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Duwamish waterway, seattle, washington
Northwest Enviro Service; Duwamish Waterway, Seattle, Washington · NOAAORR-6991
- issued
- 1994-02-15 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1994-03-01 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1994-03-01 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
- position
- 47.542, -122.335
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Northwest Enviro Service; Duwamish Waterway, Seattle, Washington. Duwamish Waterway, Seattle, Washington. 1. Valves on a portable railroad intermodal tank car parked on the Northwest Enviro Service facility in Seattle, Washington were deliberately opened by unknown persons the evening of February 14, 1994, releasing approximately 5,000 gallons of mixed waste solvents. The material ran into drains that emptied into a nearby marsh connected to the Duwamish Waterway through an underground drainage pipe and culvert. The spill was discovered by facility employees the following morning and reported to the National Response Center by 0945. Spilled material had spread into a nearby marsh, and by 1300 was observed escaping from a culvert near Terminal 115 into the Duwamish Waterway. Containment and cleanup were begun by 1100 on February 15. By February 16 most of the free-floating product was recovered using vacuum trucks and absorbents. Cleanup of the contaminated soils at the original spill site and [...] 2. COMMODITY: MIXED WASTE SOLVENTS. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 5000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 47.542N 122.335W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6991: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6991
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- Uscg remote communication facility astoria (w) 46-10.00N 123-49.00W off airNav aids · 102.5 nm
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