The US Coast Guard Sector San Juan’s Incident Management team is responding to an oil discharge from a legacy pipe structure between piers 2 and 3 in San Juan Habor, Puerto Rico.
The US Coast Guard Sector San Juan’s Incident Management team is responding to an oil discharge from a legacy pipe structure between piers 2 and 3 in San Juan Habor, Puerto Rico.
“The source of the oil discharge is being contained and, while contained, will allow normal port operations to continue at Piers 2 and 3 as our investigation and response efforts continue,” said Lt. Cmdr. Ray Lopez, Coast Guard Sector San Juan Incident Management Division chief.
Coast Guard watchstanders in Sector San Juan received a National Response Center pollution report following a patrol by Station San Juan and Incident Management Division personnel in San Juan Harbor, April 11. The patrol was a planned effort in support of Operation Resilient Coast which led Coast Guard personnel to discover the legacy pipe was slowly and persistently leaking heavy black oil into the water. Suspecting the oil may be linked to similar pollution incidents in the area, the Coast Guard team collected samples to be analyzed at the Coast Guard Marine Safety Lab.
Due to the potential impacts to the waterway, the Coast Guard activated the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and contracted Clean Harbor Environmental Services, Inc. as the
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