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Spill of a mixture containing oil and polymer products into drainage ditch leading to patrick bayou, deer…

NOAAORR-10532

issued
2022-11-04 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2022-11-18 00:00Z
self-cancels
2022-11-18 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.726, -95.114
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Spill of a Mixture Containing Oil and Polymer Products into Drainage Ditch Leading to Patrick Bayou, Deer Park, TX.
Deer Park, TX, USA.
1. Situation: On October 31, 2022, the Lubrizol facility in Deer Park, TX, released an unknown amount of a mixture containing oil and polymer products into a drainage ditch leading to Patrick Bayou (NRC# 1351346). A response contractor was hired, and boom was placed, and cleanup operations began. On November 4, Sector Houston-Galveston contacted NOAA SSC and requested cleanup recommendations for Patrick Bayou, and insight into potential toxicity and analytical methods for the polymer, polyisobutylene.
2. THREAT: CHEMICAL. COMMODITY: BUTADIENE.
3. POSITION 29.726N 095.114W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10532: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10532

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  1. Spill of a mixture containing oil and polymer products into drainage ditch leading to patrick bayou, deer… this message2022-11-04 → 2022-11-18
  2. On december 1, 2022, uscg sector houston galveston requested noaa ssc review of a draft biological…2022-12-01 → 2022-12-15
  3. Bolivar peninsula, tx2022-12-15 → 2022-12-29
  4. On january 5, 2022, sector houston-galveston notified noaa ssc about a broken natural gas wellhead…2023-01-05 → 2023-01-19

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