Late on the evening of 17 june or early on the morning of the 18th, a barge was reported aground in buzzards…

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   NOAAORR-67491990-06-11 00:00Z → cancelled 1990-06-25 00:00Z
   Buzzard's bay, maoil

   BURMA STAR; Buzzard's Bay, MA.
   Buzzard's Bay, MA.
   1. On Sunday, June 10th, the cruise ship BURMA STAR ran aground in Buzzard's Bay, just shoreside of the Cleveland Ledge Light. At 2330 EDT divers reported a gash in the hull 90 feet long and 2 feet wide, with damage to three fuel tanks. . The Coast Guard on-scene reports 110,000 gallons of #6 fuel oil in the water. It is assumed that the SSC is in-route to the site. . As requested by Coast Guard personnel at MSO Providence, NOAA/MASS has looked at the trajectory implications of the release, and the following is the initial trajectory information. . The winds on-scene are from the NE at 10 15 through tomorrow (Monday) after- noon. Currents in this area are driven by tides, and as such, we would expect the spilled oil to move back and forth in the center of Buzzard's Bay, with no shore impacts before noon Monday. Monday afternoon or evening, there is a pos- sibility that the NWS will issue a [...]
   2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: #6 FUEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 110000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 41.669N 070.702W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6749: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6749

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   NOAAORR-67501990-06-18 00:00Z → cancelled 1990-07-02 00:00Z
   Late on the evening of 17 june or early on the morning of the 18th, a barge was reported aground in buzzards…oil

   UNKNOWN BARGE; BUZZARDS BAY, MA.
   BUZZARDS BAY, MA.
   1. Late on the evening of 17 June or early on the morning of the 18th, a barge was reported aground in Buzzards Bay, Mass at 41 degrees, 38 minutes, 8 seconds north latitude: 070 degrees, 41 minutes, 57 seconds west longitude. Cargo is number two fuel oil. Total on board is five million gallons (5,000,000 gallons). One tank containing 1.8 million gallons (1,800,000 gallons) has been holed. A small amount of oil has been observed in the water. An attempt will be made to refloat the barge at high tide (about 1700 local). NOAA SSC Steve Lehmann is on-scene. Cellular phone (617)974-7880. USCG district 1.
   2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: #2 FUEL OIL.
   3. POSITION 41.633N 070.683W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6750: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6750