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Mystery Sheen; Breton Sound, LA

Breton Sound, LA | 2013-Oct-11

Initial Notification: On October 11, 2013 the USCG Sector New Orleans notified the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator about a mystery sheen in Breton Sound. A good samaritan who was flying over Breton Sound reported the sheen to the USCG at 11:30 CT. The sheen is described as 1 mile by 5 mile of which 10% is black oil.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Tags:Mystery Substance
Latitude (approximate): 29° 34.07′ North
Longitude (approximate): 89° 4.10′ West