach from high surf washing into rocks and pier •
VOLUNTEER STATUS:
NUMBER OF WORKERS: 4 Explorers
LOCATION: ICP
HARBOR BOOM STATUS: •
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: ruptured
TALBERT CHANNEL: Strong surf collapsed dike allowing crude into wetlands. Dike rebuilt
at low tide.
A strong surf from the south washed oil out of the rocks and piers, re-contaminating the
beach with light brown oil deposits. All planned audits and tests were canceled until the beach
was cleaned of all visible traces of crude oil.
At approximately 9:30 AM, the combination of the strong surf from the south and a very
high tide collapsed the dike protecting the Talbert Channel and the Huntington Beach Wetlands •
area. Water and crude oil flooded the channel and wetlands, overwhelming the dozen booms set
behind the dike to provide protection from the oil. Immediate control and cleanup actions were
instigated by the work crews at the Santa Ana River jetties. Crews worked until dark, with
cleanup activities scheduled to resume the next morning. Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy
was on hand all day. Oil was deposited on much of the shoreline of the wetlands and two oil
soaked birds were captured.and transported to the Terminal Island cleaning and rehabilitation •
facility. At low tide that afternoon a replacement dike for wetlands protection was placed
approximately fifteen hundred yards up the Talbert Channel. Late in the afternoon a barrage of
news media contacted the ICP believing that the Bolsa Chica Wetlands area had been inundated.
with oil. News media impact was significant for several hours.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
First day off since the incident occurred.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Groat):- ICP (Groat):
At approximately 9:30 AM a combination of high tide and heavy surf out of the south
collapsed the dike which had been placed in the entrance to the Talbert Flood Control Channel,
allowing a wave of oil and water to enter the HB Wetlands. Workers were shifted from rock •
cleaning at the entrance to containment and cleanup in the wetlands area. The dike was relocated
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• 1500 yards up the channel and rebuilt at low tide. News media impact regarding the wetlands
being oiled was intense for a three hour period from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. BC (Groat) was relieved as
IC at 8:00 AM and departed ICP at 9:00 AM.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinaer, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Bagged hazardous materials from trash cans (Esslingen.
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Police - ICP (Coerner):
Two officers, two Reserves, four Explorers and a Patrol Sgt. were assigned to the ICP for
security of the beaches and landing zone.
The bicycle trail was closed on the Santa Ana River from Hamilton south to Brookhurst
due to oil washing into the Talbert Channel Wetlands.
• The PD helicopter was used twice for observation of the oil spill. Helicopter passengers
were Mayor Mays, a councilman and a citizen.
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Helicopter Crew 2
Explorer 4
• Police Vehicles Assigned: Helicopter 1
Patrol Cars 3
Blazers . 2
Search & Rescue Truck 1
IC/Fire: Stand-by Crews - ICP (Wiggins):
The fire crews' response was initiated by oil penetration of the Talbert Channel.
Duties remained the same: medical aids, hazardous materials emergencies, helipad crash
crew and assisting/relieving IC so he could report to Talbert Channel to monitor situation.
HE-48 crew responded to a medical aid on the beach bike path. Medics and ambulance
were requested.
Anticipated the arrival of the Mayor of Boston but she never arrived.
Public Information Officers (PIO) - ICP:
Day 19 - 23: Rupture of the Santa Ana River dike resulted in increased inquiries from
news media and citizens regarding the opening dates of the beach. These inquiries were answered
by phone and in person. Continued to work on documentary slide show. Coordinated press
conference and wrote press release announcing the opening of the beaches. (Appendix K:
Responding Officials, Appendix L: Government Agencies, Appendix M: Private Companies.)
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DAY 20 - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26
WEATHER:
WINDS: 03E
SEAS: 3-5
SWELL: S
CONDITIONS: G-F
TIDES: AM: 0326/0930 PM: 1548/2206
LOW: 0.5 LOW: -0.3
HIGH: 5.6 HIGH: 5.3
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Primary emphasis was on the added protection and cleanup of the Huntington Beach
Wetlands. Additional work crews were assigned to the rocks and beach. Sanitizing and discing
continued from Beach Boulevard south to the Santa Ana River, with the audit team and Med-Tox
scheduled to begin analysis and testing. The City and the USCG met to review the steps for the
final cleaning and release of the beaches.
The duties and responsibilities of Director were assumed by the new City Administrator,
Mr. Michael Uberuaga.
Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Participated in briefing new City Administrator (Uberuaga). Med-Tox established a staging
and storage area for testing materials in HB Junior Lifeguard Headquarters.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner. DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Wav):
Dragged beach per BP request (Turner). Sanitized beach per BP request (Esslinger). Day
20 - 21: Ran sanitizer on Huntington State Beach per BP request (Dugan). Day 20 - 23:
Supervised equipment operation for BP (Neishi).
Police - ICP (Coerced:
Day 20 - 23: Two officers and a Patrol Sgt. were assigned to the ICP for security of the
beach. PD personnel also assisted in the helicopter landings and take-offs as well as jeep tours by
the VIPs.
No PD helicopter flights were made to the beach landing zone during this time period. This
activity continued through Day 23 (3/1/90).
Officers Assigned: Patrol Officers 2
Patrol Sgt. 1
Police Vehicles Assigned: Patrol Cars 1
Blazers 2
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Prepared preliminary draft of emergency resolution to continue the emergency.
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• Bolsa Chica Conservancy - Dr. Victor Leinzia (Bird Rescue):
Final beach sweep was held at 4:00 PM and HB Junior Lifeguard Headquarters cleaned
out. Equipment, other than boots, was returned to Lifeguard Headquarters.
Note: The number of birds, dead or alive, recovered by bird rescue volunteers is not known.
Volunteers delivered birds directly to Magnolia Street or indirectly through lifeguards, rangers,
• police, or other volunteers. No effort was made to have the volunteers document their efforts. Of
the over 1,000 birds recovered,.City and State Lifeguards and State Fish & Game personnel
probably recovered the majority, with several hundred probably picked up by bird rescue volun-
teers.
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DAY 21 - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27
WEATHER: •
WINDS: 05E
SEAS: 3=5
SWELL: SSW
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0412/1015 PM: 1620/2240
LOW: 0.3 LOW: .0.2
HIGH: 5.0 HIGH: 5.5
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
Cleanup efforts continued in the Huntington Beach Wetlands. Sanitizing and discing
operations were completed, and the audit team evaluated the area from Beach Boulevard to the
Santa Ana River. Med-Tox began gathering sand samples from Golden West Street to Beach
Boulevard. Washing and cleaning continued in the bluffs and at the Santa Ana River jetties.
The safety issues surrounding the unopened areas of the bicycle trail were evaluated, with
discussion between HBPD and the cleanup contractors.
Agencies present at the morning briefing agreed that once a section of beach had passed •
all evaluations and tests within the established standards, the final decision of when to open the
beach to the public would rest with the local governing body.
Acting City Administrator (Acting CAI - (Barnard):
The USCG was pushing hard for a standard which stated that if the beach looked clean,
felt clean when touched and did not smell of oil, then it was acceptable for public access. The City
on the other hand, felt that the public health and safety was too important not to have a
measurable standard, and therefore, stood fast for a scientific standard requiring OC Health Officer
approval.
HazMat/Fire (Shaw):
1:00 - 6:00 PM: Removed HB Tactical Command Trailer and generator from beach back to
Gothard Station.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour. Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Day 21 - 22: Disced beach per BP request (Turner). Sanitized beach per BP request
(Esslingen).
Finance Officer - EOC (Villellal:
The Finance Officer contacted Crawford & Company to ascertain their role. Spoke to Mr.
Carl Beard who explained that they were an insurance adjuster for American Trader & Transporta-
tion. He confirmed that they were the place established to receive claims for the oil spill.
Purchasing - EOC (Corbett):
Placed an order for bearing to repair a disc of tractor used to clean beach. Continued to
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receive invoices from vendors from the oil spill.
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Reviewed documents sent by Alaska Attorney General concerning the Exxon oil spill.
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DAY 22 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
WEATHER:
WINDS: 5E
SEAS: 1-3
SWELL: S
CONDITIONS: F
TIDES: AM: 0504/1107 PM: 1652/2317
LOW: 0.2 LOW: 0.8
HIGH: 4.3 HIGH: 5.5
HARBOR BOOM STATUS:
ANAHEIM BAY: open
SURFSIDE/101 BRIDGE: open
WARNER BRIDGE: open
SANTA ANA BRIDGE: boomed
TALBERT CHANNEL: boomed
The final cleanup of the Huntington Beach Wetlands was assumed by the Huntington
Beach Wetlands Conservancy. Sanitizing and discing continued on Bolsa Chica State Beach. The
section of beach from Magnolia Street south to the Santa Ana River was checked by the audit
team and Med-Tox collected samples for laboratory testing and evaluation. Plans for reopening the
Golden West Street to Magnolia Street section of the beach were finalized and an official reopening
ceremony was tentatively scheduled for Thursday, 3/1/90, at 2:00 PM.
HBPD reported that Cal Trans would be modifying the layout of the temporary cement
blocks on Pacific Coast Highway from Brookhurst to the Newport Beach City limits. The intent of
the new layout is to provide a path for bicyclists with adequate separation from vehicle traffic on
the highway.
