Barge Energy 5501; New Haven, CT

New Haven, CT | 2006-Jan-21

Initial Notification: The USCG Sector LIS was notified by the Motiva facility that the barge Energy 5501 was leaking product at its pier in New Haven, CT harbor. The barge initially was boomed. The product was 93-octane gasoline and an estimated 100 barrels was contained within the boom. The NOAA SSC was notified at 0700 and requested to provide trajectory analysis, weather, and tides and current information. Also discussed were response options, including releasing the oil from the containment boom, the use of firefighting foam to inhibit any potential explosive hazard, and the use of fire hoses to spray along the shoreline to keep the gasoline away and to break up the slick. The New Have Fire Department was on scene and acting as the Incident Commander. They did not have any way to apply foam to the spill. The boom was opened about 0800 on an ebb tide.