Overturned Asphalt Truck; McCord Creek, OR

McCord Creek, OR | 2009-Jul-09

Initial Notification: US EPA Region 10 called the NOAA SSC on July 9 for a trustee notification of an asphalt truck that overturned on the I-84 Bridge over McCord Creek in Oregon on July 8. Asphalt has been released and some of the asphalt has entered and solidified in a slug in the McCord Creek. NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service has been notified and has had a representative on-scene. This was a trustee notification. No NOAA ERD response support has been requested at this time. Damage assessment experts with NOAA's Assessment and Restoration Division are in contact with NOAA NMFS regarding potential damage to the creek and NOAA trust resources.