Spills
Elizabeth, new jersey
Tosco Bayway Refinery; Elizabeth, New Jersey · NOAAORR-7170
- issued
- 1996-12-11 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1996-12-25 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1996-12-25 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 40.633, -74.205
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Tosco Bayway Refinery; Elizabeth, New Jersey. Elizabeth, New Jersey. 1. The heat exchanger at the Tosco Bayway Refinery ruptured and injected gas-oil into the cooling water that leads into Morses Creek. Once the oil was in the water it went under a series of pre-staged boom into the Arthur Kill. When the hot oil reached the cold waters of the Kill, it resurfaced and impacted the west shore of Staten Island, Pralls Island, and the marsh at Sawmill Creek. Cleanup crews removed what oil they could. USCG district 1. 2. COMMODITY: GAS OIL. 3. POSITION 40.633N 074.205W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7170: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7170
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Timeline · 3 messages since 1996-10-19 · closed 1996-12-25
- New york harbor1996-10-19 → 1996-11-02
- East river, new york1996-11-15 → 1996-11-29
- Elizabeth, new jersey this message1996-12-11 → 1996-12-25
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Spills
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