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Tangier island minor mystery spill; calton cut creek, tangier island, virginia

NOAAORR-7063

issued
1994-11-16 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1994-11-30 00:00Z
self-cancels
1994-11-30 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
37.826, -75.983
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Tangier Island Minor Mystery Spill; Calton Cut Creek, Tangier Island, Virginia.
Calton Cut Creek, Tangier Island, Virginia.
1. At 1500, November 15, 1994, MSO Hampton Roads received a report that "tar" had been spilled in Calton Cut, Tangier Island, Virginia. The crew from USCG Station Crisfield was dispatched to Tangier Island and taken to Calton Cut using a Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) vessel. A USCG investigation of the spill traced the source of the spill from Calton Cut, across a road and into another marsh where they found another 30- by 10-foot slick of the same material and a 5-gallon bucket of material labeled "black net set, asphalt cutback, NA-1999." This bucket was about one-half full. USCG district 5. Keyword: sorbent boom, pompoms.
2. COMMODITY: ASPHALT.
3. POSITION 37.826N 075.983W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7063: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7063

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