Spills
Kearny, new jersey
Hess Pipeline; Kearny, New Jersey · NOAAORR-7049
- issued
- 1994-10-05 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1994-10-19 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1994-10-19 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 40.747, -74.078
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Hess Pipeline; Kearny, New Jersey. Kearny, New Jersey. 1. At approximately 1950 on October 8, 1994, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) was notified by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP) about a breach in the Amerada Hess pipeline in Kearny, New Jersey. About 300 gallons of oil were spilled into the Hackensack River when a valve was left partially open after a maintenance operation. Approximately 2,300 gallons of #6 fuel oil discharged from the pipeline, part of it entering a tributary to the Hackensack River. USCG district 1. Keyword: containment boom, low-pressure washing, siphon dams, skimmers, vacuum trucks, weir/pump skimmer. 2. COMMODITY: #6 FUEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 2300 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 40.747N 074.078W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7049: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7049
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Timeline · 2 messages since 1994-09-20 · closed 1994-10-19
- East river, new york1994-09-20 → 1994-10-04
- Kearny, new jersey this message1994-10-05 → 1994-10-19
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
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Spills
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