With the majority of the cleanup completed, the City's management structure was
modified to release all personnel not essential to the operation. Chief Picard designated Marine
Safety Captain (Richardson) as the IC for the duration of City involvement. Overall command of
City operations remained with the Fire Chief in his role as Ops Comm.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Briefing at 9:30 AM. Made arrangements for sand samples to be taken on City beach by
S.C.S. Analytical Lab. Attended briefing at EOC regarding standards for opening up oil impacted
beaches. Assigned to subcommittee to study standards for opening up beaches impacted by oil.
Incident Commander (IC) -ICP (Richardson):
Relieved Ops Comm (Picard) as briefing chairman. Acted as briefing chairman until Day
36.
Organized paperwork in anticipation of writing oil spill report. Conducted morning briefing.
ICP becomes leading City agency responsible for interfacing with news media, cities, Federal,
State, and private agencies. Worked in cooperation with Fire IC.
Reported to EOC to assist in organizing oil spill paperwork in anticipation of this report. All
involved City departments attended.
Emergency Services Office - (Ott/Morrison):
Held an oil spill report writing workshop. All parties involved were invited and asked to
write a summary of activities for each day. Each person was asked to prepare recommendations
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for improving the City's emergency response to disasters. We had an earthquake (Upland),
prompting the realization that the EOC should be back in order and ready for the possibility of
another operation as soon as possible.
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Finance Officer prepared a draft of a letter to accompany the first billing for use of
City resources as a result of the spill.
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DAY 23 - THURSDAY, MARCH 1
Dr. Wade of Med-Tox reported that test results of the beach from Golden West Street
south to Magnolia Street showed an average concentration of total hydrocarbons of 30 ppm (parts
per million). This completed all requirements set for the reopening of this section of beach. The
OC Health Care Agency, USCG, State Department of Fish & Game and City of Huntington Beach
approved use of the beach by the public.
The Mayor hosted a special press conference at 2:00 PM to officially announce the
reopening of the above specified portion of the beach. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the
public was allowed back onto the beach and a group of surfers scrambled into the ocean waters.
Cleanup activities were set to continue in the remaining portions of unopened City beach,
with the prescribed assessment and cleanup process to be utilized prior to their reopening to the
public.
Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Attended Sub-Comdex meeting at 12:00 noon. Attended meeting of all concerned
agencies at City Hall at 3:00 PM.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Wav):
Supervised work crews (Turner). Removed beach closure signs (Turner, Esslinger, Dugan,
Curtis). Completed sanitizing as directed by BP (Esslinger). Disced areas as directed by BP
(Dugan).
Finance Officer - EOC (Villella):
The Finance Officer met with the City's independent auditors to discuss possible aid and
evolution of the City's preparation of oil spill costs. Also, a communication was prepared to the
Deputy City Administrator (Franz) suggesting the oil spill accounting procedures. This included
actual costs, lost revenues and intangible costs such as environmental.
Emergency Services Office - (Ott/Morrison):
Got the EOC back in order, ready for the next disaster.
Incident Commander (IC) -ICP (Richardson):
Debriefed night staff. Prepared materials for and chaired 9:30 AM briefing. Interfaced with
news media and other agencies.
DAY 24 - FRIDAY, MARCH 2
Incident Commander (IC) -ICP (Richardson):
Set-up 2:00 PM press conference relative to opening beach from Beach Boulevard to
Golden West Street. Returned Marine Safety staff to water safety patrol except in beach areas still
closed. Discontinued daily activities of debriefing night shift, reviewing drive-by oil condition
reports and compiling oil and dead bird reports.
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour, Esslinger, Smith Dugan Curtis Way):
Removed beach closure signs; installed additional beach closure signs west of Golden West
Street (Turner).
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Plans Officer - ICP (Bodenbender):
Attended closed door meeting at ICP at 9:45 AM. Discussed standards for the opening of
• oil impacted beaches. Standards agreed upon at this meeting. 10:30 AM meeting at same
location to discuss standards of opening the oil impacted beaches with other concerned agencies.
All agencies agreed upon the standards set.
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Telephone conference with Jim Frye of California State Lands Commission regarding the
• lease agreement of the mooring site.
DAY 257 SATURDAY, MARCH 3
Beach Maintenance - (Neishi, Turner, DeLautour. Esslinger, Smith, Dugan, Curtis, Way):
Replaced stolen/vandalized beach closure signs (Turner, Dugan(.
DAY 29 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7
Incident Commander (IC) -ICP (Richardson):
Reported to EOC to begin summary report writing, which required four days to complete.
• City Attorney (Hutton/D'Aless andro):
Attended the State Lands Commission hearing at Huntington Beach City Council
Chambers.
DAY 34 - MONDAY, MARCH 12
• City Attorney (Hutton):
Telephone call to Ken Adams, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin soliciting proposal for oil spill
litigation.
DAY 36 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14
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Incident Commander (IC) - ICP (Richardson):
Confirmed routine long-term communications for action by BP for oil contamination, tar
balls or problems with oil.
ICP closed. City of Huntington Beach Lifeguard Headquarters resumed normal operations.
• DAY 41 - MONDAY, MARCH 19
City Attorney (Hutton):
Telephone call to Richard Tertian, of Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, soliciting proposal for oil
spill litigation.
• DAY 43 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Telephone call to Katherine Stone, of Freilich, Stone, Leitner & Carlisle soliciting proposal
for oil spill litigation. (Hutton)
Reviewed written proposal from Dickstein firm of Washington, D.C., regarding Ken Adam's
• representation of the City in the oil spill matter. (D'Alessandro)
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DAY 45 - FRIDAY, MARCH 23
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Prepared request for proposals regarding the oil spill outside counsel representation.
DAY 49 - TUESDAY, MARCH 27
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro): •
Reviewed proposals received regarding the request for proposals sent out by this office
concerning representation in the oil spill.
DAY 50 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Attended meeting with City Administrator, Council Committee, and Attorney Ken Adams
regarding the Dickstein firm's proposal for outside representation.
(Hutton) Interviews with: Ken Adams, of Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin; Michael Uberuaga,
City Administrator; Councilmen Jim Silva, John Erskine and Peter Green; Paul D'Alessandro,
Deputy City Attorney to discuss oil spill litigation.
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DAY 51 - THURSDAY, MARCH 29
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Assisted the City Attorney in drafting the consolidated issue paper for Council
consideration regarding the oil spill. Attended meeting of the oil spill task force on cost recovery
with other members of the City staff. •
DAY 52 - FRIDAY, MARCH 30
City Attorney - EOC (Hutton/D'Alessandro):
Assisted City Attorney in revision of final draft for oil spill issue paper submitted to the City •
Council.
DAY 57 - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4
City Attorney (Hutton):
Telephone call to Joseph Gughemetti, of Gughemetti & Spangenberg, soliciting proposal •
for oil spill litigation.
DAY 59 - FRIDAY, APRIL 6
City Attorney (Hutton):
Telephone call to Jim Ackerman, of Law Offices of Jim Ackerman, soliciting proposal for
oil spill litigation.
DAY 98 - MAY 15, 1990
Emergency Services Office - (Ott/Morrison):
Held City critique of the incident. (Appendix N: Oil Spill Critique •
Minutes/Recommendations.)
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OPERATIONAL ?6#X SIXTEEN - KAJOR OIL SPILLS '
• (0-PLAN-16)
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE AND DISASTER PLAN
I. Mission
• To implement the Huntington Beach Civil Defense and Disaster Plan in the
event of a major oil spill.
II. Assignment of Responsibilities
A. The Director of Community Services is responsible for the city's
action in major oil spills initiated from an offshore source
• involving or threatening to involve any shoreline, coastal, harbor,
or saltwater area of the city of Huntington Beach. He is designated
as Incident Officer (see VII, D, Basic Plan).
B. The Fire Prevention Specialist - Oil Field Inspector is responsible
for all other oil spills and is the Incident Officer.
III. Priority of Actions
The Incident Officer will assign priority of actions, based on the
situation and information provided by the United States Coast Guard.
IV. Concept of Operations
A. Major oil spills may result from any number of situations.
8. The actions to be taken to combat or avert the consequences of any
oil spill fall into three general categories:
1 . Correction or elimination of the cause of the spill.
2. Diverting and/or minimizing the effects of the spill.
3. Recovery operations.
C. The U.S. Coast Guard shall be the coordinating agency for all major
offshore oil spills.
D. Legally, the owner or operator of the source of the spill is
responsible for taking all necessary actions listed in 8, above.
However, until such actions are effectively accomplished, it is
imperative the city of Huntington Beach be prepared to take any
actions necessary to prevent or minimize losses or damage within the
city.
V. Special Operating Instructions (SOI)
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A. General:
1. The Director of Community Services will maintain a current listing
of individuals and agencies to be notified of an actual or
potential oil spill (see Appendix 1 and 2).
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND ASSIGNMENTS
0-PLAN 16-MIW OR OIL SPILL
DIRECTOR
1. Report to Beach Division Headquarters.
2. Oversee activities of department and assisting agencies.
3. Keep City Administrator advised as to progress of all activities.
BEACH SERVICES MANAGER
1 . Notify Coast Guard and other agencies as required on Organization Chart
(following page).
2. Direct activities of departmental coordinators.
MARINE SAFETY CAPTAIN
1 . Report to departmental communications center.
