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Tank barge 2125; chocolate bayou, tx

NOAAORR-7373

issued: 1999-01-20 00:00Z
status: cancelled 1999-02-03 00:00Z
self-cancels: 1999-02-03 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.664, -94.972
vessel: TANKER BARGE · 9 messages
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Tank Barge 2125; Chocolate Bayou, TX.
Chocolate Bayou, TX.
1. On the morning of 20 January 1999, the HAZMAT Duty Officer was notified of a barge carrying xylene which had struck a mooring buoy near Chocolate Bayou, Texas (near ICW mile marker 373). The tanker barge is holed, but no pollution release has been reported. MSU Galveston requested scientific support to include a short health and safety brief and threatened sensitive areas/resources from which to develop protective booming strategies should the situation warrant. The NOAA SSC provided technical support to the USCG. No chemical was lost to the environment. USCG district 8. Keyword: none.
2. COMMODITY: XYLENE.
3. POSITION 29.664N 094.972W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7373: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7373

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