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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

April 6, 2011

  • Macroinvertebrate Data

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

December 9, 2010

  • U.S. Department of Transportation Issues Corrective Order to Chevron

November 30, 2010

August 26, 2010

July 28, 2010

  • Draft Clean Up Criteria
  • Draft Clean Up Plan

July 15, 2010

  • Water Quality Board Notice of Violation

July 13, 2010

  • Red Butte Oil Spill Chemical Data Summary through June 24, 2010

July 12, 2010

  • Town Hall Meeting to Unveil Restoration Plan (Map)

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
  • 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
  • Chevron Letter to Public

June 17, 2010

  • Additional Water Quality Tests Show No Immediate Threat

June 16. 2010

  • SLC Retains Independent Firm for Oversight of Oil Spill Cleanup

June 15, 2010

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

June 14, 2010

  • Laboratory Analysis of Samples Collected
  • 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

January 20, 2011

  • Water Quality Board Notice of Violation

December 16, 2011

December 12, 2010

  • Chevron Oil Spill SLC Media Advisory

December 9, 2010

  • News Release: U.S. Department of Transportation Issues Corrective Order to Chevron

December 7, 2010

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

December 6, 2010

  • Cleanup Continues, Water/Soil Tests to be Reviewed

December 2, 2010

  • Aerial Photo
  • A New Chevron Oil Spill

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