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Request for ballast water discharge from deep-sea semi-submersible rig, ingleside, tx

NOAAORR-10488

issued: 2022-06-30 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2022-07-14 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2022-07-14 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 27.850, -97.236
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Request for Ballast Water Discharge from Deep-Sea Semi-Submersible Rig, Ingleside, TX.
Ingleside, TX, USA.
1. On June 30, 2022, Sector Corpus Christi requested NOAA SSC support in reviewing a request to discharge ballast water from a deep-sea semi-submersible rig that has been grounded at Kiewit Offshore Services in Ingleside, Texas.
2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: BALLAST WATER AND CRW3448 CORROSION INHIBITOR. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 8400000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 27.850N 097.236W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10488: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10488

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