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South seattle, wa

Sodium Hydroxide Tank Release; South Seattle, Wa · 3 messages · 2008-02-03 to 2008-04-08

status
closed 2008-04-08 00:00Z
opened
2008-02-03 00:00Z
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
47.680, -122.320
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-7766

Timeline · 3 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-77662008-02-03 00:00Z → cancelled 2008-02-17 00:00Z
    Seattle police department and uscg sector seattle contacted the hdo on sunday morning february 3 to report…other
    Sea Lion Cage Adrift; Seattle, WA.
    Seattle, WA.
    1. Seattle Police Department and USCG Sector Seattle contacted the HDO on Sunday morning February 3 to report that a NOAA sea lion cage was adrift inside the breakwall of the Shilshole Marina in Seattle near Buoy #4. They asked for assistance in determining who within NOAA the cage belonged to. After a search for home phone numbers and multiple calls, the SSC determined that the cage belongs to NOAA's National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) in Seattle and made the appropriate notification. NMML contacted the USCG and Seattle Police Department to begin efforts to retrieve the cage.
    2. THREAT: OTHER. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 0 GALLONS.
    3. POSITION 47.670N 122.410W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7766: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7766
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-77802008-02-22 00:00Z → cancelled 2008-03-07 00:00Z
    Chemical release port of seattle; terminal 5, seattle, wachemical
    Chemical Release Port of Seattle; Terminal 5, Seattle, WA.
    Terminal 5, Seattle, WA.
    1. A 6000 gallon tank of DiMethyl Carbonate was punctured on the dock this morning. An estimated 600 gallons of the product has been lost. The tank is over to a drain which empties into the West Duwamish Waterway. Is it estimated that several hundred gallons of DMC has been lost into the water. The SSC has gone on-scene to the command post to provide information on fate and aquatic effects of the lost product.
    2. THREAT: CHEMICAL. COMMODITY: DIMETHYL CARBONATE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 6000 GALLONS.
    3. POSITION 47.578N 122.361W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7780: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7780
  3. 3
    NOAAORR-77982008-03-25 00:00Z → cancelled 2008-04-08 00:00Z
    South seattle, wachemical
    Sodium Hydroxide Tank release; South Seattle, WA.
    South Seattle, WA.
    1. USCG Sector Seattle contacted the NOAA SSC the night of March 25 for a risk assessment of the release of sodium hydroxide from a storage tank at a Washington Department of Ecology cleanup site at an industrial plating facility in south Seattle at 2411 6th Avenue. The tank failed at approximately 1750 on March 25, spilling an estimated 2000 gallons of sodium hydroxide into storm drains that empty into the Duwamish waterway. Information was requested on responder safety and potential environmental impacts.
    2. THREAT: CHEMICAL. COMMODITY: SODIUM HYDROXIDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 50000 GALLONS.
    3. POSITION 47.680N 122.320W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7798: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7798

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