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This underground oil spill case continues from the discovery in april, 1985, of diesel oil seepage from a…

Royal Oil Company; Baltimore, Maryland · Baltimore, Maryland · 2 messages · 1987-10-01 to 1987-10-15

status
closed 1987-10-15 00:00Z
opened
1987-10-01 00:00Z
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
39.289, -76.623
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-6500

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-65001987-10-01 00:00Z → cancelled 1987-10-15 00:00Z
    Noaa/oma's involvement with this underground oil spill case continues from the discovery of the spill in 1985
    Gwynn's Falls Underground Incident; Baltimore, Maryland.
Baltimore, Maryland.
1. NOAA/OMA's involvement with this underground oil spill case continues from the discovery of the spill in 1985. The incident is a diesel oil seepage from a stream embankment at the base of Gable Avenue in Baltimore. The oil has leaked into Gwynn's Falls, a tributary that drains into the Patapsco River. Approximately 27,000 gallons of product have been recovered to date. Since 1985, NOAA has provided scientific support on this incident to the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Baltimore. Based on a NOAA report prepared by Research Planning Institute in 1986, the MSO constructed a passive recovery system in January 1987. Since that time, 1,000 gallons of oil have been recovered. USCG district 5.
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 27000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 39.299N 076.615W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6500: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6500
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-65011987-10-01 00:00Z → cancelled 1987-10-15 00:00Z
    This underground oil spill case continues from the discovery in april, 1985, of diesel oil seepage from a…
    Royal Oil Company; Baltimore, Maryland.
Baltimore, Maryland.
1. This underground oil spill case continues from the discovery in April, 1985, of diesel oil seepage from a stream embankment at the base of Gable Avenue in Baltimore. Because this release occurs in an industrialized section of Baltimore, identifying the source has been an ongoing issue. The oil has leaked into Gwynn's Falls, a tributary of the Patapsco River. USCG district 5.
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL.
3. POSITION 39.289N 076.623W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6501: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6501

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