Grounded Barge; Columbia River, OR
NOAA initial notification: “US EPA Region 10 called the NOAA SSC with a trustee notification that a double-hulled barge grounded this morning on the Columbia River at river mile 169.5 near the mouth of the Hood River. The barge is carrying 1 million gallons of gasoline. No gasoline has been spilled and […]”[1]
Latest included source report
Posted 10 Jul 2009
Latest source report
“The following trajectory forecast and assessment of gasoline persistence in the event of a release during lightering operations scheduled to be conducted between 0800 and 1030 on July 10 assumes the vessel is located at the provided coordinates approximately 22- 23 miles upstream from Bonneville Dam. Model estimates of persistence of released gasoline: A 2000 gallon spill […]” Current outcome is not independently verified by seahazards.[3]
NOAA report chronology
3 dated source records · 9 Jul 2009 to 10 Jul 2009NOAA incident record opened
Initial notification excerpt: “US EPA Region 10 called the NOAA SSC with a trustee notification that a double-hulled barge grounded this morning on the Columbia River at river mile 169.5 near the mouth of the Hood River. The barge is carrying 1 million gallons of gasoline. No gasoline has been spilled and responders are planning to lighter some of the cargo to facilitate refloating the barge.”
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Milestone 1 of 3: 9 Jul 2009. NOAA incident record opened. NOAA approximate incident area; not a vessel track
NOAA incident record opened
Initial notification excerpt: “US EPA Region 10 called the NOAA SSC with a trustee notification that a double-hulled barge grounded this morning on the Columbia River at river mile 169.5 near the mouth of the Hood River. The barge is carrying 1 million gallons of gasoline. No gasoline has been spilled and responders are planning to lighter some of the cargo to facilitate refloating the barge.”
NOAA approximate incident area; not a vessel track (45.719°, -121.508°)
Situation summary
Source report excerpt: “US EPA Region 10 called the NOAA SSC with a trustee notification that a double-hulled barge grounded this morning on the Columbia River at river mile 169.5 near the mouth of the Hood River. The barge is carrying 1 million gallons of gasoline. No gasoline has been spilled and responders are planning to lighter some of the cargo to facilitate refloating the barge. This was a trustee notification. No NOAA assistance has been requested at this time.”
Planning Trajectory
Source report excerpt: “The following trajectory forecast and assessment of gasoline persistence in the event of a release during lightering operations scheduled to be conducted between 0800 and 1030 on July 10 assumes the vessel is located at the provided coordinates approximately 22- 23 miles upstream from Bonneville Dam. Model estimates of persistence of released gasoline: A 2000 gallon spill would evaporate down to 5 - 10% remaining within 1 hour of release and would be gone within 2 hours. A 10,000 gallon spill would evaporate down to 10 - 15 % remaining within 1 hour of release and would be gone within 2.5 hours A 20,000 gallon spill would evaporate down to 15 - 20% remaining within 1 hour after release and […]”
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- NOAA IncidentNews 8043[1]
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NOAAORR-8043 NOAA response record
Grounded Barge; Columbia River, OR. Columbia River, OR. 1. US EPA Region 10 called the NOAA SSC with a trustee notification that a double-hulled barge grounded this morning on the Columbia River at river mile 169.5 near the mouth of the Hood River. The barge is carrying 1 million gallons of gasoline. No gasoline has been spilled and responders are planning to lighter some of the cargo to facilitate refloating the barge. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: GASOLINE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1000000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 45.719N 121.508W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8043: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8043Open record and warning history →
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