2. Direct all related departmental communication activity.
3. Coordinate with Coast Guard, Fish and Game, and other agencies, as required.
MARINE SAFETY LIEUTENANT -
Direct activities of all assigned departmental vessels-and vehicles.
BEACH SUPERVISOR
1 . Report to headquarters.
2. Direct all activities of City vehicles and assigned personnel.
3. Assist Public Works Department and other equipment assigned.
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APPENDIX 1
ACTION CHECK LIST
TO 0-PLAN-16
MAJOR OIL COMPANIES
REPRESENTATIVES AND PHONE NUMBERS
When you have definite confirmation that the source of an oil spill is the
direct responsibility of one of the oil companies listed below, immediately
advise said agency.
STANDARD OIL UNION OIL
(213) 694-2818 24 Hour (213) 592-5013 24 Hour
(213) 592-1975
GULF OIL SHELL OIL
(213) 921-3581 24 Hour (714) 536-6521 24 Hour
(714) 969-3218
R. L. -Gogins
B-(714) 536-6521
H-(714) 842-1192
C. R: Smith
B-(714) 536-6521
H-(714) 642-7257
Note: The names of representatives from other oil companies not listed may be
obtained by phoning:
Fire Prevention Specialist - Oil Field Inspector
B-(714) 536-5574
B-(714) 536-5477 Fire Dispatch
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
0-PLAN .16 OIL SPILL DISASTER
STAFF ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Line of Authority SEPTEMBER 1986 Line of Authority
- - - - - Line of Coamunication Director
Beach Services Manager
Marine Safety Captain
DIRECTOR Marine Safety Lieutenant
MELVIN M. BOWMAN
B-714-536-5291
14-714-962-3003
REGIONAL UNITED STATES CALIFORNIA BEACH SERVICES MANAGER CIVIL DEFENSE FIRE PREVENTION
WATER QUALITY _ COAST GUARD _ FISH 3 GAME _ DOUGLAS.D'ARNALL _ __ COORDINATOR SPECIALIST
CONTROL MARINE WILDLIFE B-714-960-8874 -- - 8-714-536-5980 --- 714-536-SS74
1-714-834-7667 SAFETY PROTECTION H-714-964-1447 B-714-536-5477 714-536-5477
1-714-834-2127 1-213-590-2341 1-213-590-5132
BEACH SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS OCEAN 3 BEACH PARK DEV A REC REC A HUM SVCS
SUPERVISOR COORDINATOR COORDINATOR SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT
JIM WAY CPT RICHARDSON LT DAVIDSON JIM ENGLE . BILL FOWLER
B-714-536-5287 B-714-536-5283 B-714-536-6285 B-714-536-6495 8-714-536-5496
H-714-536-9567 H-714-968-9360 H-714-536-3855 H-714-531-7688 H-714-842-6491
LARRY HEISHI MECHANICAL MARINE SAFETY RESCUE BOATS PARKING'
B-714-536-5614 ERNIE KIDD FPERSONNEL STEVE SEIM STEVE BENSON
H-714-962-4396 B-714-536-5429 B-714-536-5281 B-714-536-5287 `
H-714-847-6265 H-714-969-2595 H-714-536-0976
TIN TURNER
B-714-536-5614
H-714-847-8016
7BEACH PAINT.
PERSONNEL
Appe nd i x B
BIRD REPORTS
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME BIRD REPORT
Final bird count from the California Department of Fish & Game for
all facilities is as follows:
Total Birds Handled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A&25
.Dead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . o . . . . . o . . . o . 000 . o . . . . , . . . . . . oo . . . — . . . . .480
Alive. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . oo . . . . . . — . . . . . . — o . . . . . . . . — 545
Released. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Transferred (not oil spill related) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
One hundred and sixty five birds died during treatment/holding,
and twenty four had to be euthanized.
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OfLED BIRD COUNT
Magnolia Bird Cleaning Station
TOTAL TOTAL
DATE TIME ALIVE NEW DEAD NEW
2/11 8 : 17 AM 82 44
2111 6: 00 PM 99 17 51 7
2/12 6: 30 AM 138 39 57 6
2/12 3 : 30 PM 222 94 72 15
2/13 7: 30 AM 282 60 103 31
2/13 4: 30 PM 312 30 135 32
2/14 7: 30 AM 329 17 153 18
2/14 3: 00 PM 333 4 160 7
2/15 8 : 00 AM 358 25 182 22
2/15 3: 00 PM 368 10 206 24
2/16 3: 00 PM 378 10 224 18
2/17 398 20 248 24
2/18 9: 00 AM 417 19 279 31
2/18 4: 00 PM 425 8 301 22
2/19 10: 00 AM 433 8 340 39
2/20 10: 00 AM 437 4 366 26
2/21 9: 00 AM 445 8 370 4
2/21 Magnolia Bird Cleaning Station closed at 8 : 00 PM.
BIRDS RECOVERED
Live: 443
# Of Birds Recoverd By Day
140
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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
DAYS: (February 7 - February 21)
® Live Birds Recovered
Local Huntington Beach Area Only
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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE
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Chapter 8.60
CIVIL DEFENSE--EMERGENCY SERVICES
Sections:
8.60.010 Purposes.
8.60.020 Definitions.
8. 60.030 Council--Created.
8.60.030--8.60.060 •
safety of persons and property within this city caused by
such conditions as 'air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epi-
demic, riot or earthquake, or other conditions, including •
conditions resulting from war or it minent threat of war,
but other than conditions resulting from a labor- contro-
versy, which conditions are or are, likely to be beyond the
control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities
of this city, requiring the combined forces of other polit-
ical subdivisions to combat. (Ord. 1757 (part) , 1972: •
Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969: Ord. 569 (part) , 1951) .
8.60 .030 Council--Created. There is created a civil
defense and disaster council, consisting of the director
who shall be chairman, deputy director who shall be the
vice-chairman, chief of fire department, or his representa-
tive, coordinator of civil defense/emergency services plan-
ning'and training, and any city departmment head who may be
appointed by the director, and representatives of civil,
business, labor, veterans, professional or other organiza-
tions, not to -exceed five_ in number, as may be appointed
by the director. (Ord. 1757 (part) , 1972: 1503 (part) ,
1969 : Ord. '569 (part) , 1951) .
8.60.-040 Council--Powers and duties. It shall be the
duty .of the civil defense and disaster council, and. it is
empowered, .to review and recommend 'for .adoption by the city
council, civil .defense and emergency_ .service plans, mutual
aid plans and agreements, and such ordinances, resolutions,
rules and regulations as are necessary to implement such plans
and agreements. The civil defense and disaster council
shall be advisory in nature, and may present such' advice
and recommendations as it deems necessary. The civil de-
fense and disaster council shall meet upon call of the
chairman, or in his absence -or inability to call such
meeting, upon the call of the chairman's authorized repre-
sentative or the vice-chairman. (Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969 :
Ord. 569 (part) , 1951) .
8.60.050 Director--Office created. There is created
the office of director of civil defense/emergency services
who shall be the city administrator of Huntington Beach.
(Ord. 1757 (part) , 1972: Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969 : Ord.
569 (part) , 1951) .
8.60.060 Deputy director--Office created. There is
created the office of deputy director of civil defense/em-
ergency services who shall be the assistant city adminis-
trator of Huntington Beach. (Ord. 1757 (part) , 1972) .
8..6 Q.Q8 Q--.8.6 Q.110
• hereto adopted by the city council;" all powers conferred up-
on him by any statute, by any agreement approved by the city
council, and by any other lawful authority,
(6) To appoint a coordinator of civil defense/emer-
gency planning and training who shall also be the assistant
deputy director of civil defense emergency services;
• (G) The director of civil/defense emergency services
shall designate the order of succession to his office to
take effect in the event the director is unavailable to
attend meetings and otherwise perform his duties during an
emergency. Such order of succession shall be approved by
the city council;
(H) The duputy director shall, under the supervision
of the director, have such other powers and duties as may
be- assigned by the director. (Ord. 1757 (part)., 1972:
Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969 : Ord. 569 (part) , 1951) .
8. 60.080 Plan--Formulation. The director shall pre-
pare and maintain, on a -current basis, a civil defense/emer-
gency services plan as necessary to carry out the purpose
of this chapter. The civil defense/emergency services plan
shall be consistent with plans of the state and the federal
. government and shall hereafter be referred to as "the plan."
(Ord. 1757 (part) , 1972: Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969) .
8. 60.090 Plan--Contents: The plan shall set up the-
assignment of emergency duties and functions of all city
agencies and employees, and. volunteer organizations, as well
as the lines of succession of the members of the -civil de-
fense/emergency- services organization. (Ord. -1757 (part) ,
1972 : Ord. 1503. (part) , 1969) .
8.60.100 Plan--Adoption and amending. The. plan and
amendments thereto shall -be placed on file with the city
clerk by the director, and approved or disapproved by the
city council within thirty days of such filing. The plan,
and amendments, if any, shall be effective upon filing
with the city clerk unless disapproved by the city council
within thirty days of such filing. (Ord. 1757 (part) , 1972:
Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969) .
8.60.110 Director--Assignment of duties and functions.
In assigning emergency duties and functions to city agencies
and personnel, the director shall assign responsibilities to
utilize to the maximum the skills and talents of city employ-
ees. When the requisite skill or talent for a particular
responsibility- is not available within the city government,
the director is authorized to seek assistance on a volunteer
basis from persons outside the city government. The direc-
tor shall assign duties to such persons, and grant the au-
thority to carry-out their respective responsibilities dur-
ing and after the occurrence of a disaster_ (Ord. 1757
(part) , 1972 : Ord. 1503 (part) , 1969) .
