Hudson River 78th Street Dielectric Fluid Spill; Edgewater, NJ
Edgewater, NJ | 2016-Jan-02
Initial Notification: On January 2, 2016, the USCG Sector New York notified the NOAA SSC about a leak of dielectric fluid (no polychlorinated biphenyls) from a submerged active high power voltage line that runs between Manhattan, NY and Hudson County, NJ. Sector New York requested trajectory from NOAA.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Tags: | Pipeline |
| Products of concern: | Dielectric Fluid |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 10000 gallons |
| Latitude (approximate): | 40° 48.55′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 73° 58.98′ West |