Grounded Barge; Columbia River, OR
Columbia River, OR | 2009-Jul-09
Initial Notification: US EPA Region 10 called the NOAA SSC with a trustee notification that a double-hulled barge grounded this morning on the Columbia River at river mile 169.5 near the mouth of the Hood River. The barge is carrying 1 million gallons of gasoline. No gasoline has been spilled and responders are planning to lighter some of the cargo to facilitate refloating the barge.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Products of concern: | gasoline |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 1,000,000 gallons |
| Latitude (approximate): | 45° 43.14′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 121° 30.48′ West |