Leachate Release into Tucker Bayou; LaPorte, TX
Clean Harbor Deer Park, TX, USA | 2024-Sep-01
Initial Notification: On 1-SEPT-24, USCG Sector Houston Galveston contacted the NOAA Acting Region 6 SSC to notify them of a 350,000 gallons release of Leachate (water that has percolated through a solid and leached out some of the constituents) into Tucker Bayou from a combined landfill and waste water treatment facility in LaPorte, Texas. The release was caused by heavy raining overflowing the tanks and a release valve failure. USCG requested information on both product and location jurisdiction.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Other |
| Products of concern: | leachate |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 350000 gallons |
| Latitude (approximate): | 29° 43.59′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 95° 5.85′ West |