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| Title | | Officials expanding probe of tanker spill (1/2 million gl) |
| Date | | Thursday December 02, @08:02PM |
| Author | | admin |
| Topic | | OIL |
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http://globalfreepress.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/03/0610222
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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