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Barge Grounding; near Ono Island, Florida

near Ono Island, Florida | 2014-Aug-07

Initial Notification: On August 7, 2014, Sector Mobile notified NOAA SSC that a barge carrying 1,500 tons of Adiponitrile was grounded and requested a trajectory. No chemical has been released, and plans are to lighter the barge and refloat it. Weather, tides, trajectory and toxicity information was provided.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Chemical
Tags:Grounding
Products of concern:Adiponitrile
Total amount at risk of spill: 1,500 tons
Latitude (approximate): 30° 18.60′ North
Longitude (approximate): 87° 27.50′ West