Spills
Mamaroneck, new york
Anerchol Chemical Company; Mamaroneck, New York · NOAAORR-6353
- issued
- 1986-04-09 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1986-04-23 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1986-04-23 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 40.945, -73.732
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Anerchol Chemical Company; Mamaroneck, New York. Mamaroneck, New York. 1. On April 9, 1986, 700 gallons of methyl ethyl ketone overflowed a tank into the sewer system at the Anerchol Chemical Company in Mamaroneck, New York. The Mamaroneck Fire Department ordered an evacuation of the area as a precautionary measure. Anerchol Chemical Company employees used sand to create barriers to contain the methyl ethyl ketone, and boomed the facility's drainage system and the city sewers while firefighters flushed the product with an alcohol-based foam. USCG district 3. 2. COMMODITY: METHYL ETHYL KETONE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 700 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 40.945N 073.732W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6353: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6353
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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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 york1986-03-12 → 1986-03-26
- Long island expressway, flushing bay, new york1986-03-30 → 1986-04-13
- Mamaroneck, new york this message1986-04-09 → 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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