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Pleasure Craft Marimar; Salinas Bay, Puerto Rico

Salinas Bay, Puerto Rico | 2014-Oct-24

Initial Notification: On October 22, 2014, the USCG Sector San Juan Incident Management Division received a report of a sunken 33.8' pleasure craft "MARIMAR II" at the Marina De Salinas, in Salinas Bay, Puerto Rico. The vessel is submerged and aground on its starboard side. The USCG opened a Federal Project to hire a certified BOA contractor (Clean Harbors Environmental Services) to deploy 100' of hard boom and 120' sorbents around vessel, containing any possible potential discharge.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Products of concern:diesel
Total amount at risk of spill: 250 gallons
Latitude (approximate): 17° 57.54′ North
Longitude (approximate): 66° 17.67′ West