Spills
Proctor and gamble manufacturing co.; arthur kill, staten island, new york
NOAAORR-6342
- issued
- 1986-03-12 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1986-03-26 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1986-03-26 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 40.559, -74.232
- vessel
- TUG BOAT HURON
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Proctor and Gamble Manufacturing Co.; Arthur Kill, Staten Island, New York. Arthur Kill, Staten Island, New York. 1. On March 12, 1986, the Proctor and Gamble Manufacturing Company reported a spill of 50 gallons of palm kernel oil, a vegetable oil, into the Arthur Kill at Staten Island, New York. The product had entered a stream line from the facility, passed through the heating coil of the tug boat Huron and out the Huron's exhaust drain into the Arthur Kill. USCG district 3. 2. COMMODITY: PALM KERNEL OIL (VEGETABLE OIL). MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 50 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 40.559N 074.232W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6342: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6342
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Timeline · 10 messages since 1986-01-15 · closed 1986-05-05
- Sealand terminal, elizabeth, new jersey1986-01-15 → 1986-01-29
- E. rockways inlet1986-01-21 → 1986-02-04
- Kill van kull, bayonne, new jersey1986-02-11 → 1986-02-25
- Arthur kill, port redding, new jersey1986-03-08 → 1986-03-22
- Proctor and gamble manufacturing co.; arthur kill, staten island, new york this message1986-03-12 → 1986-03-26
- Long island expressway, flushing bay, new york1986-03-30 → 1986-04-13
- Mamaroneck, new york1986-04-09 → 1986-04-23
- Swineburne island, ny1986-04-16 → 1986-04-30
- A tank truck of morpholine exploded killing the driver in bayonne, nj1986-04-21 → 1986-05-05
- Jersey city, new jersey1986-04-21 → 1986-05-05
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Spills
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