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Neuse river, new bern, north carolina

Tug Snapper; Neuse River, New Bern, North Carolina · 2 messages · 1994-07-30 to 1994-09-20

status
closed 1994-09-20 00:00Z
opened
1994-07-30 00:00Z
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
34.983, -75.833
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-7032

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-70321994-07-30 00:00Z → cancelled 1994-08-13 00:00Z
    Frisco, north carolina
    Frisco Beach Minor Mystery Tarballs; Frisco, North Carolina.
Frisco, North Carolina.
1. On July 30, 1994, tarballs were reported covering more than one and one-half miles of beach near Pier 49 in Frisco, North Carolina. USCG resources that responded to this report included Group Cape Hatteras, USCG Airstation Elizabeth City, and MSO Hampton Roads. USCG district 5. Keyword: FLIR.
2. COMMODITY: TARBALLS.
3. POSITION 34.817N 075.633W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7032: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7032
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-70431994-09-06 00:00Z → cancelled 1994-09-20 00:00Z
    Neuse river, new bern, north carolina
    Tug Snapper; Neuse River, New Bern, North Carolina.
Neuse River, New Bern, North Carolina.
1. On September 6, 1994, MSO Wilmington received a report of a six-mile long oil sheen in the Neuse River near Scott's Creek, New Bern, North Carolina. By September 9 MSO Wilmington's investigators had determined that the 84-foot steel hull tug Snapper that was grounded in Scotts Creek and had rolled over releasing the oil was the source of this release. The owners of the tug refused to take responsibility for the incident. USCG district 5. Keyword: sorbent boom, sorbent pads,.
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL.
3. POSITION 34.983N 075.833W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7043: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7043

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