Atchafalaya basin, la

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Bayou Sorrel Oil Spill; Atchafalaya Basin, LA.
Atchafalaya Basin, LA.
1. On Sunday night, 30 September 2007, USCG Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge received a report from a local citizen of a football field size, black oil slick in a canal north of Bayou Sorrell. No Responsible Party was immediately known. With the help of the local citizen that reported the incident, some boom was deployed Sunday night by cleanup workers hired by the USCG. The volume of spilled oil was estimated as 20 barrels spread out into several pockets. The area is primarily freshwater swamp with bayous and canals and is part of the Atchafalaya Basin. Since the initial response, an adjacent facility operator has taken over responsibility for the cleanup.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL AND PRODUCTION WATER. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 840 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 30.165N 091.390W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7697: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7697