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Coast guard base; miami, beach, miami, florida

U.S · NOAAORR-6305

issued
1985-11-22 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1985-12-06 00:00Z
self-cancels
1985-12-06 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
25.810, -80.129
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

U.S. Coast Guard Base; Miami, Beach, Miami, Florida.
Miami, Beach, Miami, Florida.
1. On about November 6, 1985, an estimated 35 gallons of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were discovered to have leaked from a transformer at the U.S. Coast Guard Base in Miami Beach. The leaking transformer was one of several transformers which had been removed the previous year to await proper disposal. Several 55-gallon drums of transformer fluid, which had been pumped out of several of the transformers during the removal process, were also discovered to be leaking. The transformers and drums were stored together on a 10-foot by 10-foot portion of a paved asphalt surface. USCG district 7.
2. COMMODITY: POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL, TRANSFORMER FLUID. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 0 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 25.810N 080.129W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6305: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6305

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