The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is responding to the tanker crash that spilled 2500 gallons of aviation fuel near White City Monday night. The spill poses no threat to groundwater wells or surface water.
The Department of Environmental Quality is a regulatory agency responsible for protecting and enhancing the quality of Oregon’s air, water and land.
The agency was formed in 1969 to replace the State Sanitary Authority. The Department of Environmental Quality is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2019.
The Department of Environmental Quality is working with Croman Corporation to clean up the fuel. Crews began excavation and removal of contaminated soil from around the crash site at about 7:00am Wednesday morning, Aug. 7. The soil will be taken to Dry Creek Landfill.
The Department of Environmental Quality and contractors have begun excavating and removing contaminated soil.
Out of an abundance of caution, they are also collecting air, soil and water samples near the crash site.
The Jackson County Roads Department has closed Antioch Road to through traffic between Highway 234 and Modoc Road until further notice. The roadway remains open to local traffic. Cleanup operations may take more than a week and motorists should find alternate routes.
The Medford Fire Department reported the spill to the Oregon Emergency Response System on Monday, Aug. 5, around 10 p.m. The accident occurred on Antioch Road between Modoc and Loch Lomond Road on the east side of Upper Table Rock in White City.
