Spills
Buffalo barge MF11; intercoastal waterway mile marker 292, near port arthur, tx
NOAAORR-7566
- issued
- 2001-06-15 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2001-06-29 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2001-06-29 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.790, -94.006
- vessel
- BARGE MF11
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Buffalo Barge MF11; Intercoastal Waterway mile marker 292, near Port Arthur, TX. Intercoastal Waterway mile marker 292, near Port Arthur, TX. 1. At approximately1300 CDT the NOAA ASSC was notified of a spill of 1,000 gallons of #6 Fuel Oil from a barge in position 29?47.38' N 094?00.35' W, Intercoastal Waterway mile marker 292, near Port Arthur, TX. After USCG and Texas General Land Office personnel arrived on scene to investigate , the spill was downgraded to 25 gallons. USCG district 8. 2. COMMODITY: #6 FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.790N 094.006W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7566: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7566
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Spills
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