Mystic river, boston, massachusetts

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   NOAAORR-65451988-01-15 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-01-29 00:00Z
   Malden river, boston, massachusetts

   Exxon Company; Malden River, Boston, Massachusetts.
   Malden River, Boston, Massachusetts.
   1. On January 15, 1988, a six-inch, Exxon-operated pipeline carrying gasoline broke, spilling an estimated 3,500 gallons of gasoline onto the ice of the Malden River in Boston. The gasoline spill on the ice made a puddle measuring 300 yards by 20 yards and could have been up to 4 inches deep. First responders closed the highway bridge over the Malden River at this point and a cleanup contractor began the removal of the pooled gasoline. USCG district 1.
   2. COMMODITY: GASOLINE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 3500 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 42.410N 071.073W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6545: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6545

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   NOAAORR-65541988-02-10 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-02-24 00:00Z
   Mystic river, boston, massachusetts

   Atlantic Fuel Marketing; Mystic River, Boston, Massachusetts.
   Mystic River, Boston, Massachusetts.
   1. On January 30, 1988, a unknown amount of heavy black oil was reported at the Atlantic Fuel Marketing Dock in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The tanker Fredricksberg had departed this dock at approximately 0630 that morning after completing discharge of number 6 fuel oil to the Atlantic Fuel Marketing facility. The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) Boston, contracted Clean Harbors, Inc. to begin immediate cleanup operations. The Coast Guard MSO also took oil samples from the spill site and from the tanks at Atlantic Fuel Marketing that had received the 6 oil from the Fredricksberg. USCG district 1.
   2. COMMODITY: NUMBER 6 FUEL OIL.
   3. POSITION 42.385N 071.045W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6554: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6554