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Sector Long Island Sound Pollution Cases 2011 -New Haven Terminal

Sector Long Island Sound Pollution Cases 2011 -New Haven Terminal -Guilford Tar balls. New Haven Terminal. July 4 th , 2011 SLIS received report of sheen near NHT from civilian boaters Pollution Investigators respond, layer of hard boom deployed/and sorbents

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Sector Long Island Sound Pollution Cases 2011 -New Haven Terminal

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  1. Sector Long Island Sound Pollution Cases 2011 -New Haven Terminal -Guilford Tar balls

  2. New Haven Terminal

  3. July 4th, 2011 SLIS received report of sheen near NHT from civilian boaters • Pollution Investigators respond, layer of hard boom deployed/and sorbents • July 5th, no source discovered. USCG hires Clean Harbors Environmental Quick Facts

  4. July 7th NHT hires Alpine Environmental. Source discovered to be leaking facility pipe. • Currently over 40,000 gallons of NO.2 oil recovered Quick Facts

  5. Initial booming on day one. Source unknown

  6. Boom at outfall on NHT property. Approximately 630 gallons recovered.

  7. Collecting samples

  8. Boom/Oil a few days into response

  9. The pipe actively discharging NO. 2 oil

  10. Trench being dug out

  11. Alabama Street on NHT’s property.

  12. Grass Island Guilford, CT

  13. Satellite image of Grass Island

  14. July 10th, 2011 SLIS received report from CT DEEP of tar balls on Grass Island • PI’s investigate, locate tar balls and hire Moran Environmental. • Moran Environmental initially recovered 400 lbs of product Quick Facts

  15. CT State divers searched for source with negative results • Since then, Moran Environmental has recovered 78 tar balls/oily rocks Quick Facts

  16. Grass Island is home to the Great Egret, Roseate Tern, Yellow Pimpernel and many other species. • It is also home to many bivalves, crabs and anadromous fish Environmentally sensitive area

  17. Tar balls and shoreline

  18. Largest tar ball recovered

  19. Average sized tar ball

  20. The clean up effort at Grass Island is still on going. • New Haven Terminal has repaired their pipe, but soil remediation will continue up to CT DEEP standards. Current situation

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