BARGE Tank

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6475. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-64751987-05-29 00:00Z → cancelled 1987-06-12 00:00Z
   At 2020 on may 20, 1987, the U.S
   Eastern Seaboard Petroleum; Jacksonville, Florida · Jacksonville, Florida · North Atlantic Ocean

   Eastern Seaboard Petroleum; Jacksonville, Florida.
   Jacksonville, Florida.
   1. At 2020 on May 20, 1987, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Jacksonville was notified of a spill of Number 6 fuel oil at the Eastern Seaboard Petroleum facility. The spill occurred when a tanker man overfilled a barge tank, spilling approximately 8,200 gallons of oil into the Trout and St. Johns Rivers. The oil impacted approximately 2 miles of sensitive marsh grass. Much of the oil came ashore in front of the U.S. Navy Fuel Depot and into a drainage ditch on the facility property. USCG district 7.
   2. COMMODITY: NUMBER 6 FUEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 8200 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 30.321N 081.652W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6475: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6475