•
Z&Lp dix D
•
HUNTINGTON CITY and STATE BEACHES
CLOSING AND OPENING DATES
•
Day 1 - February 7 , 1990 - Closure
Beaches under City jurisdiction ( 3 .1 miles ) , located from Tower #20
to Beach Boulevard, were closed at 5 : 30 PM. (Tower #20 is located
• approximately 1 .5 miles north of Golden West Street . )
Day 4 - February 10, 1990 - Closure
Bolsa Chica State Beach ( 3 .1 miles ) , located from Warner Avenue
to Tower #20 , and Huntington State Beach ( 2 . 2 miles ) , located
from Beach Boulevard to the Santa Ana River jetty were closed, .
according to Dave Prvor, State Lifeguard Supervisor .
e1 23 - March 1, 1990 Opening
Huntington City Beach from Golden West Street to Beach Boulevard
( 2 . 2 miles ) was opened.
Day 24 - March 2, 1990 Opening
Huntington State Beach from Beach Boulevard to Magnolia Street
( . 8 miles ) was opened.
Day 36 - March 14, 1990 Opening
Huntington State Beach from Magnolia Street to the Santa Ana
River jetty ( 1 .4 miles ) was opened.
Bo`lsa Chica State Beach from Bolsa Main Lifeguard Tower to Golden
West Street ( 2 . 64 miles ) was opened.
Total stretch of Citv and State beaches : 8 . 4 miles
Beaches under City jurisdiction: 3 . 1 miles
State Beaches : 5 . 3 miles
App�ridix E
•
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION
N%^Tr+GTOA HACH -
•
To ALL DEPARTMENTS From DAN T. VILLELLA
Director of Finance
Subject OIL SPILL COSTS Date FEBRUARY 12, 1990
•
British Petroleum has made a preliminary statement that it is taking full responsibility for
the recent oil spill. It is vital that we maintain adequate documentation relating to the
labor, materials and equipment usage expended by the City in connection with the cleanup.
We are grouping costs into three categories:
• LABOR
We need information from employees whb worked in the Emergency Command
Center, those involved from cleanup operations from their offices, those
directly involved in cleanup activities and their supervisors. This should include
all work assignments that were made as a result of the oil spill.
• We have attached a form to bi� used for all labor costs incurred with the
cleanup effort. This form should be completed for each employee working on
duties that were caused by any activities within the City that took place
because of this accident and should be returned to the Accounting Division as
soon as possible.
• MATERLUZ
All materials used directly or. cleanup should be recorded on the attached form.
EQUIPMENT USAGE
These include hourly records of all equipment used as a result of the oil spill.
• They should be reported on the attached form.
These forms should be completed by February 18, 1990 and returned to the
Accounting Division. Call Robert Sedlak (extension 5907) or myself if you have
questions. Additional forms can be used after this date for any additional
efforts or costs.
•
DAN T. VILLELLA
• Director of Finance
DTV:RS:sd
Attachments
•
5027j
•
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
EMPLOYEE SUMMARY SHEET FOR OIL SPILL CLEANUP •
Date Brief Description of Activity Hours Worked
•
•
•
Employee's Signature Supervisor's Signature
Date Date
5027i
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
ANALYSIS OF EQUIPMENT USAGE RELATED TO OIL SPILL CLEANUP
Equipment Description Tag Number Individual Using Equipment Location Date
Supervisor Date
5027j
•
Appendix F -
•
•
LOCAL RESOLUTION No. 6113 (1990-1)
REQUESTING DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES,
CONCURRENCE IN LOCAL EMERGENCIES
WHEREAS, ON February 7, at 7.:25 p.m. , 1990,* the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach found that due to an oil spill from
• an off-loading oil tanker attempting to drop anchor, a condition of
extreme peril to life and property did exist in the City of
Hun-tington Beach during the period February 7, at 7:25 p.m. , 1990; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with state law the City Council now
declares an emergency did exist .throughout said city;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby declared and ordered that a copy
of this declaration be forwarded to the State Director of the Office
•_ of Emergency Services with a:--request that he find it acceptable in
accordance with provisions of the Natural Disaster Assistance Act;.--and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that Raymond Picard, Director of Civil
. Defense, City of Huntington Beach is hereby designated as the
authorized representative of the City of Huntington Beach for the
purpose of receipt, processing, and coordination of all inquiries and
• requirements necessary to obtain available state assista '
DATE: February 7, 1990
. OIVD PICARD l ctor of Civi Defense
RICHARD BARNARD
Acting City Administrator
City Clerk .� Z-9y� City Attorney
•
Res. No. 6113 (1990-1)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ; ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a special emergency meeting thereof held on the 7th day
of February 19 90 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
Winchell , Green, Mays, Silva
NOES: Counc i lrnembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Bannister, Erskine .
The foregoing instrument is a correct 4w;-,
Lity Clerk and ex-otfici erk
copy of ih: a:inin::l o:i fiic i tt:is office- of the City Council of the City
Attest n.,;��c . I`t�G of Huntington Beach, California
CONNIE BROCKWAY_
City Cl:!k a. tic City
Council of th;: City of Beach,
Californi . _ -
By -elf Deputy
RESOLUTION NO. 6114 (1990-2)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH REQUESTING THE CONCURRENCE OF
THE STATE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF'EMERGENCY
SERVICES IN DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on February 7, at 7:25 p.m. , 1990, the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach found that due to -an oil spill from
are oil tanker off the coast of Huntington Beach, a condition of
extreme peril to life and property did exist in the City of
Huntington Beach during the period of February 7 - 28, 1990; and
In accordance with state law, the City Council now declares an
emergency did exist throughout said city.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach that a copy of this declaration be forwarded to
the state Director of Office of Emergency Services with a request
that he find it acceptable in accordance with provisions of the
Natural Disaster Assistance Act; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Raymond Picard, Director of Civil
Defense, is hereby designated as the authorized representative of the
City of Huntington Beach for the purpose of receiving, processing and
coordinating all inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain
available state assistance.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a special meeting thereof, pursuant :to Charter
Section 303(b) , held on, the 7th day of February, 1990.
Mayor ^'
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
�L"i's-i•VK'f[/✓^.G1L�s[/ ���-c� �u•t�[.4r'l1 •
City Clerk --Z- 7-`ioCity Attorney
REV WED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator
6114 (1990-2)
Res. No. 6114 (1990-2)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ; ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, *and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify.that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all, the members of said City Council
at a special emergency meeting thereof held on the 8th day
Of February , 19 90 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
Winchell, Green, Mays, Silva
":vEc: lounci l members:
None
ABSENT: Counc i 1 members:
MacAllister, Bannister,. Erskine
E�e
The foregoing instrument is a correct City Llerk an ex-o icio er
copy of Ih� a i ::l 10:i file in this office. of the City Council of the City
19L' of Huntington Beach, California
C9iVNIE..I3R0CKl1l4,y__.
the City
Council Gf the City of Hurtinglon Beach,
California.
By Deputy
RESOLUTION NO. 6115 (1990-3)
RESOLUTION REQUESTING GOVERNOR
TO PROCLAIM A STATE OF EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on February 7, at 7;25 p.m. , 1990, the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach found that due to an oil spill from
an oil tanker off the coast of Huntington Beach, a condition of
extreme peril to life and property did exist in the City of
Huntington Beach; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with state law the City Council
declared an emergency did exist throughout said city; and
WHEREAS, it has now been found that local resources are unable
to cope with the effects of said emergency;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby declared and ordered that a copy
of this declaration be forwarded to the Governor of California with
the request that he proclaim the City of Huntington Beach to be a
State of Emergency; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this declaration be
forwarded to the State Director of the Office of Emergency Services;
and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that Raymond Picard, Civil Defense
Director of the City of Huntington Beach is hereby designated as the
authorized representive for public assistance and Richard Barnard.,
acting City Administrator, are hereby designated as the authorized
representatives for individual. assistance of the City of Huntington
Beach for the purpose of receipt, processing and coordination of all
inquiries and requirements necessary to. obtain available state and
federal assistance.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of .
Huntington Beach at a special meeting thereof, pursuant to Charter
Section 303(b) , held on the 7th day of February, 1990.
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: v
City Clerk .7 uCity Attorney
RE VP
AND PROVED:
City Administrator
6115 (1990-3)
•
•
Res. No. 6115 (1990-3)
STATE OF 'CALIFORNIA •
COUNTY OF ORANGE 3 ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
•
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative •
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a special emergency meeting thereof held on the 7th day
of February 19 90 , by the following vote: •
AYES: Councilmembers:
Winchell, Green, Mays, Silva
•
1:CL.S: CounciImember s:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
•
MacAllister, Bannister, Erskine
The foregoing instrument is a correct
copy of the o:;£inzl cm I:!; is this office. City Clerk an ex-officfo Clerk •
Attest Ig�Jli of the City Council of the City
--� — of Huntington Beach, California
CQNNIE.-.SRQQKWA1L—..--
City Cie-k a:,.� Ex-clf:c C!_rk cf the City
Council of the City of HLnlington Beach,
California. •
By ` � _Deputy
•
•
•
RESOLUTION NO.
