Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge; Grand Chenier, Louisiana

Grand Chenier, Louisiana | 1995-Mar-13

Initial Notification: At 1830 on March 13, 1995, the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, six miles east-southeast of Grand Chenier, Louisiana, was notified of a possible leak at the Price Lake Unit. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Mobil pipeline personnel surveyed the area and identified the leak on March 14. The pipeline was shut down at that time and the pipeline finished bleeding down on March 17. Approximately 40 barrels of residual condensate oil contaminated approximately 55 acres of difficult-access marsh lands. An in-situ marsh burn was initiated on March 17 to remove the condensate on the marsh and facilitate repair of the pipeline. USCG district 8. Keyword: containment boom, in-situ burning, PM-10 monitoring.