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U.S. Oil & Refining/McChord Pipeline Co.

Oil Spill Contingency Plan

March 31, 2025, 8 a.m. - April 30, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PT

We invite interested public, local and tribal governments to review and comment on the U.S. Oil & Refining/McChord Pipeline Co. Contingency Plan updates.

The following plan is now available for public review:  

Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 173-182 and 173-186 requires oil handling facilities, pipelines, vessels and railroads to have a state-approved oil spill contingency plan that ensures their ability to respond to major oil spills.

Regulated companies are required to submit changes to Ecology and significant updates may require a 30-day public review of the updates. Specific changes in this update include the discontinuation of U.S. Oil & Refining Co.’s contract with Gallagher Marine Systems and replaced with a contract with Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH) to fill Spill Management Team (SMT) positions.

Visit our website to see a list of approved contingency plans.

To see the checklist Ecology uses to review these plans, click here: 173-182_PlanReviewChecklist.pdf

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Patrick Lewis
Dept. of Ecology, Spills Program
PO Box 330316
Shoreline, WA 98133-9716
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Patrick Lewis
Preparedness Planner
patrick.lewis@ecy.wa.gov

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