• i A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH PROCLAIMING THE TERMINATION
OF THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PREVIOUSLY DECLARED ON
FEBRUARY 7, 1990
WHEREAS, on February 7, 1990, the City Council of the City
• of Huntington Beach declared the existence of .a local emergency
due to the American Trader oil spill;- and
On February 27, 1990, the City Council declared that said
• local emergency still existed; and
Conditions now warrant the °termination of said local
emergency,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington
• Beach does hereby resolve as follows:
1. The local emergency due to the American Trader oil
spill, previously declared into existence by the City Council on
• February 7, 1990, is hereby terminated.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th
day of March, 1990.
•
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk Q_ City Attorney
INITIATED, REVIEWED AND APPROVED: 3-/.S yd
• City Administrator/Director of
Civil Defense and Emergency Services
•
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Date,Time: 2/13/90, 1540-1610
Sol Observers: Sirnecek-Beatty, q
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from else Nuatinvot am to the pocket beaches
• north of Newport Plc.Light hapaata were S+
observed ft ro Newport Pier to Newport Harbor
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and d&kness of oil. Total amount of � o
oil seen demtases each day due to
natural weathering and dispersion
processes. Nft=ca�y."modium"today
33e 39 is lighter thum yesterday.
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American Trader Oil Spill Overflight Observations
330 50' .--� Data compiled from: Platform: Jet Ranger
Date,Time: 2/10/90, 151.0-i600.
N , Observers: Gait,Reilly
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Platform: jet Ranger
LAM°idi Date,Time:2/10/90, 1437-1620
Observers: Simecek-Beatty,
�., ohson, Wescott (CA State
Lands Commission)
,: •• mw pow plant and ma Serra Ana lbw
330 40' .•�':� and at Hmt4�eoe Sad Ir of�e pier.
• , HandpSem Beach
Relative Thickness
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Heavy
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1180 20' 1180 10' 1180 00' 1170 50'
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OIL SPILL OBSERVATION GLOSSARY
• OMCULQloss TIC ofT=s usrA in NOAA 211 . .-for American Trader spill.
Spill characteristics appear differently under low light conditions and under strong wind
conditions. Observations in an up sun direction are typically difficult to interpret.
New observers should be calibrated with experienced observers in order to make the proper
• distinctiona between oil typos and to properly identify natural phenomenon.
Light Shcon A light, almost uusparent layer of oil. Sometime confused with
windrows and natural sheer resulting from biological processes.
Silver Sheen A slightly d&4oer layer of oil that appears silvery or shimmery.
Rainbow Sheen Sheen that reflects colors.
Mousse Streaks Thin chocolate brown bands in windrows. Silver and rainbow sheons
may or may not be present.
• Brown Oil Patch of brown oil which may or may not be surrounded by silver and
rainbow shuns.
Black Oil Area of black colored oil with a latex texture.Wave dampening is
apparent. Often confused with kelp beds and other natural.phenomenon.
Adjacent she=may or=y not be present.
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Approx. Layez-n ckness Y01=Q
• �1 in Ujcro=2 gallons/milc2 gallons/Lin mile
barely visible' 0.00004* 0.000OOZ 50* 44 11
silver sheen* 0.00007* 0.000003 100* 91 23
• first color trace* 0.0001* 0.000004 200* 181 45
bright colors* 0.0003* 0.00001 400* 363 91
dull colors* 0.001* 0.00004 1200* 1088 272
• dark colors* 0.003* 0.0001 3600* 3263 816
*Reproduced from the "O11 Spill Slide Rule," C1985 Government Publishing Office
Zhe Hague/Ihe Netherlands
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2/16/90
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ss VOLUNTEER ENROLLMENTS For Field Exercise/
COUNTY OF ORANGE Emergency Use Only
LOYALTY OATH
By my signature below, I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the
United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that
I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the
State of California; that I take this obligation freely; without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion;
and that I will well and faithfully discharge theduties upon which I am about to enter. I certify under penalty
of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
I further understand that I will be' acting as a volunteer,-not as an employee of the however,
I may be eligible for workers' compensation through the State Office of Emergency Services.
CLASS OF PHONE
NAME (print) ADDRESS (print) SERVICE NUMBER SIGNATURE OUT
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of 19
THIS FORM MUST NOT BE ALTERED
Signature of Authoritina Official Title
AJEDuTOX
ASSOCIATES. INC.
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PROTOCOL FOR SUPPLEMENTAL QUALITY
CONTROL QUANTIFICATION
• FOR
HUNTINGTON BEACH CLEARANCE
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AJED 1TOX
ASSOCIATES . INC.
ENVIRONMENTAL &OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES
41Z E LA AMMA AVENUE SUf TE 300 • P.Q BCK 6=4 • AWM&CA 9M-W14 • p14)996-55M
February 24; 1990
POST CLEANUP HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT -COMMITTEE
RE: Environmental Site and Risk Assessment
Huntington Beach, California
Gentlemen:
Attached is a scope of work and cost estimate to conduct a site
assessment and toxicological risk evaluation as to the safety of
reopening beaches within Huntington Beach, California. These tests
are being executed as a quality control augmentation to existing
beach clearance practices based on visual observations.
Implementation of this protocol will give additional scientific
data to augment visual observations used to evaluate beach cleanup
effectiveness. This protocol is designed in response to inquiries
py state, -city and Orange County officials.
This project is broken- down into two phases. Phase One will be to
collect sufficient samples and conduct analysis such as necessary
to critically evaluate the long term health impacts of any residual
crude oil or its components which may be left on the beach after
cleanup operations. Phase Two will be the interpretation of the
environmental sampling data by qualified toxicologists, so as to
generate expert opinions as to the safety of the reopening of the
beach.
Considerable effort has gone into designing a sampling program and
matrix of analytic methods which will allow for the scientific data
required to make such informed evaluations in a cost effective
manner. We had to make certain assumptions in this proposal as to
the percent of samples which would be positive for crude on the
initial screening. If analysis results should indicate otherwise,
the cost of analysis could vary.
SAN OEEGO LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO SEATRE
•
AJEDnTox
ASSOCIATES. INC.
L ENTRODUMON
British Petroleum Oil, (BP) is preparing to demonstrate that a portion of
-the southern California beaches in Orange County, California is clean and
safe for public usage after the impact of the February 7, 1990 oil spill.
• The purpose of the following work plan is to provide BP with an
environmental assessment and qualitative health risk evaluation of Orange
County beaches. To assess the degree of residual oil contamination of soils
(if any should still exist), a comprehensive soil sampling program has been
• designed which will be explained in the following sections. In addition, water
and wipe sampling programs will be undertaken to evaluate water and hard
surface dermal contact.
• ]EL SCOPE OF WORK
In order to obtain.a high degree of confidence in the results of this work, the
following level of sampling detail is necessary.
1. Soil and Water Sam.,plin�
•
Soil samples will be collected in the tidal zone on an approximate 500-
foot spacing, not to exceed 360 samples total. Figure 1 shows the
locations of the proposed sampling points.
Soil samples will be taken at 500-foot intervals from the low to high
tidal zones at the ground surface (GS) and 6 inches below GS at each
sampling point during the low tide hours. Random samples will be
• taken, as appropriate, based on a change in color as this may indicate
residual oil contamination.
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Similarly, soil samples from the portion of the beach which has the
greatest potential for dermal contact, where the majority of people
• spend time, will be taken on a 500-foot grid pattern, not to exceed 360
samples. Soil samples from 2 and 6 inches below GS will be collected.
Soil sampling procedures are described in Appendix A.
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Al E D=TOX �
ASSOCIATES. INC.
3. pata Evaluation and Reporting
After all the data is received from the laboratory, a report will be •
prepared evaluating the degree and extent of residual oil contamination
along the beach, if any should be found.
•
The sampling plan described above was designed to adequately
characterize the extent of residual crude oil contamination In areas
where large numbers of people may potentially be exposed. The results
of the analysis will provide:
* Levels of residual crude petroleum hydrocarbon in sand.
* Levels of residual crude petroleum hydrocarbon in tidal water.
* Fingerprint characterization of the residual hydrocarbons in sand,
in order to distinguish contaminants released in the spill from
hydrocarbons present in sand from other anthropogenic sources.
* Characterization of the residual petroleum hydrocarbons in terms
of known toxic components, such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs). •
The sampling plan was designed to provide the appropriate data
necessary to qualitatively evaluate the potential human health effects
posed by any residual crude_ petroleum hydrocarbon in sand at
Huntington Beach. .
The human health evaluation will address potential exposure to beach
goers and nearby residents. Specifically, potential health hazards will
be evaluated qualitatively for.
* Dermal contact with residual petroleum hydrocarbons in sand
and surf water.
* Incidental ingestion of residual petroleum hydrocarbons in sand
and seawater.
AJEDwTox
ASSOCIATE INC•
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EPA Analytical Method for Testing Soil Samples
Soil Samples (Est 750)
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> 100 ppm < 100 ppm
8015 (Est 75) 8015 (Est 30)
8020 (Est 75) 8020 (Est 30)
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8270 (Est 75) 8270 (Est 30)
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ENVIRONMENTAL & GEOTECNNICAL SERVICES SAMPLING LOCATION MAP
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ASSOCAifi. NC-
APPENDIX A
SOII., WATER, AND WIPE SAMPLING PROCEDURES
' Al E D=Tox
ASSOCIATES.'INC.
