Timeline: Red Butte Creek Oil Spills

This is a timeline of significant events associated with the two recent Chevron oil spills in the Red Butte area.

First Oil Spill: June 12, 2010

June 1, 2011

• Water Chemistry Data (162 KB)

April 6, 2011

• Macroinvertebrate Data (17 KB)

March 17, 2011

• DWQ’s Responses to Chevron’s Notice of Violation Responses to First and Second Spill

January 25, 2011

• Chevron Response to DWQ Review Comments (24.6 MB)

December 9, 2010

• U.S. Department of Transportation Issues Corrective Order to Chevron (149 KB)

November 30, 2010

• Red Butte Oil Spill Chemical Data Summary

August 26, 2010

• Chevron Notice of Violation Response
• Chemical Data Summary (118 KB)

July 28, 2010

• Draft Clean Up Criteria (100 KB)
• Draft Clean Up Plan

July 15, 2010

• Water Quality Board Notice of Violation (23 KB)

July 13, 2010

• Red Butte Oil Spill Chemical Data Summary through June 24, 2010 (47 KB)

July 12, 2010

• Town Hall Meeting to Unveil Restoration Plan (Map) (640 KB)

June 22, 2010

• Water Tests Indicate Some Threat to Aquatic Life; Spill Contained Largely in Red Butte Creek

June 21, 2010

• Hole Size Revised
• Unified Command Outlines Recovery Plan, Pipeline Starts Up

June 20, 2010

• Congressman Matheson Briefing (22 KB)
• Oil Spill Clean-up Crews Discover Body
• Oil Recovery Efforts Continue; Pipeline Test Successful

June 19, 2010

• Unified Command Approves Test of Pipeline

June 18, 2010

• Chevron Plans to Flush Red Butte Creek (31 KB)
• Chevron Letter to Public (33 KB)

June 17, 2010

• Additional Water Quality Tests Show No Immediate Threat

June 16. 2010

• SLC Retains Independent Firm for Oversight of Oil Spill Cleanup (91 KB)

June 15, 2010

• SLC Calls for Public Closure of Jordan River to Continue Oil Collection Efforts (89 KB)
• Oil Spill Samples: First Water Quality Tests Show No Immediate Threat

June 14, 2010

• Laboratory Analysis of Samples Collected (673 KB)
• DEQ Assists with Oil Spill Clean Up; Results of Water Samples to be Unveiled at Clayton Middle School
• Chevron Revises Spill Estimate

June 13, 2010

• Salt Lake City Issued Media Advisory

June 12, 2010

• First Red Butte Oil Spill

Second Oil Spill: December 2, 2010

January 25, 2011

• Chevron’s Response to the Notice of Violation (24.6 MB)

January 20, 2011

• Water Quality Board Notice of Violation (187 KB)

December 16, 2011

• Chevron Pipeline December 2, 2010 Spill Analytical Results

December 12, 2010

• Chevron Oil Spill SLC Media Advisory (63 KB)

December 9, 2010

• News Release: U.S. Department of Transportation Issues Corrective Order to Chevron (149 KB)

December 7, 2010

• News Release: Water Tests Confirm No Threat to Red Butte Creek From Second Chevron Spill (29 KB)

December 6, 2010

• Cleanup Continues, Water/Soil Tests to be Reviewed

December 2, 2010

• Aerial Photo (619 KB)
• A New Chevron Oil Spill