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   NOAAORR-74441999-10-27 00:00Z → cancelled 1999-11-10 00:00Z
   B-115; delaware city, delaware

   B-115; Delaware City, Delaware.
   Delaware City, Delaware.
   1. At about 0440 on October 27, 1999 Marine Safety Office (MSO) Philadelphia received a report of a 100-barrel spill of vacuum gas oil (VGO) into the Delaware River from the Bouchard barge 115. The barge overflowed tanks while loading at the Motiva refinery docks in Delaware City, Delaware Weather at the time of release was air temperature 47?F, water temperature 53 ?F, no cloud cover, and an ebb tide. A Unified Command Post was established at MSO Philadelphia, with a Field Command Post at the Motiva refinery. This response lasted for several days. USCG district 5. Keyword: containment boom, Del Bay Coop, ground truth, skimmers, sorbent boom, sorbent pompoms, Tri-State Bird Rescue Research.
   2. COMMODITY: VACUUM GAS OIL (VGO). MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 4200 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 39.567N 075.600W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7444: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7444

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   NOAAORR-74451999-10-27 00:00Z → cancelled 1999-11-10 00:00Z
   Delaware city, de

   Vacuum Gas Oil; Delaware City, DE.
   Delaware City, DE.
   1. On 27 October 1999, an estimated 100 bbls of vacuum gas oil with a specific gravity of 0.89 was spilled from the Bouchard Barge at the Motiva Facility in Delaware City, DE. The approximate location of the facility is 39 deg 34 min N, 075 deg 36 min W. An overflight has gone up, but no results are known yet. USCG district 1.
   2. COMMODITY: VACUUM GAS OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 4200 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 39.567N 075.600W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7445: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7445