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Providence, rhode island

Truck Accident; Providence, Rhode Island · 3 messages · 1988-07-18 to 1988-08-19

status
closed 1988-08-19 00:00Z
opened
1988-07-18 00:00Z
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
41.832, -71.417
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-6590

Timeline · 3 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-65901988-07-18 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-08-01 00:00Z
    Halfway rock, sakonnet, rhode island
    F/V Naiad; Halfway Rock, Sakonnet, Rhode Island.
    Halfway Rock, Sakonnet, Rhode Island.
    1. On July 18, 1988, the wooden fishing vessel Naiad was reported aground on Halfway Rock, off the coast off Rhode Island's Briggs Point. Initial attempts to refloat the fishing vessel failed. The vessel carried an estimated 600 gallons of diesel fuel. USCG district 1.
    2. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 100 GALLONS.
    3. POSITION 41.448N 071.204W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6590: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6590
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-65971988-08-04 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-08-18 00:00Z
    Woods hole, massachusetts
    F/V Nancy Christine II; Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
    Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
    1. On August 4, the 65-foot steel fishing vessel Nancy Christine II was reported aground off Grassy Island at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Initial attempts to refloat the fishing vessel during the falling tide had failed. The vessel's tanks contained an estimated 900 gallons of diesel fuel. USCG district 1.
    2. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 900 GALLONS.
    3. POSITION 41.520N 070.678W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6597: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6597
  3. 3
    NOAAORR-66001988-08-05 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-08-19 00:00Z
    Providence, rhode island
    Truck Accident; Providence, Rhode Island.
    Providence, Rhode Island.
    1. On August 5, 1988, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Providence, Rhode Island received a report from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) that a tank truck containing 6,000 gallons of vegetable oil had turned over on an exit ramp north of Providence on Interstate 95. The DEM and fire department were on scene. Rhode Island DEM reported that the spill had totaled approximately 6,000 gallons of vegetable oil. An unknown volume of this material entered a tributary to Narragansett Bay. USCG district 1.
    2. COMMODITY: VEGETABLE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 6000 GALLONS.
    3. POSITION 41.832N 071.417W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6600: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6600

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