Hess Pipeline; Kearny, New Jersey

Kearny, New Jersey | 1994-Oct-05

Initial Notification: At approximately 1950 on October 8, 1994, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) was notified by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP) about a breach in the Amerada Hess pipeline in Kearny, New Jersey. About 300 gallons of oil were spilled into the Hackensack River when a valve was left partially open after a maintenance operation. Approximately 2,300 gallons of #6 fuel oil discharged from the pipeline, part of it entering a tributary to the Hackensack River. USCG district 1. Keyword: containment boom, low-pressure washing, siphon dams, skimmers, vacuum trucks, weir/pump skimmer.