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New bedford, massachusetts

F/V Resolve; New Bedford, Massachusetts · 2 messages · 1986-12-01 to 1987-01-17

status
closed 1987-01-17 00:00Z
opened
1986-12-01 00:00Z
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
41.645, -70.917
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-6423

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-64231986-12-01 00:00Z → cancelled 1986-12-15 00:00Z
    New bedford, ma
    New Bedford Public School System; New Bedford, MA.
New Bedford, MA.
1. On December 1, 1986, Building 42, a warehouse owned by the New Bedford Public School System was vandalized in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Several containers were broken and hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, anhydrous ammonia, formaldehyde, ethyl ether, chloroform and denatured alcohol were spilled within the warehouse. None of the material was reported to have entered New Bedford Harbor. USCG district 1.
2. COMMODITY: HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SULFURIC ACID, ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, FORMALDEHYDE,.
3. POSITION 41.645N 070.917W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6423: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6423
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-64381987-01-03 00:00Z → cancelled 1987-01-17 00:00Z
    New bedford, massachusetts
    F/V Resolve; New Bedford, Massachusetts.
New Bedford, Massachusetts.
1. On January 2, 1987, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Providence, Rhode Island received a report that a sheen of diesel oil was emanating from the sunken fishing vessel Resolve into New Bedford Harbor. In addition, the approximately thirty 55-gallon drums aboard the vessel were believed to contain bilge slops, bait, and seawater, the marking and labeling of the drums suggested that they contained a hazardous chemical. USCG district 1.
2. COMMODITY: BILGE SLOPS, BAIT, SEAWATER, HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL.
3. POSITION 41.645N 070.917W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6438: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6438

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