Sample Collection
1. The sampling cup is lowered into the surf water, withdrawn, and the water
• sample transferred into sterile 40ml or appropriate glass bottles prepared
by the state certified laboratory contracted for the particular job. The glass
bottles are filled to remove all air space, and tightly fitted with teflon lined
plastic caps.
• 2. The sample bottles are numbered with an indelible marker in the following
manner:
SS-XX-YY
where:
SS - designates surf sample
XX - is the date
YY - sample number
For example, SS228-001 indicates a surf water sample collected on February
• 28, 1990. The sample is the first water sample collected that day.
3. -The complete information on the sample label includes:
Date and time
Client job number (never client name)
Sample number
Initials of sampler
Analysis desired (if known)
Preservatives in sample bottle (usually noted by lab)
4. Each sample bottle is given a separate sequential number.
S. Samples are delivered directly to the lab on the same day of sampling by
courier, whenever practical. If next-day delivery is necessary, the samples
are kept refrigerated at approximately four degrees Celsius overnight and
delivered to the laboratory the following morning.
6. Samples are accompanied by a Chain-of-Custody form which documents the
time, date, and responsible person during each step of the transportation
process.
Al E D aTox
ASSOCIAIES. INC.
Sample Collection
1. The sampling cup is lowered into the surf water, withdrawn, and the water
sample transferred into sterile 40m1 or appropriate glass bottles prepared
by the state certified laboratory contracted for the particular job. The glass
bottles are filled to remove all air space, and tightly fitted with teflon lined
plastic caps.
2. The sample bottles are numbered with an indehble marker in the following �.
manner:
SS-XX-YY
where:
SS - designates surf sample
XX - is the date
YY - sample number
For example, SS228-001 indicates a surf water sample collected on February
28, 1990. The sample is the first water sample collected that day.
3. 'The complete information on the sample label includes:
Date and time
Client job number (never client name)
Sample number
Initials of sampler
Analysis desired (if known)
Preservatives in sample bottle (usually noted by lab)
4. Each sample bottle is given a separate sequential number.
5. Samples are delivered directly to the lab on the same day of sampling by
courier, whenever practical. If next-day delivery is necessary, the samples
are kept refrigerated at approximately four degrees Celsius overnight and
delivered to the laboratory the following morning.
6. Samples are accompanied by a Chain-of-Custody form which documents the
time, date, and responsible person during each step of the transportation
process.
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Post Clean--up Health Risk Assessment
Evaluation Committee
Meeting Minutes - February 23 , 1990
Meeting Attendees ,
Dennis Durnwald
Richard Wade
Gary Petrae.
Mark Bodenbender
Jim Reed
Monica Mazur
Bruce Paine
Amir Matin
Cliff Narquis
Rees Madsen
•
Summary
1) BP supports traditional approval methods for reopening
beaches (ie: per recommendation of State and Federal
officials based on smell, touch, and visual inspection) .
2) City officials will not open beaches until the Orange Count
Health Department recommends opening. The Orange Co. Health
Department is requesting a qualitative assessment of the
beaches by a professional consultant (Med-Tox) prior to
approving/recommending that the beaches be reopened.
3) Dr. Wade of Med-Tox reviewed his proposal for qualitative
assessment of Huntington beach. Dr. Wade will rewrite his
proposal based on comments received on Z/23/90. ,
4) The Committee will meet on 2/24/90 at 10: 00 am to review the
Med-Tax proposal.
Minutes of last meeting were approved with no changes.
R.C. Madsen (chairman) presented to the group an overview (one
page) report that he wished to present at the 2:00pm meeting_
This one page report included: the objective, discussion,
recommendation, and action plan that the Post Clean-up Health
Risk Assessment Evaluation Committee would recommend. Minor
revisions were made to this report which emphasized the need for
• the committee to review the health status of all the beaches,
not 'Just the Huntington Beach area. The, words "State, County"
were also added to item #2 under Discussion.
R. C. Madsen opened discussion on the issue of what criteria are
necessary .for opening the beaches. BP America's position is to •
support the traditional criteria, ie recommendatins from the
Federal and State Environmental officials. Community officials
supported evaluations beyond the historical beach clearance
basis of field inspections (including visual, odor, and touch) .
However, a qualitative, rather than a quantitative criteria was
recommended for determining a safe level for opening beaches:
The timing for opening the beaches will be based on the
recommendations of the orange County Health Department. It was
also noted that beaches would riot be reclosed today (2/23/90) to
accomodate the new qualitative end point.
Rees Madsen introduced Richard Wade, PhD. from Med-Tox and asked
him to review his proposal for qualitative post clean-up.
Highlights from Dr. Wade's proposal and committee discussion is
outlined below:
Med-Tox collected samples early in the spill event (2/10
2/13) and found full complience with OSHA standards.
Concern for workers focused on two areas
1) Protect workers from inhalation of volatile
aromatics
2) Minimize dermal exposure to phenolic compounds and
PNAs
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During the Med-Tox sample program (2/10 - 2/13) only PNAs of
lowest toxicity were detected
Dr. Wade recommended a tiered approach; samples would be
tested -first for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) .
Samples with greater than 10 mg/kg of TPH would require
additional. testing (See Med--Tox proposal for details) .
Samples testing at 5mg/kg or less could be considered clean.
Dr. Wade's sampling proposal focused on Huntington Beach;
the committee requested that the sampling program examine
the entire impacted beach area. The sampling should also
focus on the upper beach areas where the oil was stratified
and not in the intertidal zone. Sampling near the groins
was recommended by Jim Reed. Med-Tox agreed to rewrite
their proposal based on the committee comments and have it
ready- for review on 2/24/90.
021-26-90 05: GuPM E:]4
App4E�rzd i x K
RESPONDING OFFICIALS
Gray Davis, State Controller
Lands Commission
Leo McCarthy, Lieutenant Governor
Alan Cranston, U .S . Senator
Chris Cox, U .S . Congressman
Dana Rohrabacher , U.S. Congressman
Glenn Anderson, U.S. Congressman (Long Beach)
Marian Bergeson, State Senator
John Seymour, State Senator ( 35th District)
Robert Graham, State Senator (Los Angeles )
Tom Hayden, Assemblyman
Yost , U .S . Coast Guard Admiral
Robbins , U.S . Coast Guard Vice-Admiral
Kime, U .S . Coast Guard Rear Admiral
Card, U .S . Coast Guard Captain
Jerry Scannell , Asst. Secretary OSHA
Reed Smith, State of California Department of Fish & Game
Evelyn Murphy , Lt . Governor Massachusetts
Harriett Wieder, Orange County Board of Supervisors
James Garner and Phil Donahue, Celebrities
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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Alaska Attornev General , Oil Spill Litigation Division
• California Conservation Corps
City of Long Beach
City of Newport Beach
Contra Costa County
Dana Point Emergency Services
Environmental Protection Agency
• Federal Aviation Administration
Los Angeles City Fire Department
Los Angeles County Sheriff
Los Angeles City Administrative Office
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Newport Beach Fire Department
• Newport Beach Police Department
Newport Beach City Attorney
Orange County Board of Supervisors
Orange County Communications
Orange County District Attorney
Orange County Emergency Management Agency
• Orange County Emergency Operations Center
Orange County Environmental Management Agency
Orange County Fire Department
Orange County Health Care Agency
Orange County Health Officer
Orange County Sheriffs Harbor Patrol
• Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services: Anaheim, Buena Park,
. Cypress , Fountain Vallev, Fullerton, Huntington Beach,
Laguna Beach, Los Alamitos , Orange County and Westminster
San Diego County Board of Supervisors
Seal Beach Police Department
Seal Beach Lifeguards
• Secretary of Transportation
Southcoast Air Quality Management District
State Assembly
State Attorney General ' s Office
State Controller
State Department of Conservation, Division of Oil & Gas
• State Department of Fish & Game
State Department of Parks and Recreation
State Department of Transportation (Cal Trans)
State Deputy Attorney General
State Fire Marshal
State Fire Marshal , Pipeline Safety Committee
• State Lands Commission
State Office of Emergency Services
State Police
State Senators
U .S . Coast Guard
U .S . Coast Guard Pacific Strike Force
• U .S . Congressmen
U .S . Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Admin.
U .S . Department of Labor Office of Information and Public Affairs
U .S . Fish & Wildlife Service
U .S . Navy
U . S . Senators ( California , Florida )
App4E2�nd i x M
PRIVATE COMPANIES AND
• NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Adams , Duque & Hazeltine
Amberwick Corp.
American Oceans Campaign
• American Trading & Transportation Company
American Red Cross
Bolsa Chica Conservancy
British Petroleum
California Aviation
Chempro Environmental Services
• Clean Coastal Waters
Crawford & Company
Crosby & Overton
Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin
Enterprise Car Rental
Environmental and Energy Services Co.
Fox News
Freilich, Stone, Leitner & Carlisle
Fujitsu Imaging Systems of America, Inc .
Golden West Refining
Greenpeace
GSX Services
• Gughemetti & Spangenberg
Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy
IT Corp.
Law Offices of Jim Ackerman
Los Angeles Times
Marina High School Crisis Class
• Martec Marine Technology in Depth
Med-Tox Associates , Inc .
