Oil Spill | Bayport, Texas | May 2019
What Happened?
On May 10, 2019, an estimated 599,676 gallons of oil in the form of a gasoline blending stock, known as reformate, was discharged from Tank Barge 30015T during a collision with the tanker ship Genesis River near Bayport, Texas.
The bow of the Genesis River cut through the hull of the barge and ruptured the barge’s storage tanks. Oil discharged from the barge into the waterway and polluted parts of the Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay, and the Texas coastline.
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Monday, July 19, 2021 - 11:13
Friday, September 3, 2021 - 08:20
Hazardous Waste Site | Hawaii | 1947-1995
What Happened?
The Oahu Sugar Company Ltd. operated sugar cane fields and associated facilities on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and leased land at Pearl Harbor from the United States Department of Defense and Department of Navy from roughly 1947-1995.
Over the years, these activities at the site, including storage, mixing, and loading of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, resulted in the release of hazardous substances in the environment.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2021 - 10:18
Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 12:54
Hazardous Waste Site | Port Angeles, WA | Early 1900s to present
What Happened?
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Thursday, October 22, 2020 - 08:02
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 - 11:53
Oil Spill | Kodiak, Alaska | March 15-16 2019
What Happened?
On March 15-16, 2019, an oil spill occurred due to a leak in a fuel line to a refrigeration unit at an American President Lines LTD (APL) yard in Kodiak, Alaska.
An estimated 1,369-gallons of oil from the leaking diesel tank entered the Lake Louise Tributary, the Buskin River, and St. Paul Harbor. The impacted area includes migratory fish habitat, and riverine, estuarine, and marine habitats, the Buskin River State Recreation Site, and the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - 11:54
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 10:09
Hazardous Waste Site | Duluth, Minnesota| Early 1900s - Present
What Happened?
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 14:07
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 06:51
Hazardous Waste Site | Charleston, SC | 1900-1943
What Happened?
In the early 1860’s, substantial outcroppings of phosphate rock were discovered in Charleston, SC, along the banks of the Ashley River and other areas of coastal South Carolina.
At that time, the environmental impacts of commercial fertilizers and superphosphates were largely unknown.
Due to the development of production processes and increased demand for superior fertilizers, by 1884 the phosphate fertilizer industry was arguably the largest and most important industry in South Carolina.
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Friday, May 10, 2019 - 08:30
Monday, October 2, 2023 - 12:59
Hazardous Waste Site, Portsmouth, Virginia, | 1926 – 1992
What Happened?
The Atlantic Wood Industries Superfund Site consists of approximately 50 acres of land on the industrialized waterfront in Portsmouth, Virginia and over 30 acres of contaminated sediments in the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River.
From 1926 to 1992, a wood-treating facility at the Atlantic Wood Industries site released both creosote and pentachlorophenol from treatment operations, storage of treated wood, and disposal of waste.
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Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 08:25
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 17:28
Oil Spill | Gulf of Mexico off Mississippi River Delta | September 2004
What Happened?
In September of 2004, Taylor Energy’s MC20 oil production platform collapsed and sank in a mudslide during or after Hurricane Ivan. Parts of the platform and piping were buried under the sediments.
The platform was located in the Gulf of Mexico, thirteen miles from the mouth of the Mississippi River. More than a decade later, crude oil continues to discharge from the well site and surface on the Gulf waters.
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Monday, October 29, 2018 - 10:45
Wednesday, July 13, 2022 - 14:43
Oil Spill | Sitka, Alaska | April 19, 2017
What Happened?
On April 19, 2017 an out of service tugboat, the Tug Powhatan, owned by Samson Tug & Barge, sank for unknown reasons from its dock in Starrigavan Bay near Sitka, Alaska. After sinking, the tug slid downslope and came to rest approximately 320 yards offshore in 160-180 feet of water.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - 11:00
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 - 06:50
In Orange County, Texas, parts of the Sabine Lake/Neeches River Estuary were contaminated by industrial and municipal waste disposal, including sludge from local petrochemical industries, starting in the 1960s. Industrial waste disposal was discontinued in the late 1960s, but municipal and construction wastes were accepted until about 1971. In 1986, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency added the site to the National Priorities List, based on the release or threatened release of hazardous substances, making it a priority site for investigation and potential clean-up the Superfund law.
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Friday, June 29, 2018 - 12:42
Monday, August 17, 2020 - 15:27
