Galveston, tx, USA

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   NOAAORR-107842024-05-11 00:00Z → cancelled 2024-05-25 00:00Z
   Deer park, txoil

   Waste Oil Discharge, Tucker's Bayou; Deer Park, TX.
   Deer Park, TX.
   1. On May 11, 2024, an unknown amount of waste oil from tank washings was discharged into Tucker's Bayou, a sub-estuary of Buffalo Bayou (aka Upper Houston Ship Channel) NRC#1398647. Oil-water mixture discharged from a drainage culvert into a heavily vegetated area in the upper end of the Tucker Bayou drainage. Sector Houston-Galveston notified NOAA SSC, and requested assistance with identifying potential listed species on-site and recommendations for clean-up methods.
   2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: WASTE OIL.
   3. POSITION 29.733N 095.098W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10784: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10784

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   NOAAORR-107862024-05-15 00:00Z → cancelled 2024-05-29 00:00Z
   Galveston, tx, USAoil

   Pelican Island Bridge Allision; Galveston, TX.
   Galveston, TX, USA.
   1. On May 15, 2024, the USCG contacted the ERD Duty Officer to request support on a tug and barge accident. The tug and barge hit the Pelican Island bridge in Galveston, TX, spilling vacuum gas oil. Other details are pending. Trajectory was requested.
   2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: VACUUM GAS OIL (API 26). MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 20000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 29.313N 094.822W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10786: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10786