Ocean Champion; Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington | 1987-Oct-31

Initial Notification: NOAA/OMA was notified of the incident on October 31, 1987, by the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Puget Sound, and asked to help identify the unknown substances in the hold and on the stern of the Ocean Champion. The NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator and two Hazardous Materials Response Branch staff conducted a survey of the vessel to include sampling of the substance in the hold. A portable chemical analysis field test kit was used to perform tests on the sample from the hold. NOAA determined that the product in the hold was fuel oil, and found that the material in the drums was DP 231, a fuel oil additive. USCG district 13.