Hurricane Sandy - Spills in the Arthur Kill; Arthur Kill, NJ

Source report excerpt: “Clean-Up Efforts Continue at Motiva's Sewaren Terminal Spill Site in N.J. -Shell By Rose Marton-Vitale Published November 01, 2012 Dow Jones Newswires Shell Oil Co., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSB, RDSA.LN, RDSB.LN), Thursday said efforts continue to recover an estimated 6,600 barrels of diesel fuel that spilled into the Woodbridge Creek when a tank ruptured Wednesday at its shuttered joint-venture Motiva terminal in Sewaren, N.J. The initial estimate of the spill was 300,000 gallons, or about 7,100 barrels. Shell spokeswoman Kayla Macke said responders were able to stop the flow of diesel fuel into the Woodbridge Creek on the Kill van Kull Waterway, which is one of the […]”

Source report excerpt: “http://www.motivaenterprises.com/home/content/motiva/media_center/2012/11012012_sandy.html Summary of impact on Motiva terminals in NJ and NY: Hurricane Sandy 11/01/2012 Motiva’s terminals in New Jersey and New York have experienced flooding due to the storm surge as well as loss of power and wind impacts. The safety of the community and responders is Motiva’s primary concern in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Safety assessments and plans have been conducted and developed and are being implemented. In cooperation with local agencies, Motiva is continuing to conduct a thorough inspection and damage assessment of its petroleum terminals including Sewaren, NJ. All employees have been accounted […]”

Source report excerpt: “News Release UPDATE: Coast Guard continues to oversee Arthur Kill oil spill cleanup NEW YORK — The Coast Guard is continuing to oversee clean up operations at the Motiva facility in Sewaren, N.J. Product and water is being recovered by vacuum trucks from the secondary containment area and pumped into a separate onsite storage tank. As of 4 p.m. November 2nd, the response organization has collected 273,462 gallons of oily water mixture. This material includes product transferred from one of the damaged tanks that did not spill outside that tank, secondary containment and on water skimming operations. Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research worked with the response to rescue four oiled birds, and […]”

Source report excerpt: “UPDATE: Hurricane Sandy Pollution Response Unified Command continues to respond to environmental threats NEW YORK – Interagency pollution response operations continue for numerous areas throughout New York and New Jersey with environmental threats caused by Hurricane Sandy. A Hurricane Sandy Pollution Response Unified Command has been established with the U.S. Coast Guard, Environmental Protection Agency, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The unified command has created branches,divisions and task forces to safely and efficiently respond to these impacted areas. Responders with the unified command are assessing affected […]”