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Swinomish channel, anacortes, wa

Bnsf Railway Train Derailment, Swinomish Channel, Anacortes, Wa · 2 messages · 2023-02-22 to 2023-03-30

status
closed 2023-03-30 00:00Z
opened
2023-02-22 00:00Z
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
48.459, -122.517
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-10573

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-105732023-02-22 00:00Z → cancelled 2023-03-08 00:00Z
    Lopez island, wagrounding
    Tug Aground near Ferry Terminal, Lopez Island, WA.
Lopez Island, WA.
1. On February 22, 2023, the USCG Sector Puget Sound contacted the PNW SSC that the Tug Tulalip is aground near the Lopez Island Ferry Terminal in the San Juan Islands, WA. The tug has the potential for approximately 400 gallons of diesel, no release is reported at this time. The USCG requested a Resources at Risk and a local weather forecast.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 400 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING.
3. POSITION 48.571N 122.884W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10573: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10573
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-105842023-03-16 00:00Z → cancelled 2023-03-30 00:00Z
    Swinomish channel, anacortes, warailcar
    BNSF Railway Train Derailment, Swinomish Channel, Anacortes, WA.
Swinomish Channel, Anacortes, WA.
1. On March 16, 2023, the EPA Region 10 contacted the NOAA SSC that a BNSF train derailed near the Swinomish Channel, Anacortes, Washington, There is a potential of approx. 7,000 gallons of diesel. There are other loaded cars still on the tracks.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL, LUBE OIL. TAGS: RAILCAR.
3. POSITION 48.459N 122.517W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10584: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10584

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