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Port Manatee Oil Spill; Tampa Bay, Fl · 2 messages · 2006-09-18 to 2006-10-02

status
closed 2006-10-02 00:00Z
opened
2006-09-18 00:00Z
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
27.642, -82.567
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-6123

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-61232006-09-18 00:00Z → cancelled 2006-10-02 00:00Z
    Tampa bay, flgrounding
    Barge Alafia; Tampa Bay, FL.
Tampa Bay, FL.
1. Barge grounded near bouys 11 and 12 outside Egmont channel with full load of molten sulfur.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: MOLTEN SULFUR CAS 7704-34-9. TAGS: GROUNDING.
3. POSITION 27.608N 082.992W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6123: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6123
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-61242006-09-18 00:00Z → cancelled 2006-10-02 00:00Z
    Tampa bay, flpipeline
    Port Manatee Oil Spill; Tampa Bay, FL.
Tampa Bay, FL.
1. Florida DEP/BER reported that approximately 1000 gallons of HFO was released from a containment area at Port Manatee. Later determined to be a small leak from a 30" unused pipeline that was not under pressure. The oil was moving into Tampa Bay to the northwest. A command post was established at Port Manatee Cruise terminal. Later volume into the water was estimated as 500 gallons of #6 HFO. Minimal environmental impacts.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: #6 HFO. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1000 GALLONS. TAGS: PIPELINE.
3. POSITION 27.642N 082.567W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6124: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6124

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