CLipboard : Hazardous Spills Log

The Orange County Hazardous Materials Team, administered by the County Health Care Agency division of environmental health, responds to calls on chemical spills and other incidents involving hazardous materials. Sometimes the team will go to the site; other times it will advise residents or local fire departments over the phone.

There were 17 spills recorded in HAZMAT’s response logs in October. Here are the details: Date: Oct. 1 Location of Incident: 601 Imperial Highway, La Habra Material Handler: ARCO service station Materials Involved: Gasoline Date: Oct. 1 Location of Incident: Tonner Canyon Road near Brea Boulevard, Brea Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Glue Date: Oct. 1 Location of Incident: Paseo de Valencia and Avenida de la Carlota Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Waste oil Date: Oct. 4 Location of Incident: 3333 Michelson Drive, Irvine Material Handler: Fluor Corp. Materials Involved: Bromine chloride Date: Oct. 5 Location of Incident: 6905 Oslo Circle, Buena Park Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Six drums of an unknown substance Date: Oct. 8 Location of Incident: Pacific Ocean, Huntington Beach Material Handler: Navy (ship Denver) Materials Involved: Diesel fuel Date: Oct. 14 Location of Incident: 17th Street and Carroll Way, Tustin Material Handler: Marine Corps Materials Involved: Tear gas Date: Oct. 15 Location of Incident: Ocean Avenue near the Seal Beach Pier, Seal Beach Material Handler: Hapag-Lloyd Hamburg Materials Involved: Soot Date: Oct. 17 Location of Incident: 15606 Brookhurst St., Westminster Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Illegal disposal of waste oil Date: Oct. 19 Location of Incident: Woodside and Cambria Lane, Laguna Hills Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Transmission fluid Date: Oct. 22 Location of Incident: Melanie Lane and Springdale Drive, Westminster Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Natural gas leak Date: Oct. 24 Location of Incident: 704 S. Richfield Road, Placentia Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Waste ink Date: Oct. 24 Location of Incident: Tonner Canyon Road and Orange Freeway, Brea Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Waste solvent Date: Oct. 26 Location of Incident: Associated and Bastanchury roads, Fullerton Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Unknown milky substance in the flood channel Date: Oct. 28 Location of Incident: 3421 W. Olinda Lane, Anaheim Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Methamphetamine (drug lab) Date: Oct. 30 Location of Incident: 16653 Viewpoint Lane, Huntington Beach Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Methamphetamine (drug lab) Date: Oct. 30 Location of Incident: 1375 Sunflower Ave., Costa Mesa Material Handler: Los Angeles Times Materials Involved: Caustic liquid Source: Orange County Health Care Agency, environmental health division