TANKER Truck Overturned

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• Spills · 2 messages2006-09-05 → 2006-10-30Penn maritime barge P-120; long island sound, ny

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6118. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-61182006-09-05 00:00Z → cancelled 2006-09-19 00:00Z
   New haven harbor, ct
   Styrene Spill; New Haven Harbor, Ct · North Atlantic Ocean

   Styrene Spill; New Haven Harbor, CT.
   New Haven Harbor, CT.
   1. At approximately 0515 hours this morning a tanker truck overturned on I-95 in New Haven, Connecticut just before the New Haven River Bridge. According to the USCG, the tanker truck was carrying an estimated 8,000 gallons of styrene. About 6,000 gallons was released into the environment with the majority of it soaking into the surrounding ground. However, an unknown amount of styrene appears to have spilled onto the roadway and made its way into at least one if not several storm water drains. These stormwater drains discharge into the New Haven River. USCG has a vessel on the river in the immediate area of the spill location.The USCG did report observing a sheen in the vicinity of the incident, but the sheen did not have any odor associated with it nor was it opaque in color what would be the expected color of the sheen if it was floating styrene. Federal EPA (ERT, Edison, NJ) in route [...]
   2. THREAT: CHEMICAL. COMMODITY: STYRENE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 8000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 41.295N 072.904W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6118: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6118