B-115; Delaware City, Delaware

Delaware City, Delaware | 1999-Oct-27

Initial Notification: At about 0440 on October 27, 1999 Marine Safety Office (MSO) Philadelphia received a report of a 100-barrel spill of vacuum gas oil (VGO) into the Delaware River from the Bouchard barge 115. The barge overflowed tanks while loading at the Motiva refinery docks in Delaware City, Delaware Weather at the time of release was air temperature 47?F, water temperature 53 ?F, no cloud cover, and an ebb tide. A Unified Command Post was established at MSO Philadelphia, with a Field Command Post at the Motiva refinery. This response lasted for several days. USCG district 5. Keyword: containment boom, Del Bay Coop, ground truth, skimmers, sorbent boom, sorbent pompoms, Tri-State Bird Rescue Research.