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<a href="/ship-groundings/mona-island-drug-runner">Mona Island Drug Runner</a>

Thu, 02/15/2024 - 12:43
Ship Grounding | Mona Island, Puerto Rico | August 2023 What Happened?

<a href="/oil-spills/tug-western-mariner-grounding-neva-strait">Tug Western Mariner Grounding Neva Strait</a>

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:08

Oil Spill | Sitka, Alaska | March 2022

What Happened?

<a href="/hazardous-waste/anacostia-river">Anacostia River</a>

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:08
Hazardous Waste Site | Washington, DC | Late 1800s to present What Happened?

<a href="/oil-spills/mississippi-canyon-209-mc209-oil-spill">Mississippi Canyon 209 (MC209) Oil Spill</a>

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:08

Oil Spill | Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana | October 2017

What Happened?

<a href="/hazardous-waste/dupont-hay-road">DuPont Hay Road</a>

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:08

Hazardous Waste Site | Wilmington, DE | 1935-2017

What Happened?

Beginning in 1935, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) owned and operated a titanium dioxide manufacturing facility, known as the Edge Moor Plant.  DuPont later acquired and operated a nearby landfill along Hay Road, which in the late 1990s, was used to stockpile "Iron Rich" materials, a byproduct from its nearby titanium dioxide facility. This substance contained heavy metals, PCBs, and other hazardous materials. 

<a href="/oil-spills/pipeline-p00547-huntington-beach-oil-spill">Pipeline P00547 (Huntington Beach) Oil Spill</a>

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:08
Oil Spill | Orange and San Diego Counties, California | October 2021 What Happened?

Late on the evening of October 1, 2021, the San Pedro Bay Pipeline (Pipeline P00547) broke and spilled crude oil into the waters 4.5 miles offshore of Huntington Beach, California. Inspection of the pipeline indicated that the failure may have been caused by an anchor that hooked the pipeline, causing a partial tear. 

<a href="/hazardous-waste/example-case-fish-consumption-banner">Example Case (Fish Consumption Banner)</a>

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:08
What Happened?

Example

What Were the Impacts?

Consumption of contaminated fish, shellfish, crab, and other organisms from these areas poses a threat to birds and other wildlife, as well as to human health.

What’s Happening Now?

Example

<a href="/oil-spills/itc-tank-fire">ITC Tank Fire</a>

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:08
Oil Spill | Deer Park, TX | March 2019 What Happened?

On Sunday March 17, 2019, a storage tank caught fire engulfing much of the Second 80’s tank battery at the Intercontinental Terminals Company, LLC (ITC) Deer Park facility in Deer Park, Texas.

The fire was initially extinguished on March 20th, but reignited on March 22nd and damaged a second containment wall of the tank facility. 

<a href="/hazardous-waste/former-gloucester-gas-light-company">Former Gloucester Gas Light Company </a>

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:08
Hazardous Waste Site | Gloucester, MA | Mid-19th century to present What Happened?

Between 1854 and 1952, the former Gloucester Gas Light Company operated a manufactured gas plant (MGP) along the Gloucester waterfront in the vicinity of the present-day Harbor Loop and Rogers Street along the Inner Harbor.

<a href="/oil-spills/bayport-channel-oil-spill">Bayport Channel Oil Spill</a>

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:08
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. 

<a href="/hazardous-waste/oahu-sugar">Oahu Sugar</a>

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:08
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.