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Act baltimore received notification that approximately 2,500 gallons of waste oil had been discharged into…

Clinton Concrete Waste Oil Tank; Clinton, Maryland · Clinton, Maryland · 2 messages · 1996-10-10 to 1996-12-02

status
closed 1996-12-02 00:00Z
opened
1996-10-10 00:00Z
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
38.767, -76.898
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-7154

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-71541996-10-10 00:00Z → cancelled 1996-10-24 00:00Z
    On october 10 uscg act baltimore received notification form the nps that they had recovered two 55-gallon…
    Mystery Drums, Potomac River; Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.
    1. On October 10 USCG ACT Baltimore received notification form the NPS that they had recovered two 55-gallon drums in the Potomac River near James Creek Marina. ACT Baltimore notified Maryland State agencies. The Maryland Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) conducted tests on the drums and found a high pH in one of them. The State of Maryland requested Federal funds to remove the drums. USCG district 5. Keyword: potential.
    2. COMMODITY: UNKNOWN CHEMICAL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 110 GALLONS.
    3. POSITION 38.867N 077.050W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7154: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7154
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-71651996-11-18 00:00Z → cancelled 1996-12-02 00:00Z
    Act baltimore received notification that approximately 2,500 gallons of waste oil had been discharged into…
    Clinton Concrete waste oil tank; Clinton, Maryland.
    Clinton, Maryland.
    1. ACT Baltimore received notification that approximately 2,500 gallons of waste oil had been discharged into Tinker Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River. The source was a broken line on a 20,000-gallon tank located at Clinton Concrete. USCG district 5. Keyword: containment boom, sorbent pads.
    2. COMMODITY: WASTE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 2500 GALLONS.
    3. POSITION 38.767N 076.898W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7165: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7165

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