Santa Clara River Pipeline; Santa Clarita, California

Santa Clarita, California | 1994-Jan-17

Initial Notification: The Northridge Earthquake of January 17, 1994, caused the rupture of a crude oil pipeline owned by ARCO/Four Corners near the city of Santa Clarita, California (approximately 35 miles north of Los Angeles). Approximately 3,500 barrels of San Joaquin Valley Crude exited the pipeline and traveled through a culvert to a drainage ditch and then into the Santa Clara River. The oil traveled downstream (west) roughly 15 miles to a point where the river runs subterranean. The impact site was located 35 miles inland of the Pacific Ocean in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) zone. USCG district 11. Keyword: containment boom, drum skimmers, endangered species, filter fences, International Bird Rescue Research Center, shallow water recovery, skimmers, sorbent boom, sorbent pompoms, vacuum trucks, vegetation cutting, watercress, weed cutters.