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Countermeasures/ Mitigation

On September 16, containment boom was deployed around the vessel as a precaution against
further spillage.  The boom remained in place until the vessel was re-floated on October
16 and moved to the north side of the river.  No product was observed leaking from the
vessel as it was relocated.\\Vacuum trucks were used to recover the gasoline and water
mixture.  Approximately 262 barrels were recovered by September 28.  Small amounts of
carbon residue that impacted the shoreline were manually raked from beaches in the
area.\\On September 19, gasoline odors were reported in the sewers of a residential
community near the incident site.  Contractors were dispatched to flush and foam the
sewers.  Sections of boom and a combustible gas detector were set up  to monitor the sewer
outfall.\\On September 27, approximately 770 barrels of product were offloaded from the
Jupiter to a lightering barge.  Gas freeing operations began on October 5, due to the
explosion threat posed by some isolated pockets of product remaining in the #6 starboard
cargo tank.  Offloaded product was replaced with water to reduce the structural stress to
the damaged vessel.\\Since trace concentrations of benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and
xylene isomers were found in water samples near the Jupiter, water at a nearbywater
treatment plant was treated with ozone as a precaution.