M/V Medicine BOW Forced Tank Barge

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   Spills·NOAAORR-70731994-12-22 00:00Z → cancelled 1995-01-05 00:00Z
   T/b lbt 62; chalmette, louisiana
   Gulf of Mexico

   T/B LBT 62; Chalmette, Louisiana.
   Chalmette, Louisiana.
   1. At 0530 on December 22, 1994, USCG MSO New Orleans received notification of an oil spill at mile marker (MM) 88 on the Mississippi River. The wake from the M/V Medicine Bow forced tank barge LBT 62 onto a piling, holing the barge on the aft starboard side of tank #5. The total cargo of LBT 62 was 20,000 barrels of Alabama sweet crude oil, with 1,800 barrels in tank #5. The initial rate of release was estimated to be 10 barrels per minute. Shoreline impacts were reported by 0700; at 0730, the source of the spill was reported secured. An estimated 911 barrels had been released into the water. The USCG established a safety zone between MMs 89 and 75. On-scene weather was overcast, temperature 50?F, winds north-northwest at 6 knots, and current 3 knots. An ICP was established at the MSO with members of USCG, state, and the RP. Also at the MSO were the NOAA SSC and state and Federal refuge [...]
   2. COMMODITY: ALABAMA SWEET CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 38300 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 29.925N 089.965W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7073: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7073