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Grand isle, louisiana

Unknown Oil Spill; Grand Isle, Louisiana · 2 messages · 1989-08-30 to 1989-09-13

status
closed 1989-09-13 00:00Z
opened
1989-08-30 00:00Z
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.261, -89.951
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-6719

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-67191989-08-30 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-09-13 00:00Z
    Mystery spill 10; grande isle, louisianacollision
    Mystery Spill 10; Grande Isle, Louisiana.
Grande Isle, Louisiana.
1. At 0630 on August 30, 1989, oil was observed coming from the southwest and washing ashore at Grand Isle State Park on the Gulf of Mexico. By 0900, the oil covered an area of beach measuring 3-1/2 miles long by 2-1/2 feet wide. A "bluish" sheen and some floating oil were reported just offshore. U.S. Coast Guard Station Houma personnel investigated and obtained samples for later typing and analysis. Coast Guard personnel reported that the oil on the shore appeared to be a heavy crude. Park officials planned to rake the oil from the one mile of State-owned shore in preparation for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Plans for the 2-1/2 miles of the village of Grand Isle-owned beaches to the southwest were unknown. USCG district 8.
2. COMMODITY: OIL. TAGS: COLLISION.
3. POSITION 29.260N 089.951W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6719: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6719
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-67201989-08-30 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-09-13 00:00Z
    Grand isle, louisiana
    Unknown Oil Spill; Grand Isle, Louisiana.
Grand Isle, Louisiana.
1. At 0630 on August 30, 1989, oil was observed washing ashore at Grand Isle State Park on the Gulf of Mexico from the southwest. By 0900, the oil covered an area of beach measuring 3-1/2 miles long by 2-1/2 feet wide. A "blueish" sheen and some floating oil was reported just offshore. U.S. Coast Guard Station Houma personnel investigated and obtained samples for later typing and analysis. Coast Guard personnel reported that the oil on the shore appeared to be a heavy crude. Park officials planned to rake the oil from the one mile of State-owned shore in preparation for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Plans for the 2-1/2 miles of the village of Grand Isle-owned beaches to the southwest were unknown. USCG district 8.
2. COMMODITY: OIL.
3. POSITION 29.261N 089.951W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6720: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6720

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