Novar International Corporation
Nossaman, Gunther , Knox & Elliott
Orange County Register
Pactel Meridian Systems
• Pomona Valley Demolition Company
S .C.S . Analytical Lab
Salvation Army
SCS Engineering
Search & Rescue Explorer Post
Southern California Edison
• Sub-Comdex
United Television Broadcasting Systems
VECO, Inc.
Veterinarian Dr. Joel Pasco
Warren Marr Photography
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App e n d i x N
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
OIL SPILL CRITIQUE
MINUTES
Date : May 15 , 1990
Ti ■ e : 9: 00 AM
Location : Emergency Operations Center
Individuals Present :
Jerry Abshier, Mike Adams, Rick Amadril , Rich Barnard, Connie
Brockway, Mark Bodenbender, Paul D'Alessandro, Doug D'Arnall ,
Birgit Davis, Jim Engle, Robert Franz, Bill Fowler,. Dennis Groat,
Fred Heller, Tom Huntley, Colleen Keith, David Kelly, Don Kiser,
Don Lewis, Ron Lowenberg, Glorria Morrison, Mel Ott, James Palin,
Raymond Picard, Tom Poe, Bobbie Purdue, Robert Sedlak, Mick Terich,
Michael Uberuaga, Dan Villella, Jim Vincent, and Dennis Williams
Items included in this critique are from the May 15 , - 1990
debriefing meeting AND written recommendations received by the
Emergency Services Office.
All "Actions Needed" .should be completed by September 15, 1990.
Report completed actions to Glorria Morrison, Emergency Services
Coordinator. The Coordinator will submit a report on "Incomplete
Actions" to Mike Uberuaga, Director of Emergency Services by
September 21, 1990.
Prepared by:
Glorria Morrison, Emergency Services Coordinator
Connie Brockway, City Clerk
•
I. Raymond Picard, Director of Emergency Services (when the oil
spill occurred) :
A. Reviewed the emergency organization and the four levels E
of managing an emergency.
1. Policy Group - Includes the City Administrator,
Deputy City Administrators and Department Heads.
Their role is to set policies, determine
priorities, proclaim a local emergency, coordinate
with elected officials, and County, State and
Federal agencies. Staff to the City Administrator
includes the City Attorney, City Clerk, Public
Information Officer, and Emergency Services-
Manager.
2. Coordination Group - Includes EOC personnel under
the direction of the Operations Commander. With
the new changes in the EOC, the four sections in
this group are Operations, Plans, Logistics, and
Finance. This group coordinates the overall
strategy of the incident. Determines mutual aid
requirements and requests mutual aid for all
departments other than police and fire.
3. Tactical - The various department's operations
centers are where detailed tactical decisions are
made. They dispatch and track personnel and
equipment.
4. Maneuver - This includes field personnel who are
responding to the incident.
B. The Chief reviewed the Line of Succession for Director of
Emergency Services: 1. City Administrator, 2. Fire Chief,
3. Police Chief, etc. The position "Acting City
Administrator" does not influence this list.
C. The position of Operations Commander is determined by the
type of incident that occurs.
Details of "B" and "C" above are included in the City's
Emergency Information Guide.
D. Complications of a multi-agency response:
1. Who is in charge? U.S. Coast Guard, State Fish &
Game, British Petroleum (who agreed to financial
and cleanup responsibilities) or the local
jurisdiction? It was determined that the U.S.
Coast Guard would be the On-Scene Coordinator.
2 . Setting up an organizational structure: Several
cities and the Coast Guard used a form of the
Incident Command System (ICS) . This aided in
organizational setup. Huntington Beach Fire and
1
e Police Departments are trained in ICS. ICS
training is needed for other city employees.
*Action Needed: ICS Classes should be scheduled
for EOC personnel and the EOC functions changed to
ICS format. By: Glorria Morrison
3. A common coordinating center/command post was
needed for all involved agencies. The City's
Lifeguard Headquarters became the incident command
post (ICP) . Representatives from 23 involved
agencies reported to this location. Numerous
command vehicles were set up in the parking lot
including OSHA and the County of Orange. This
setup aided in coordination.
4. Intelligence was collected by all agencies and
shared at the command post. The use of maps made
from the Huntington Beach helicopter aerial
surveillance and the Newport Beach's - GeoBase
Digital Mapping System aided the coordination.
5. The director felt this incident could not have been
managed from the City's EOC due to the multi-agency
involvement. The press and elected officials on
site of the spill demanded that the incident
managers be on site.
6. Numerous agencies on different radio frequencies
resulted in communications difficulties.
Communications between this City and Newport Beach
was excellent due to. the common fire radio
frequency.
7. Need to determine how volunteers will be used
earlier in the incident. The assistance of the
Bolsa Chica Conservancy and. the Huntington Beach
Wetlands Conservancy greatly aided the coordination
of bird cleanup operations.
Action Taken: Volunteer organizations will be
added to the City's Resource File.
8. In early stages there was a failure to visualize
total time, manpower and resources that would be
needed to deal with this type of incident.
E. Recommendations:
1. Every participant should have stenographer pads to
document dates, times and their actions.
Action Taken: Steno pads have been placed in all
EOC desks.
*Action Needed: Steno pads need placed in all oper-
ations centers and in field personnel' s vehicles.
By: Fire, Police, Public Works, Marine Safety
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2. Business cards with updated phone numbers and fax
numbers were essential in bringing 23 agencies S
together.
*Action Needed: Add fax numbers to business cards
and keep supplies with you at all times. By: All
3 . Earlier use of the Public Safety Computer Aided
Dispatch/Records Management System for record
keeping was needed. This . would provide a
chronological list of actions.
4. GeoBase LandTrak Digital Mapping System needed for
accurate tracking of oil locations.
Action Taken: The EOC will have complete GeoBase
LandTrak Digital Mapping System capability by
July 30, 1990.
*Action Needed: Personnel must be assigned this
function and training scheduled. By: Glorria
Morrison and Mark Miller
5. Earlier collection of evidence needed for possible
litigation.
6. A computer and clerical personnel should have been
set up at the command post to track all
information.
7. Recommend city "sign shop" be commended for the
expedient production of beach closure signs.
8. Need to become familiar with OSHA standards and
training requirements.
*Action Needed: Incorporate this information into
Oil Spill Plan. By: Oil Spill Planning Committee
9. Need a department to coordinate volunteers.
Action Taken: Volunteer coordination has been
assigned to the Community Services Department. The
Personnel Division is still responsible for
volunteer signups.
*Action Needed: Prepare a checklist for the
position of Volunteer Coordinator for the EOC.
By: Community Services and Glorria Morrison
II. Mel Ott, Emergency Services Manager/Glorria Morrison,
Emergency Services Coordinator:
A. Emergency Operations Center (EOC) concerns:
1. Difficulties existed in communication between the
ICP and the EOC. Live TV from the HBPD police
helicopter would have helped to alleviate this
problem. Temporary fax machines aided
communications.
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.Action Taken: Permanent fax machines have been
installed in both the Lifeguard Headquarters and
the EOC.
*Action Needed: Complete Live TV from police
helicopter. By: Police Department
2. Need duplicator in EOC; print shop too far away. z
Action Taken: Approved for 1990/91 budget
*Action Needed: Order duplicator. By: Richard
Kaump and Glorria Morrison.
3. PIO needs additional space, phones and a computer.
Action Taken: PIO position(s) will be moved into
FireMed Office. It will provide more space to
accommodate a larger staff, three phone lines. and 2
computers.
*Action Needed: Set up FireMed Room for PIO
Function. By: Bill Reed
• 4. Need status boards for EOC.
Action Taken: 1990/91 Budget item - Denied
5. Each department is responsible to contact their own
personnel as called for in the Emergency
Information Guide.
6. Personnel Division should have phone numbers of all
city employees.
*Action Needed: Personnel must have a complete list
of employees home phone numbers available to them
in the EOC at all times. By: Bill Osness
•
7. Purchasing should be commended for the excellent
job they did during the oil spill.
B. Recommendations:
1. Oil Spill Plan must be updated.
• Action Taken: A planning group with a represen-
tative from each department has been organized.
First meeting set for July 17, 1990.
*Action Needed: As of July 9, 1990 we still need
representatives from Community Services, Public
Information, Finance and Purchasing.
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2. The use of rental cellular phones was essential to
the operation. Emergency Services needs to
purchase cellular phones to keep in the EOC.
Rental cellular phones will be available for
localized incidents but should an area wide
• disaster occur, they may not be available.
Action Taken: 1990/91 Budget item - Denied
3. The Fire Department personnel were not familiar
with the Public Works HazMat Vehicle.
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Action Taken: Memo to Fire Department Training
Center requesting video be made for firefighters ° , •
about the Public Work's HazMat Vehicle.
*Action Needed: Make Video. By: Chief Abshier
4. Refine PIO plan by specific functions, i.e. Lead
PIO (EOC Policy Group) , On-Scene News Media
Coordinator, Phone Coordinator, Press Conference •
Set-up, Video Crew Leader, etc. A checklist should
be written for each function.
*Action Needed: A meeting will be scheduled with
Rich Barnard, PIO, Fire Education Specialists and.
Emergency Services by Glorria Morrison.
