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Olala harbor, colvos passage, wa

Steilacoom Train Derailment; Olala Harbor, Colvos Passage, Wa · NOAAORR-7129

issued
1996-02-08 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1996-02-22 00:00Z
self-cancels
1996-02-22 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
47.422, -122.544
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Steilacoom Train Derailment; Olala Harbor, Colvos Passage, WA.
Olala Harbor, Colvos Passage, WA.
1. Only small stringers of sheen in the vicinity of Olala Harbor in Colvos Passage were noted on a WA Dept of Fisheries overflight Friday morning. Shoreline surveys along Colvos Passage observed no signs of oiled shoreline or oiled wildlife. The locomotive and tank car were removed from the river by Burlington Northern at approximately 2000 on Friday, February 8. A boom is still deployed and maintained by cleanup contractors to contain a small quantity of diesel which penetrated into the track bed and is still leaking into the water. All other cleanup activities are complete.. USCG district 13.
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL.
3. POSITION 47.422N 122.544W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7129: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7129

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