Spills · pipeline
At 0840 hrs on 02-OCT-2021, uscg sector los angeles/long beach contacted their noaa ssc regarding a spill…
Pipeline Spill Huntington Beach, Ca; United States · United States · NOAAORR-10361
- issued
- 2021-10-02 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2021-10-16 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2021-10-16 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 33.638, -118.087
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Pipeline Spill Huntington Beach, CA; United States. United States. 1. At 0840 hrs on 02-OCT-2021, USCG Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach contacted their NOAA SSC regarding a spill report. NRC Report No. 1318437 described an unknown sheen in the water at 1813 hrs local time on 01-OCT. Roughly 45 minutes later, a SENTINEL 1-A satellite image was obtained that became the basis for a NESDIS Marine Pollution Surveillance Report (MPSR) issued at 0015 hrs local (0815 UTC) on 02-OCT. USCG field teams investigating the reports in the morning, observed a large area of thick in the vicinity of the NRC and MPSR reports, black oil roughly 3.25 NM offshore and requested trajectory support. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 24696 GALLONS. TAGS: PIPELINE. 3. POSITION 33.638N 118.087W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10361: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10361
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
- Hazardous operations 010800Z aug to 010800Z sep in area bound by 32-55.00N 118-25.00W, 32-55.00N 118-15.00W,…Exercises · 53.9 nm
- Hazardous operations 010800Z sep to 010800Z oct in area bound by 32-55.00N 118-25.00W, 32-55.00N 118-15.00W,…Exercises · 53.9 nm
- Hazardous operations 010800Z sep to 010800Z oct in area bound by 32-52.70N 119-11.96W, 33-08.06N 118-52.09W,…Exercises · 61.1 nm
- Hazardous operations 010800Z aug to 010800Z sep in area bound by 32-52.70N 119-11.96W, 33-08.06N 118-52.09W,…Exercises · 61.1 nm
- MQMG+2H san diego, ca, USASpills · 71.9 nm
- Hazardous operations 311300Z to 312100Z aug in area bound by 33-26.00N 119-25.00W, 33-37.00N 119-10.00W,…Exercises · 74.9 nm
- Hazardous operations 010800Z sep to 010800Z oct in area bound by 32-33.00N 118-25.00W, 32-35.00N 118-16.00W,…Exercises · 83.5 nm
- Hazardous operations 010800Z aug to 010800Z sep in area bound by 32-33.00N 118-25.00W, 32-35.00N 118-16.00W,…Exercises · 83.5 nm
- Coronado island south light 32-23.5N 117-14.5W unlitNav aids · 86.1 nm
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