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TB Boston #30, Staten Island, NY

At 0240 the NOAA SSC received a call from USCG D1 DRAT saying a barge (Boston 30) carrying 220,000 bbl potential #6 heating oil is spilling to the Kill Van Kull at Mariners Harbor, Staten Island....

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Southern Recycling Drifting Dry Dock, Gulf of Mexico off LA

On 28Aug12, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted the NOAA SSC for a trajectory for a drifting floating dry dock, 650'long x 137'wide. Dry dock is owned by Southern Recycling, who was towing it to a...

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Anhydrous ammonia leak, Fisherman's terminal, Seattle

On August 31 at approximately 1445 NOAA SSC was notified of a anhydrous ammonia leak aboard the fish processing vessel PACIFIC PRODUCER located at Fishermen's terminal in Seattle. The leak started on...

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MODU in Distress, 14nm Offshore, LA

On 17DEC12, MSU Morgan City contact NOAA for scientific support relating to a potential release of 1,000 gl of marine diesel from a MODU in distress. The vessel is located 14nm offshore, west of Marsh...

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Oiled Wildlife, St Lawrence Island, Alaska

The NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator in Alaska was notified by Coast Guard Sector Anchorage on the morning of 7 November 2012 that subsistence hunters in Savoonga and Gamble on St. Lawrence Island,...

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M/T STENA PRIMORSK, Albany, NY

The SSC was notified by Sector NY of the grounding of the 800 foot M/T Stena Primorsk south of Albany, NY. At this time there is no oil being released. The ballast tank has been breached. No request...

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TX Petroleum Investment. Co, Breton Sound, LA Gulf of Mexico

On December 26, 2012, 1130am/CST, the USCG requested a NOAA trajectory for a 1BBL (42 gallons)crude oil discharge into Breton Sound on the east side of the Mississippi River Delta. The discharge was...

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Shell Drill Rig Kulluk adrift, NW Gulf of Alaska

The Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk went aground on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska on January 1, 2013. Sitkalidak is an uninhabitated island just south of Kodiak Island. The Kulluk was being towed...

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F/V Robert Henry, Cape Arago, Oregon

At 0330 January 2, the F/V Robert Henry ran aground at the south tip of Cape Arago near Coos Bay, Oregon. The 39-foot fishing vessel reportedly has 400 gallons of diesel aboard. USCG Sector Columbia...

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M/T Elia, Baytown, TX

On 13JAN, USCG contacted NOAA SSC about a release of ship-board oily waste from M/T Elias into the Houston Ship Channel due to malfunctioning oily-water separator. The vessel is berthed in Baytown, TX....

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Ruptured Flowline, Pass a Loutre WMA, LA

On 14JAN, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted NOAA SSC about a ruptured flowline in Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area. The release was discovered on 6JAN and initially reported as 4 gl and then...

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ORB Exploration, Bayou Sorrel, Outside Baton Rouge, LA

On 15JAN13, USCG MSU Baton Rouge contact NOAA SSC in regards to a spill in Bayou Sorrel which occurred on 3JAN13. USCG was notified on 15JAN of the spill and gather information. The spill is estimated...

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UTV Saint Paul, MM 135, North of New Orleans, LA

On 17JAN13, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted NOAA SSC in regards to a towing vessel which sank 200 ft off the right descending bank of the Mississippi River at mile marker 135, about 40 river miles...

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Barge MOC-12 Allision with Miss. R. Bridge, Miss R. at Vicksburg, MS

The NOAA Hazmat Duty Officer was contacted late morning on 27 Jan 13 for assistance with a barge discharging a light crude oil into the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Vickburg, MS after an...

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Barge YON268, Apra Harbor, Guam

USCG Sector Guam contacted the SSC for the Pacific Islands to request oil spill trajectories in the event of a release of 112,000 gallons of heavy oil aboard a derelict barge in Apra Harbor, Guam. The...

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Apache Rig, Main Pass 295, 20 mi Offshore LA

On 15FEB13, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted NOAA SSC in regards to a potential release of crude oil and condensate from an exploratory well being drilled about 50 mi east of Venice, LA. There is...

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Oily Water Discharge, Vermillion Bay, LA

On 24FEB at 1120 CST, USCG MSU Morgan City contacted NOAA SSC about a release of 10 bbls of saltwater and crude oil mixture (equivalent of 5 bbls crude oil) into central Vermillion Bay, LA. The release...

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Wellhead Allision, Lake Washington, LA

On 26FEB13, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted NOAA SSC in regards to an allision that occurred at 8:00 pm between a 42 ft. aluminum hull crew boat and an inactive wellhead in the Lake Washington Field...

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Offshore Collision, Vermillion Block 94, LA

On 26FEB13, USCG MSU Morgan City contacted NOAA SSC about a potential release from a drilling rig due to a collision with a salvage work boat. A drilling rig has been lifted and resting on the seabed...

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Tug Miss Melinda, Near Empire Locks, LA

On February 28, 2013, 0815 PST the USCG Sector New Orleans reported a sunken tug, Miss Melinda, located 1 NM off of Empire Locks in Louisiana. Sector New Orleans requested NOAA's Emergency Response...

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