At approximately 0800 on wednesday, april 21, a bunkering incident occured aboard the M/V nosac forest…

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   NOAAORR-69391993-04-20 00:00Z → cancelled 1993-05-04 00:00Z
   Blair waterway, tacoma, washington

   M/V Nosac Forest; Blair Waterway, Tacoma, Washington.
   Blair Waterway, Tacoma, Washington.
   1. At 0800 on April 21, 1993, MSO Puget Sound was notified that the forward tank of the M/V Nosac Forest had been overfilled while bunkering at the Pierce County Terminal in Tacoma, WA. Approximately 200 gallons of IFO 380 was spilled into the Blair Waterway. It was later determined that approximately 4,000 gallons of fuel were spilled into the water, 1,500 gallons were contained on the deck, and 14,000 gallons were spilled and contained in the engine room bilges when a valve broke. Personnel from the barge supplying the fuel quickly deployed a boom around the vessel to contain the spill and began skimming the oil. At 2030, a shoreline survey found a 3,000-foot section of the northeast waterway shoreline covered with a two-foot wide ribbon of oil. An overflight the following morning saw pockets of black oil trapped at the east end of the waterway, with heavy rainbow sheen and emulsified [...]
   2. COMMODITY: IFO 380. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 200 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 47.267N 122.367W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6939: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6939

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   NOAAORR-69421993-04-23 00:00Z → cancelled 1993-05-07 00:00Z
   At approximately 0800 on wednesday, april 21, a bunkering incident occured aboard the M/V nosac forest…

   BUNKER C; COMMENCEMENT BAY, WA.
   COMMENCEMENT BAY, WA.
   1. At approximately 0800 on Wednesday, April 21, a bunkering incident occured aboard the M/V Nosac Forest moored at the Pierce County Terminal at the end of Blair Waterway, Commencement Bay, Tacoma, Washington. About 1500 gallons of Bunker C was contained on the deck of the vessel with an estimated 400 to 500 gallons initially released into the waterway. The amount of Bunker C released into the water has since been upgraded to several thousand gallons. There are shoreline impacts on both sides of Blair Waterway. Shoreline impact areas consist of sections of moderate to heavily oiled rip rap and steep sand/gravel beaches underlaid with clay. Some free-floating oil remains. The major black product is contained at the east end of the Waterway with heavy rainbow sheen and emulsified oil scattered throughout the Waterway. Some light sheen escaped into Commencement Bay. Cleanup operations are [...]
   2. COMMODITY: BUNKER C. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1500 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 47.273N 122.424W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6942: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6942