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At 1800 on june 5, 1986, an oil sheen was observed in green's bayou, originating from the builders supply…

Builders Supply Company; Houston, Texas · Houston, Texas · NOAAORR-6366

issued
1986-06-10 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1986-06-24 00:00Z
self-cancels
1986-06-24 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.733, -95.126
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Builders Supply Company; Houston, Texas.
Houston, Texas.
1. At 1800 on June 5, 1986, an oil sheen was observed in Green's Bayou, originating from the Builders Supply Company facility in Houston. The owner of the facility reported that the tank which was suspected of leaking the spilled material contained "waste diesel oil" which was used as a concrete form release agent. Doubts as to the correct identification of the spilled material arose on June 6 when cleanup personnel contracted by the U.S. Coast Guard noticed a heavy aromatic odor not consistent with a diesel product, and a pink, jelly-like substance intermingled with the oil slick on Green's Bayou. A sample was taken by the Houston Fire Department, and a separate sample was taken from the suspected source tank by the Texas Water Commission. The sample from Green's Bayou was sent to a commercial laboratory, SPECTRIX, for constituent analysis, and the sample from the tank was processed by a [...]
2. COMMODITY: HERBICIDE PRODUCTION WASTES AND BYPRODUCTS,  DIESEL  FUEL.
3. POSITION 29.733N 095.126W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6366: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6366

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