2003 Press Releases
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12/20/03 No further agent vapor detected (5:40 p.m.)
12/20/04 Depot chemical incident reported (1:00 p.m.)
December 17 No further agent vapor detected (5:00 p.m.)
12/17/03 Depot chemical incident reported (4:22 p.m.)
12/08/03 Depot Night-Shift Employees Advised to Report to Work  (4:58 p.m.)
12/08/03 No injuries; Depot Operations Back to Normal at Umatilla Chemical Depot  (4:40 p.m.)
12/08/03 No Further Agent Vapor Detected  (3:45 p.m.)
12/08/03 Chemical Incident Reported at Depot  (3:15 p.m.)
12/03/03 Security Sees Unknown Individual on Depot
11/18/03 CSEPP Siren Test Scheduled for Tues., Nov 25
11/13/03 Depot Plans Exercise Next Week
11/10/03 Recirculating Air Filter Distribution for Irrigon Residents – this weekend
11/07/03 Change in Completion Date for 450 MHz Tactical Communication System
10/31/03 Depot / Project Update
10/30/03 Trace Amount of Chemical Agent Vapor Detected
10/22/03 IEM Awarded Oregon Emergency Management Contract To Continue Emergency Planning Support at Umatilla Chemical Depot
10/22/03 CSEPP siren test scheduled for Tues., Oct. 28
10/17/03 Depot / Project Update
10/16/03 Ad Campaign Focus:  Keeping Kids Safe
10/01/03 Depot / Project Update
10/01/03 Trace amount of chemical agent vapor detected
10/29/03 Trace Amount of GB Sarin Vapor Detected
09/29/03 Monthly CSEPP Siren Test, Tues. September 30
09/25/03 Depot / Project Update
09/18/03 Depot / Project Update
09/15/03 Kid's Eye View: Focus of September's CSEPP Media Campaign
09/11/03 Depot / Project Update
09/09/03 Trace amount of chemical agent vapor detected
09/05/03 Special Needs Survey in the Mail Soon for Irrigon and Boardman Residents
08/25/03 Monthly CSEPP Siren Test, Tues. Aug 26
08/14/03 Ad Campaign Stresses the Variety of Protective Measures
08/07/03 Depot plans drill next Wednesday
07/28/03 Monthly CSEPP Siren Test, Tues. July 29
07/22/03 Trace Amount of Chemical Agent Vapor Detected
07/10/03 New Commander Coming to Umatilla Depot
07/26/03 Depot / Disposal Project Update
06/19/03 Monthly CSEPP Siren Test, Tues. June 24
06/02/03 Annual Emergency Preparedness Drill Tuesday
05/29/03 CSEPP Ready, Set, Act Display Set for Hermiston Sunday
05/22/03 Annual Emergency Preparedness Drill slated June 3
05/22/03 Monthly CSEPP siren test, Tues., May 27
05/14/03 Campaign identifies areas that shelter in place and areas that evacuate
05/08/03 Depot Plans Drill
05/02/03 Recirculating Air Filters to be Mass Distributed in Irrigon during “Irrigon Safety Awareness Days”
05/01/03 Depot Project Update
04/28/03 Monthly Test of Benton County CSEPP Sirens
04/25/03 Monthly CSEPP Siren Test Uses New Tones, Tues., April 29
04/22/03 Depot Drill Scheduled for Wednesday
04/09/03 Media Campaign Focuses on CSEPP Siren Changes in Oregon
04/04/03 Depot Project Update
03/13/03 Information Meeting for Deaf or Hard of Hearing
03/13/03 Depot Plans Drill Monday
03/06/03 Depot Project Update
03/05/03 Wally's Clubhouse Rolling Out
03/04/03 Media Advisory: 2003 CSEPP Medical Exercise 
Decon Exercise Facts 
02/21/03 CSEPP Siren Test, Tuesday February 25
02/20/03 Depot Project Update
02/06/03 Depot Project Update
01/30/03 Depot Project Update
01/24/03 CSEPP Siren Test, Tuesday, January 28
01/23/03 Depot Project Update
01/22/03 2002 Annual Report for Oregon CSEPP
01/16/03 Depot Drill Scheduled for Wednesday
01/06/03 Depot Weekly Project Update
 
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Umatilla County 
Emergency Management
Cheryl Seigal,
(541) 966-3703
Cheryl.Seigal@csepp.net
Morrow County 
Emergency Management
Maureen Roxbury
(541) 922-5262
maureen@csepp.org
Benton County
Emergency Services
Steve Sautter
(509) 628-2600
s.sautter@bces.wa.gov
Washington State
Emergency Management
Mark Clemens
(253) 512-7006
M.Clemens@emd.wa.gov
Department of Homeland Security
Jesse Seigal
(541) 567-3652
Jesse.Seigal@dhs.gov
Umatilla Chemical Depot
Jim Hackett
(541) 564-5418
james.s.hackett@us.army.mil