21 february 2003 - the noaa ssc was contacted multiple times around 1100 and requested to report to the uscg…

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Staten Island Facility Fire; NY.
NY.
1. 21 February 2003 - The NOAA SSC was contacted multiple times around 1100 and requested to report to the USCG Activities New York command center on Staten Island, NY. Upon arriving at the command center at noon the SSC was briefed about the barge explosion and subsequent gasoline spill. The barge (what was left of it) and manifold system on the dock were still on fire. The location of the ExxonMobile facility was: 40deg 31.5 N / 74deg 14.5 W. Trajectory and weather support were requested ASAP as well as resources at risk. Oil weathering calculations determined that the gasoline would evaporate very quickly (about 90% in the first several hours). The two major biological concerns from the environmental point of view were rafting waterfowl and potential fish kill. The SSC recommended that the fire be left burning as long as possible as long as it posed no further hazard to the facility or [...]
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: GASOLINE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 2400000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 40.525N 074.242W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1044: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1044