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If a tanker dumps it's load in the deleware and nobody reports it, does that mean there's NOTHING to clean up? Back to your lives consumers'
The search for what caused a Greek tanker to hemorrhage tens, and
possibly hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the
Delaware River will extend south to the Commodore Barry Bridge, Coast
Guard officials said Wednesday.
"Since we have not found the
cause, we are extending the search another six miles to the Commodore
Barry and instituting draft restrictions," said Coast Guard Captain
Jonathan D. Sarubbi, the officer in charge of the Port of Philadelphia.
Until further notice, ships which draw more than 34 feet of water will
not be allowed to travel the river during low tide. By comparison, the
Greek tanker, which leaked the oil Friday night, Athos I, draws 36.5
feet of water.
The restrictions will remain in place while the
Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers continue their search for what
gashed the tanker, which may have discharged as much as 473,000 gallons
of Venezuelan crude into the river. Initial reports put the spill at
30,000 gallons. The actual amount will not be known until whatever oil
remains in the ship is pumped out.
By midday Wednesday, remnants
of the spill covered a 55-mile stretch of the river, from the
Tacony-Palmyra Bridge to six miles south of the Delaware Memorial
Bridge. Approximately 600 contractors assisted 250 federal and state
workers with the cleanup and investigation.
On the river,
multi-beam sonar, magnetometers and divers have been utilized to locate
the object which struck the hull of the Athos I, which docked in
Paulsboro, N.J.
"There are old anchors, anchor chains, even cars, in the river," Sarubbi said.
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Delaware Oil Spill Much Bigger Than Initially Thought - LA Times
NEWARK, Del. — Like a mutant blob in a bad horror movie, an oil slick
first thought to be relatively small has grown bigger and more menacing
over the past week, oozing its way down both banks of the Delaware
River.
When the Greek tanker Athos I began leaking heavy
Venezuelan crude into the river the night of Nov. 26, it appeared to be
a manageable spill confined to a riverside terminal — just 30,000
gallons, according to estimates.
But authorities now warn that
it could be as much as 473,500 gallons, a gooey mess that has spread to
70 miles of shoreline across three states.
Investigators are
trying to determine whether a gash and a puncture in the ship's hull
were caused by an 11-ton, 13-foot-wide propeller that fell off a dredge
owned by the Army Corps of Engineers in April and was left on the river
bottom. The muck has killed birds, fish and turtles. It has shut down a
nuclear plant and threatened a dozen freshwater streams and
tributaries. It has slid past a pristine nature reserve and spread to
within three miles of drinking water intakes for Philadelphia and
southern New Jersey."
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http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-s...
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THE REPORT FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES! PLEASE READ! IT'S URGENT!
473,500 GALLONS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR IN OIL SPILL, COAST GUARD SAYS
By ANTHONY DePALMA
Published: December 1, 2004
Coast
Guard officials investigating an oil spill last week in the Delaware
River said yesterday that more oil than previously reported has leaked
from a damaged tanker, although they still do not know how much entered
the river.
Chief Petty Officer Steve J. Carleton said that
roughly 473,500 gallons of crude oil was still missing and unaccounted
for - far more than the 30,000 gallons that officials had previously
estimated to have escaped from the single-hull tanker Athos I as it
tried to dock at a Citgo terminal in Paulsboro, N.J., Friday night.
But
Officer Carleton said that while the spill was larger than estimated,
it was unlikely that all 473,500 gallons had spilled into the river.
Rather, he said most of it had probably been pumped from the damaged
tank to one or more of the six remaining cargo tanks as the crew tried
to keep the vessel balanced after the incident.
Investigators
are still trying to figure out what ripped open the bottom of the
tanker. Soundings of the river did not find any obstructions that could
have caused the accident.
The heavy oil has coated wildlife in
the area and created an expanding slick that now covers 45 miles from
the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge to the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
Environmentalists
said that even a comparatively small spill would have a huge impact on
the river, which provides drinking water to millions of people. "It's
devastating, whatever final figure they come up with," said Maya K. van
Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper.
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