Coast Guard, local agencies respond to oil discharge by vessel taking on water

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 06/19/2017 09:18 PM EDT

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News Release  

June 19, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs
Office: (504) 671-2020
After Hours: (618) 225-9008

Coast Guard, local agencies respond to oil discharge by vessel taking on water

 

                                     Coast Guard, local agencies responds to oil discharge by vessel taking on water


NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and local agencies are responding to an oil discharge at mile marker 57 on the Lower Mississippi River near Belle Chasse, Louisiana, Monday. 

Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 7:30 a.m. of a discharge of approximately 20 gallons of oil when the tug boat HALEY BROOKE began taking on water. The HALEY BROOKE has approximately 6,000 gallons of diesel onboard.

Sector New Orleans incident management division deployed Coast Guard pollution responders.

The vessel’s oil spill removal organization, OMI, deployed approximately 500 feet of containment boom around the vessel and applied sorbent pads to clean up the oil.

There is no reported shoreline impact.

The cause of the spill is under investigation.

 

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