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Sulfuric acid drum, corpus christi inner harbor; corpus christi, tx

NOAAORR-10726

issued
2024-01-25 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2024-02-08 00:00Z
self-cancels
2024-02-08 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
27.812, -97.410
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Sulfuric Acid Drum, Corpus Christi Inner Harbor; Corpus Christi, TX.
1. On January 25, 2024, at approximately 1530 local, a 55-gallon drum containing an acid solution (concentration unknown) was dropped into the Corpus Christi Inner Harbor during vessel transfer operations at Cargo Dock 15. Drum was reported intact at the time it entered the water (NRC#1389950. Sector Corpus Christi contacted NOAA SSC to request evaluation of potential environmental impacts. SSC provided verbal evaluation to Sector Corpus Christi and is working with the Chem Team to refine the evaluation. The barrel was later recovered and confirmed to be phosphoric acid
2. THREAT: CHEMICAL. COMMODITY: ACID SOLUTION (CONCENTRATION UNKNOWN). MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 55 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 27.812N 097.410W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10726: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10726

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