Coast Guard responds to oil spill near Baton Rouge
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of an oil discharge on the Mississippi River near the Interstate 10 bridge in Baton Rouge, Monday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received notification Thursday at 8:53 p.m. from the National Response Center reporting at approximately 7:50 p.m. two barges were at a transfer station near the bridge on the Mississippi River....
Coast Guard responds to report of oil near Head of Passes in Gulf of Mexico
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of an oil discharge, Monday, near Head of Passes, in the Gulf of Mexico.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received notification at 1:43 p.m., Monday, reporting that an estimated 630 gallons of Louisiana sweet crude oil was discharged from the Gulf Production Company-Raphael Pass production facility. The discharge was reportedly...
Coast Guard pollution response personnel investigate oil discharge in San Juan Harbor
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard pollution investigators responded Tuesday to a report of an oil discharge at the active construction site between Piers 6 and 7 in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico.
Coast Guard pollution investigators are actively monitoring cleanup and recovery efforts and investigating to find the origin and amount of the discharge.
Construction site personnel are conducting efforts...
