Mystery Spill15; Lake Charles, Louisiana

Lake Charles, Louisiana | 1997-Jan-22

Initial Notification: An unidentified quantity of a light-colored oil was discovered in a bayou in the Lake Charles, Louisiana area. After much investigation by MSO Lake Charles, the source of the product could not be found. The previous weeks had seen extremely cold temperatures around Lake Charles and the MSO reported that several electrical transformers had blown during the cold snap. The MSO was concerned that the product may contain high levels of PCBs because it is commonly used with transformer oil. USCG district 8. Keyword: none.