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Long beach, ny

Long Is Lighting Co Release; Long Beach, Ny · 2 messages · 1985-02-10 to 1985-02-25

status
closed 1985-02-25 00:00Z
opened
1985-02-10 00:00Z
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
40.616, -73.650
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-6275

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-62751985-02-10 00:00Z → cancelled 1985-02-24 00:00Z
    Long beach, new york
    Long Island Lighting Co.; Long Beach, New York.
    Long Beach, New York.
    1. LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO (LILCO) REPORTED TO NRC A RELEASE OF #2 OIL FROM A STORAGE TANK ON THEIR FACILITY NEAR LONG BEACH, NY. * INITIAL REPORT IS TANK WAS NEAR CAPACCITY AT 450,000 GAL OF #2. LEACK WAS FROM A FLANGE NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK. OIL WAS CONTANED WITHIN A 10 TO 12 FOOT DIKED CONTAINMENT AREA, HOWEVER, THE SEALS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DIKE LEAK. * INITIAL ESTIMATE IS THAT AT LEAST 100,000 GALLONS OF PRODUCT HAS LEAKED FROM THE CONTAINMENT AREA. THE TANK AND CONTAINMENT AREA IS SAID TO BE AN ESTIMATED 50 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE. USCG district 1.
    2. COMMODITY: #2 OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 100000 GALLONS.
    3. POSITION 40.588N 073.662W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6275: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6275
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-90151985-02-11 00:00Z → cancelled 1985-02-25 00:00Z
    Long beach, nyoil
    Long Is Lighting Co Release; Long Beach, NY.
    Long Beach, NY.
    1. At 2030 on 2/10 EST Long Island Lighting Co reported a release of about 100,000 gal of #2 oil from a storage tank at their facility near Long Beach, NY capacity of tank is about 450,000 gal. at 0300 EST 2/11 85 18 inch booms were reported deployed at both ends of Barnum Channel (36" boom reported enroute to scene) current weather on scene: winds E less than 5kts but increasing tonight and tomorrow up to 25-35 kts w/strong gusts.
    2. THREAT: OIL.
    3. POSITION 40.616N 073.650W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9015: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9015

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