Spills · grounding

Barge VB53; richmond, va

NOAAORR-1287

issued
2005-05-09 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2005-05-23 00:00Z
self-cancels
2005-05-23 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
37.393, -77.383
vessel
BARGE VB53
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Barge VB53; Richmond, VA.
Richmond, VA.
1. MSO Hampton Roads reported that a barge was damaged and had released some several hundred gallons of diesel fuel into the James River near Richmond, VA. Tanks #1 and #2 Port were damaged and each tank had a potential of 5,000 bbls of diesel fuel. The release was reported to be less than 25-30 bbls. Representatives of the RP, VA DEQ, NOAA DAC, EPA, MSO Hampton Roads, F&WS, and Entrix joined in a survey of the one site where the oil had been collected located just east of the site of the grounding. Area impacted in this pond area off of the East Bank of the James River, known locally as the Gravel Pit, total less than an acre. Diesel product was observed along this sheltered shore that once the floating product had been removed, oil soaked woody debris had been removed, that some sorbent material would be maintained on site for several days or weeks until it could be assured that oil [...]
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 210000 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING.
3. POSITION 37.393N 077.383W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1287: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1287

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