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5. Most city department's responsibilities following a
disaster end when they leave the EOC, but Finance,
City Attorney and Emergency Services must be
prepared to continue to deal with the disaster for
months and even years. •
III. Rich Barnard., Acting City Administrator (when oil spill
occurred) :
A. Public Information (PIO) did a good job but needed to be
better organized. The City PIO should be the lead PIO.
B. All PIO's and City elected officials/spokespersons need
cellular phones and/or pagers.
C. Work closer with neighboring communities and agencies,
i.e. Navel Weapons Station, State Fish & Game, etc.
D. Need a central contact point within the State where all
state agencies and elected officials can be contacted.
Action Taken: The State Warning Center in Sacramento has
confirmed, they have access to all state agencies 24-
hours a day. They have access to elected officials and
can contact the Governor, if necessary. Phone (916)427-
4375, (Number posted on EOC Liaison desk. )
E. Training is needed on note taking/record keeping. Each
individual should record actions they have taken not the
overall situation. Date and time is needed on each
entry. It is essential that all EOC and field personnel
maintain accurate and complete records of their
activities. The record should contain a short, concise
basic log of daily activities.
F. The City set higher standards on beach cleanup than had
been set in the past. These will probably become the new
excepted standards nation-wide.
G. Greenpeace demonstration handled well by HBPD.
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• IV. Jim Engle, Health & Welfare Chief:
A. The HB Lifeguard Headquarters was not large enough
facility for this type of operation. Recommend a second
trailer specifically designed to work in conjunction with
the HBFD's Tactical Command Trailer which would provide
a .more extensive portable Incident Command Post (ICP) . '
If the HB Lifeguard Headquarters is to be a future
command post, it should be remodeled to incorporate
portable modular office and conference space, additional
telephone lines and desks. These modules could be kept
r at the_ Corporate Yard and moved to any location when
needed.
B. We need to work more closely with County, State and
Federal agencies in preparation for disasters.
• C. The City has a responsibility to have emergency supplies
on hand and should stockpile them, i.e. medical supplies,
shelter supplies, sand bags, booms, etc.
Action Taken: 1990/91 budget request for 2 cargo
containers, medical supplies and shelter supplies; Denied
r D. The Oil Spill Plan should be updated to reflect that the
Fire Department has the lead role, not Community
Services. The plan should describe the role of the U.S.
Coast Guard and the State Fish & Game. Include the
standards set for beach cleanup.
Action Taken: Planning committee formed. First meeting
• July 17, 1990.
E. Chain of command was at times confusing and crews were
given conflicting orders. Establish and post an
organizational chart early in the incident.
• F. The ..role of the EOC and the ICP were confusing in this
incident.
G. Employees MUST brief their replacements before turning
over command.
• H. Red Cross did a good job in providing the food canteen
for field workers.
I. Purchasing did a great job of procurement, especially
with .provision of meals.
• V. Doug D'Arnall, Beach Services Manager:
A. Some elected officials responding to the disaster
dominated the police helicopter and used public safety
personnel as escorts, taking them out of service. At
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times this brought the entire operation to a stand-still.
In a more serious incident, this situation could become •
critical.
Action Taken: Mr. Uberuaga stated that elected officials
are a resource. He will communicate with them in future
incidents. Elected officials are responsible to the
public and have a role in disasters. We must facilitate
their access to information. PIO will give elected •
officials accurate information and they will report to
the people.
VI. Bill Richardson, Incident Commander:
A. One way communications existed. Intelligence from the
City was good but, we did not receive much information
from other agencies.
B. A full time documentation clerk was needed at the ICP.
C. The key to the success of this operation- was
adaptability.
VII. Jim Vincent, Acting Fire Chief; Fred Heller, Operations
Commander; Dennis Groat,IC/Fire; Jim McKay, Logistics; Mark
Bodenbender, Plans; Tom Shaw, HazMat; Colleen Keith,
supervising Fire Controller; Steve Rothert, Fire Controller;
A. Communications from -the ICP to EOC was poor. EOC
personnel were frustrated. Could have reduced EOC
manning level earlier.
B. A telecommunications person needs to be added to the EOC.
Action Taken: A telecommunications person has been added
to the EOC call out list.
C. Written plans are too compartmentalized. Departments
must coordinate their plans to make sure they interface.
Make sure that all department heads sign off on
Operations Plaris.
D. Need caches of emergency supplies located at each fire
station.
Action Taken: Budget item 1990/91 - Denied
E. Helicopter landings must be controlled from the onset of
an incident to prevent serious accidents. Designate a
formal landing zone with lights, socks, tarmac markings
and water supply. Policy makers must set priorities for
use of the helicopter.
*Action Needed: Have portable landing zone supplies
packaged and ready at all times. By: Police Department
F. Make better use of ground patrols to observe for oil
coming ashore.
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! G. The night flights and infrared videos aided in morning
briefings. All videos should be dated, timed and kept
for permanent record and litigation.
H. A larger task force for cleanup was needed than
originally anticipated.
I. Immediate collection of evidence and continuation of
collection on a timely basis was needed.
J. The Tactical Command Trailer needs two televisions for
monitoring news, a VCR for viewing updated conditions,
! police helicopter live time television hookup, 4-6
cellular phones, three hard wired phones, fax machine and
a water supply. A dispatcher should be assigned to the
trailer instead of a reserve.
*Action Needed: Emergency Services should budget for
needed items. By: Glorria Morrison
! K. GeoBase LandTrack Digital Mapping System needed at
heliport as well as a fax machine.
L. .Need additional phones in fire radio room and on fire
desk of EOC.
! *Action Needed: Order Phones. By: Colleen Keith
M. Long delay in Public Works HazMat vehicle. No Public
Works representative in EOC most of the time.
N. Cad printer in radio room not operational.
! *Action Needed: Fix printer. By: Colleen Keith
0. .. Needed to anticipate magnitude early on to get in front
of. power curve by setting up Tactical Command Trailer
earlier with all necessary equipment.
! VIII .Ron Lowenberg, Police Chief; Jack Reinholtz, Acting Police
Chief ( for oil spill incident) , and Gil Coerper:
A. VIP protection and a reception area for VIP's was needed.
B. Impromptu press conferences made security difficult. PIO
must inform police department of press conferences.
C. Safety concerns must come first in helicopter use; Need
a fixed person running aero bureau disaster operations.
Communications needed from ground control to air traffic.
Secure air space immediately following a disaster for
! safety purposes.
IX. Don Kiser, Acting Director Public Works:
A. City's inventory must be maintained at a much higher
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level. We were running short of supplies.
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X. Birgit Davis, Fire Public Information; Dennis Williams, City
Public Information:
A. Should have made use of fire department video personnel,
equipment and their cable TV channel 32. •
B. Need cable TV access at HB Lifeguard Headquarters.
*Action Needed: Installation of cable television at
Lifeguard Headquarters. By: Doug D'Arnall
C. At ICP, briefing summaries were posted on walls. These
needed to be available for press releases.
*Action Needed: Order lap-top computer in 1991/92
Emergency Services budget. By: Glorria Morrison
D. City Hall second floor PIO staff received hundreds of
questions from the public by phone. The radio stations
gave out their phone number, stating that volunteers were
needed. They were not receiving updated information and
were not kept well informed.
*Action Needed: Include a section in the PIO Plan on
"Phone center" . By: Bill Reed
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E. Community Services, City Hall, fifth floor, received
hundreds of phone calls from citizens that wanted to
Volunteer. They took names and compiled lists.
F. PIO should be on-site and see the incident to speak from
experience. •
G. The more the City said it didn't need volunteers, the
more Greenpeace published the city phone numbers making
PIO operations even more difficult.
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XI. Connie Brockway, City Clerk:
A. Rules and regulations were followed in the convening of
Council meetings. It had been determined that the City
Council cannot meet in closed session with other •
State/County officials during a declared disaster.
XII. Rick Amadril, Purchasing Officer:
A. Will set up vendor contracts for supplies (i.e. cellular •
phones, booms, sand bags, etc. ) for future disasters.
Will create a questionnaire to survey businesses using
City business licenses lists.
*Action Needed: Vendor contracts. By: Rick Amadril
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B. Coordinating with Finance Division to speed up payments
! to vendors used during the oil spill.
XIII.Don Lewis, Personnel:
A. Determine early on if volunteers will be needed and
inform radio stations.
B. New volunteer sign-up form designed and copies printed.
Kept in EOC personnel desk. Used to protect workers by
giving them State workers compensation insurance.
XIV. Robert Sedlack, Finance Officer:
A. Insurance adjuster is scrutinizing every claim. We need
quality documentation. The present system needs
improvement.
! *Action Needed: Need to consider a payroll project
accounting system. By: Bob Franz
XV. Mike Adams, Damage Assessment Officer:_
A. More people should be trained on public information
procedures due to the volume of inquiries at the outset
of the disaster.
B. The damage assessment desk phones are the day-to-day
Emergency Services lines. They rang constantly with
! calls from the public, media and agencies. The PIO
should .be given this desk and a new location assigned to
damage assessment.
*Action Needed: In EOC change-over to , ICS, Damage
Assessment will be moved. By: Glorria Morrison
! C. Additional training is needed on what type of information
should be displayed in the EOC.
XVI. Mike Uberuaga, City Administrator:
! A. It is necessary for individuals to understand their
emergency role and the roles of others.
B. California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) will be
on-site October 9, 10, and 11. Their emphasis is on
critiquing rather than instruction, so it is necessary to
! be' preparedl
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