Environmental Emergencies

What is an environmental emergency?
An environmental emergency is a situation that poses an immediate threat to public health or the environment resulting from the release or potential release of oil, hazardous chemicals or radioactive materials into the air, land or water. Environmental emergencies may include:
 

• Oil or chemical spills onto soil or into surface water, groundwater, or storm drains and sanitary sewers;
• Leaking or reacting drums of known or unknown chemical or hazardous waste;
• Leaking underground storage tank;
• Fires involving tires, PCBs, pesticides or other chemicals;
• Accidents involving the transportation of chemicals, oil or other petroleum products;
• Illegal disposal or handling of asbestos, and biomedical, radioactive or hazardous waste;
• Mercury spills.

If you witness or have an environmental emergency please call

• 911 
• 503-348-8833 (Public Works On-Call Emergency)

Environmental Concerns between 7am-3:30pm Monday-Friday 

• 503-209-7656 (Riley Gill - Environmental Services Coordinator)