Key largo, fl

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Hawk Channel; Key Largo, FL.
Key Largo, FL.
1. On 26 July, T/B Coastal 32 carrying 12000 barrels of #6 oil spilled an unknown amount approximately two miles off Rodriquez Key at approx. position, 25-03.8N, 080-24.3W. Containment boom was deployed around the barge by Coastal and personnel were dispatched to clean-up the oil. Coastal Barge and Towing accepted full responsibility for the incident and made arrangements for the entire clean-up. Overflights were performed both by the Fl. Marine Patrol and the Coast Guard. Initially the slick was reported to be approx. 30 miles long by 100 yds wide, but ground-truthing later during the day revealed that a majority of the reported oil was really some type of brown algae. By the end of the day clean-up operations were complete. A evening overflight by the Fl Marine Patrol was completed with negative sightings of oil. The Coast Guard determined the source of the barge leak to be a broken 2 [...]
2. COMMODITY: #6 OIL.
3. POSITION 25.063N 080.405W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6822: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6822