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Uscg sector puget sound notified the noaa ssc of a spill of polymer-based drilling fluid into the hylebos…

Polymer-based Drilling Fluid Spill; Tacoma, Wa · Tacoma, Wa · 2 messages · 2013-10-02 to 2013-11-05

status: closed 2013-11-05 00:00Z
opened: 2013-10-02 00:00Z
sea: The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position: 47.260, -122.440
joined by: proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key: pollution:NOAAORR-8668

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NOAAORR-86682013-10-02 00:00Z → cancelled 2013-10-16 00:00Z

Eagle harbor, waoil

Sunk Tug Chickamauga; Eagle Harbor, WA.
Eagle Harbor, WA.
1. USCG Sector Puget Sound contacted the NOAA SSC at approximately 1315 PDT on 2 Oct. 2013 regarding the sunken historic wood tug Chickamauga. The tug sunk at the Eagle Harbor Marina on Bainbridge Island, WA. The local fire department contained all observable sheen.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 47.621N 122.521W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8668: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8668

NOAAORR-86782013-10-22 00:00Z → cancelled 2013-11-05 00:00Z

Uscg sector puget sound notified the noaa ssc of a spill of polymer-based drilling fluid into the hylebos…other

Polymer-Based Drilling Fluid Spill; Tacoma, WA.
Tacoma, WA.
1. USCG Sector Puget Sound notified the NOAA SSC of a spill of polymer-based drilling fluid into the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma, Washington on October 21, 2013. The discharge reportedly resulted from an open valve on a barge that grounded at midnight on Monday.
2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT COPOLYMER (ACRYLATE/ACRYLAMIDE). MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 21000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 47.260N 122.440W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8678: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8678

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