Spills · event

On august 5, 1988, the U.S

Dyers Dry Cleaning; Cohasset, Massachusetts · Cohasset, Massachusetts · 2 messages · 1988-07-01 to 1988-08-19

status
closed 1988-08-19 00:00Z
opened
1988-07-01 00:00Z
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
42.248, -70.822
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-6585

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-65851988-07-01 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-07-15 00:00Z
    Cape ann, gloucester, massachusetts
    F/V Edna G; Cape Ann, Gloucester, Massachusetts.
    Cape Ann, Gloucester, Massachusetts.
    1. NOAA/OMA was notified of the incident on July 1, 1988, by the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Boston. NOAA was asked to provide tide information, an analysis of the expected trajectory of an oil spill from the EDNA G, and report on environmental resources potentially at risk. NOAA advised that any oil released would move with the wind and feather out in about 200 yards. No landfall for the anticipated amount of diesel fuel in the tanks was anticipated. USCG district 1.
    2. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL.
    3. POSITION 42.574N 070.478W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6585: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6585
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-65981988-08-05 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-08-19 00:00Z
    On august 5, 1988, the U.S
    Dyers Dry Cleaning; Cohasset, Massachusetts.
    Cohasset, Massachusetts.
    1. On August 5, 1988, the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP), Boston, received a report that a fire at Dyers Dry Cleaning, Inc. had resulted in the release of approximately 500 gallons of tetrachloroethylene (TCE) into the Cohasset sewer system. USCG district 1.
    2. COMMODITY: TETRACHLOROETHYLENE (TCE). MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 500 GALLONS.
    3. POSITION 42.248N 070.822W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6598: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6598

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