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On august 2, 2015, the uscg sector new york notified noaa of an oil spill from a pipeline into the kill van…

Imtt Bayonne; Bayonne, Nj · Bayonne, Nj · NOAAORR-8971

issued
2015-08-02 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2015-08-16 00:00Z
self-cancels
2015-08-16 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
40.648, -74.112
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

IMTT Bayonne; Bayonne, NJ.
Bayonne, NJ.
1. On August 2, 2015, the USCG Sector New York notified NOAA of an oil spill from a pipeline into the Kill Van Kull, near Bayonne, NJ. The source of the oil is a pipeline owned by IMTT. It was estimated that 350 barrels of #6 oil was released at 2200 on the night of 1 August. The company reported that most of the oil was contained in boom. The USCG requested a trajectory to help locate any uncontained oil at first light.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: #6 OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 14700 GALLONS. TAGS: PIPELINE.
3. POSITION 40.648N 074.112W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8971: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8971

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