Tank Barge 2125; Chocolate Bayou, TX

Chocolate Bayou, TX | 1999-Jan-20

Initial Notification: On the morning of 20 January 1999, the HAZMAT Duty Officer was notified of a barge carrying xylene which had struck a mooring buoy near Chocolate Bayou, Texas (near ICW mile marker 373). The tanker barge is holed, but no pollution release has been reported. MSU Galveston requested scientific support to include a short health and safety brief and threatened sensitive areas/resources from which to develop protective booming strategies should the situation warrant. The NOAA SSC provided technical support to the USCG. No chemical was lost to the environment. USCG district 8. Keyword: none.