Atlantic Fuel Marketing; Mystic River, Boston, Massachusetts

Mystic River, Boston, Massachusetts | 1988-Feb-10

Initial Notification: On January 30, 1988, a unknown amount of heavy black oil was reported at the Atlantic Fuel Marketing Dock in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The tanker Fredricksberg had departed this dock at approximately 0630 that morning after completing discharge of number 6 fuel oil to the Atlantic Fuel Marketing facility. The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) Boston, contracted Clean Harbors, Inc. to begin immediate cleanup operations. The Coast Guard MSO also took oil samples from the spill site and from the tanks at Atlantic Fuel Marketing that had received the 6 oil from the Fredricksberg. USCG district 1.