IMAGERY AVAILABLE: Coast Guard responding to diesel spill in Newport’s Yaquina Bay

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Coast Guard responding to diesel spill in Newport’s Yaquina Bay

A Coast Guard aircrew from Air Facility Newport, Ore., flies over Yaquina Bay to investigate the spread of approximately 700 gallons of diesel fuel discharged into the bay, Aug. 14, 2018. Petty Officer 1st Class Rory Jenkins, a Coast Guard oil spill responder from the Incident Management Division at Sector Columbia River, oversees cleanup efforts of approximately 700 gallons of diesel fuel that was discharged into Yaquina Bay, in Newport, Ore., Aug. 14, 2018. A diesel spill in Yaquina Bay, near Newport, Ore., is effecting the commercial fishing vessel Pacific Grace and other vessels that are moored in the Newport Harbor, Aug. 14, 2018.

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NEWPORT, Ore. – The Coast Guard is responding to a diesel spill of approximately 700 gallons that occurred in Yaquina Bay in Newport, early Tuesday morning.

Coast Guard oil spill responders from Sector Columbia River’s Incident Management Detachment in Portland arrived on scene at 11 a.m. to oversee cleanup efforts that began when local responders deployed containment booms and applied sorbents.

Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector North Bend and Sector Columbia River received a report of the diesel spill at 12:30 a.m., from a representative of NWFF Environmental. The spill reportedly happened when the crew of the commercial fishing vessel Coast Pride left a transfer pump on.

NWFF Environmental has been contracted to clean up the diesel spill by the operators of the Coast Pride. Coast Guard responders will ensure that the cleanup is done safely and properly.

The incident is considered a reportable marine casualty.

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