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2027 westhaven dr, westport, wa 98595, USA
Sunken Crabbing Vessel, Port of Westport; Westport, Wa · 3 messages · 2024-09-17 to 2024-11-19
- status
- closed 2024-11-19 00:00Z
- opened
- 2024-09-17 00:00Z
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 46.907, -124.109
- joined by
- proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
- key
- pollution:NOAAORR-10854
Timeline · 3 messages, oldest first
- 1NOAAORR-108542024-09-17 00:00Z → cancelled 2024-10-01 00:00Z1701 1st st, cosmopolis, waoil
Cosmo Specialty Fiber: Facility Closure; Cosmopolis, WA. 1701 1st St, Cosmopolis, WA. 1. On Tuesday, September 17, US EPA notified SSC NW of a potential discharge from a pulp mill in Cosmopolis, WA. The 400-acre facility is owned by Cosmo Specialty Fibers and is currently dormant/non-operational. There are concerns about the large quantities of hazardous chemicals on site and the potential for a discharge of oil, hazmat, or both into the neighboring Chehalis river. Numerous tanks, totes, and drums are in varying levels of degradation. The SSC is working with WA Ecology and EPA to draft Resources at Risk/232 before any remedial actions occur. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 46.953N 123.767W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10854: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10854
- 2NOAAORR-108582024-09-25 00:00Z → cancelled 2024-10-09 00:00ZWillapa bay, waoil
F/V Pacific Bay; Willapa Bay, WA. Willapa Bay, WA. 1. On 25 September, 2024, NOAA SSC was notified that a 50 foot fishing vessel had grounded in Willapa Bay, WA at the mouth of the Columbia River. The amount of fuel or other pollutants on board is currently unknown. SSC and FOSCR discussed possible salvage operations under the authority of OSLTF 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1200 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 46.712N 124.073W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10858: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10858
- 3NOAAORR-108682024-11-05 00:00Z → cancelled 2024-11-19 00:00Z2027 westhaven dr, westport, wa 98595, USAoil
Sunken Crabbing Vessel, Port of Westport; Westport, WA. 2027 Westhaven Dr, Westport, WA 98595, USA. 1. On 05-NOV-25, USCG Sector Columbia River contacted NOAA NW RRO to notify them of a 50ft crabbing vessel that sank at the Port of Westport in Westport, WA. USCG and WA ECY were on-scene and observed a red dye diesel sheen on the water. The vessel has a max potential of 1,200 gallons, but it is believed that the vessel’s tanks were dry and that the sheen is coming from three 55 gallons drums on the back deck that became free when the vessel sank. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1200 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 46.907N 124.109W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10868: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10868
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