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Linden, new jersey

Northville Gas; Linden, New Jersey · NOAAORR-6709

issued
1989-07-18 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1989-08-01 00:00Z
self-cancels
1989-08-01 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
40.627, -74.239
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Northville Gas; Linden, New Jersey.
Linden, New Jersey.
1. On July 18, 1989, number 6 oil began slowly leaking through a crack in a storage tank containing 310,000 barrels of the product at the Northville Gas facility in Linden, New Jersey. Although a dike contained most of the product, approximately 500 gallons escaped through a drainage conduit to be boomed off in the Arthur Kills. While the cleanup contractors were pumping the oil from the dike into a dockside barge at a rate of 13,000 barrels per hour, the facility operators were transferring product to other tanks at the site. USCG district 1.
2. COMMODITY: NUMBER 6 OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 500 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 40.627N 074.239W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6709: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6709

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