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Joint Response Team Meeting St. John, New Brunswick CAPT J. B. McPherson Commander, Sector Northern New England
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Case History 42 potential/actual spills responded to in SNNE AOR since April 2008
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Case History 10 reports of vessel fires, 3 of which burnt to the waterline (1 of which was a confirmed arson case); some debris but minimal pollution due to fuel burning off
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Case History Bridge Allision- Tug Ruby M and Barge Energy 6505, Casco Bay Bridge ( Portland, ME ) (Spill Potential 66,000 bbl. Jet Fuel)
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Significant Cases Facility Fire- Washburn and Doughty Shipyard- Boothbay Harbor, ME Multi-agency coordination and response mitigating pollution potential 22,000 gal. Diesel Fuel
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Washburn & Doughty
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Washburn & Doughty Aftermath
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Sprague Energy Industry led PREP exercise June 17-19 2008 Portsmouth, NH
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PREP Exercise Statistics Sprague Energy Corp volunteered to be responsible party Scenario: discharge of 6,000 barrels (252,000 U.S. gallons) of liquid asphalt into the Piscataqua River (currents of 6 kts) Response involved: federal, state, local, industry, and academia (UNH) -total of 82 participants Initial response included: deployment of boom and skimmers utilizing high current booming strategies
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Hazmat Drill Portland Pipeline
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