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Waste Oil Drum on Elliott Key, FL; Spite Hwy, Islandia, FL, USA

Spite Hwy, Islandia, FL, USA | 2017-Apr-26

Initial Notification: On April 26, 2017, the US Coast Guard Sector Miami notified the SSC that an abandoned 55 gallon drum of waste oil washed up on Elliott Key, FL and was observed leaking. The Coast Guard advised that they planned to respond to the drum and remove it tomorrow morning.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Products of concern:Waste oil
Total amount at risk of spill: 55 gallons
Latitude (approximate): 25° 27.33′ North
Longitude (approximate): 80° 11.39′ West