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NOAA SHIP HI'IALAKAI; Maug Islands, CNMI

Maug Islands, CNMI | 2014-May-02

Initial Notification: On May 2, 2014, the USCG Sector Guam notified the NOAA SSC for Oceania that the NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai had a small gasoline release in the Maug Islands at 0754 local time. The release was reported to be from a storage tank on board the vessel. No sheen was observed. This was a notification and no NOAA ERD science support was requested.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Products of concern:Gasoline
Total amount at risk of spill: 1 gallons
Latitude (approximate): 20° 1.23′ North
Longitude (approximate): 145° 13.27′ East