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Mystery Sheen, Cheboygan, MI

On 04 SEPT 2012, USCG received a report of a sheen from an unknown source on the sand and in Lake Huron in Cheboygan, MI. A retired USCG Chief was on scene and reported that the sheen did not reform...

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F/V GEMINI, F/V WESTERN FLYER, Swinomish Channel, WA

At approximately 1200 Pacfic time September 24, 2012 NOAA SSC was notified by USCG Sector Puget Sound of the sunk fishing vessel GEMINI (officially registered as WESTERN FLYER) under the Twin Bridges...

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F/V MAVERICK, 30 miles W. of La Push, WA

At about 0830 Pacific time Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound contacted NOAA SSC about a vessel collision. Between approximately 0530 and 0600 a vessel collision occurred in position 47 55.5 N, 125 19.6 W...

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Hurricane Sandy - Spills in the Arthur Kill, Arthur Kill, NJ

USCG Sector New York requested scientific support from NOAA Emergency Response Division on 31Oct2012 for Hurricane Sandy related pollution incidents. The USCG is currently responding to oil spills in...

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Barge HMS 2000, Port Angeles, WA

USCG Sector Puget Sound notified the NOAA SSC that at 0320 this morning the Barge HMS 2000 spilled 840 gallons of IFO 380 heavy fuel oil at the Harley Marine Service Facility in Ediz Hook in Port...

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Oiled Wildlife, St Lawrence Island, Alaska

The NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator in Alaska was notified by Coast Guard Sector Anchorage on the morning of 7 November 2012 that subsistence hunters in Savoonga and Gamble on St. Lawrence Island,...

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Chloride Solution, Jackson, AL

At 0830 Central Time, 11NOV12, a 0.10% Chloride solution began leaking from a valve in piping coming off a 110,000 gallon tank which was about 80% full (88,000 gallons of solution). As of 1300, the...

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MODU in Distress, 14nm Offshore, LA

On 17DEC12, MSU Morgan City contact NOAA for scientific support relating to a potential release of 1,000 gl of marine diesel from a MODU in distress. The vessel is located 14nm offshore, west of Marsh...

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M/T STENA PRIMORSK, Albany, NY

The SSC was notified by Sector NY of the grounding of the 800 foot M/T Stena Primorsk south of Albany, NY. At this time there is no oil being released. The ballast tank has been breached. No request...

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Shell drill rig Kulluk adrift, NW Gulf of Alaska

On Friday, Dec. 28, the Aiviq tow vessel lost its engine power while towing Shell's Arctic drill rig Kulluk from Dutch Harbor to Seattle for winter maintenance, allowing the drill rig to drift freely...

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Hurricane Isaac - Sector Mobile Responses, Sector Mobile, AOR-MS, AL, FL...

This is a sub-incident hotline started 7Sep12 of the General Hurr Isaac General support that is for activities within the Sector Mobile AOR.

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Shell drill rig Kulluk adrift, NW Gulf of Alaska

The Royal Dutch Shell driling rig Kulluk went aground on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska on January 1. Sitkalidak is an unihabitated island just south of Kodiak Island. The Kulluk was being towed from Dutch...

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TX Petroleum Investment. Co, Breton Sound, LA Gulf of Mexico

On December 26, 2012, 1130am/CST, the USCG requested a NOAA trajectory for a 1BBL (42 gallons)crude oil discharge into Breton Sound on the east side of the Mississippi River Delta. The discharge was...

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F/V Robert Henry, Cape Arago, Oregon

At 0330 January 2, the F/V Robert Henry ran aground at the south tip of Cape Arago near Coos Bay, Oregon. The 39-foot fishing vessel reportedly has 400 gallons of diesel aboard. USCG Sector Columbia...

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M/T Elia, Baytown, TX

On 13JAN, USCG contacted NOAA SSC about a release of ship-board oily waste from M/T Elias into the Houston Ship Channel due to malfunctioning oily-water separator. The vessel is berthed in Baytown, TX....

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Ruptured Flowline, Pass a Loutre WMA, LA

On 14JAN, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted NOAA SSC about a ruptured flowline in Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area. The release was discovered on 6JAN and initially reported as 4 gl and then...

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F/V MAVERICK, 30 miles W. of La Push, WA

At about 0830 Pacific time Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound contacted NOAA SSC about a vessel collision. Between approximately 0530 and 0600 a vessel collision occurred in position 47 55.5 N, 125 19.6 W...

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ORB Exploration, Bayou Sorrel, Outside Baton Rouge, LA

On 15JAN13, USCG MSU Baton Rouge contacted NOAA SSC in regards of a spill in Bayou Sorrel. USCG was notified and responded on 15JAN, even though the spill occurred on 03JAN. The spill is from a 4 inch...

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UTV Saint Paul, MM 135, North of New Orleans, LA

On 17JAN13, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted NOAA SSC in regards to a towing vessel which sank 200 ft off the right descending bank of the Mississippi River at mile marker 135, about 40 river miles...

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Barge MOC-12 Allision with Miss. R. Bridge, Miss R. at Vicksburg, MS

The NOAA Hazmat Duty Officer was contacted late morning on 27 Jan 13 for assistance with a barge discharging a light crude oil into the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Vickburg, MS after an...

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