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Texas City #6 fuel spill; Texas City, Galveston Bay

Texas City, Galveston Bay | 2011-Aug-19

Initial Notification: At 2335 hour on Friday, August 19, NOAA HDO, Bushy, received a call from USCG Galveston concerning a 50 bbl fuel transfer spill that occurred at 1753 CDT on Friday, Aug 19, 2011 at a Texas City dock.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Products of concern:#6 fuel Oil
Total amount at risk of spill: 50 barrels
Latitude (approximate): 29° 22.21′ North
Longitude (approximate): 94° 53.43′ West