British Petroleum; Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania

Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania | 1986-Mar-28

Initial Notification: At approximately 1600 on March 28, 1986, the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP), Philadelphia, on-scene at the T/V Intermar Alliance oil spill, observed a flow of dark oil in the Delaware River between British Petroleum docks 1 and 2. British Petroleum Terminal personnel and S & J Pollution Control, an oil spill contractor also on-scene, immediately deployed sorbent and containment boom, capturing much of the floating oil. USCG district 3.