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Hurricane Katrina (LA General)

LA        2005-Aug-30

This is a general Incident for information covering non-site specific pollution events in Louisiana.

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Note: Documents are posted chronologically and early reports likely contain factual errors. These errors may be corrected in a later report.

Incident Response Documents

NOAA OR&R's Hurricane Katrina response: morning report for 3 Oct 2005-Oct-03
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration Report for 10/2/05 - Hurricane Katrina and Rita Responses 2005-Oct-03
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration Report for 10/1/05 - Hurricane 2005-Oct-03
Overflight map 29Sep Miss Delta 2005-Oct-01
Offshore Overflight 28Sep PM 2005-Oct-01
Offshore Overflight 28Sep AM 2005-Oct-01
NOAA OR&R's Hurricane Katrina response: daily report for 29 Sept 2005-Sep-29
NOAA OR&R's Hurricane Katrina response: daily report for 28 Sept 2005-Sep-29
NOAA OR&R's Hurricane Katrina response: report for 27 Sept 2005-Sep-27
NOAA OR&R's Hurricane Katrina response: morning report for 26 Sept 2005-Sep-26
More incident response documents

Incident Details

Spill, potential spill, or other: Potential Oil Spill, Potential Chemical/Biological Spill, Other
Cause of incident: Weather: Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita
Products of concern: Multiple
Amount spilled (approximate): 7,980,000 gallons
Total amount at risk of spill: 8,630,000 gallons

Latitude (approximate): 29° 58.35' North
Longitude (approximate): 90° 3.85' West

Counter measures:
On-Water Recovery: Not applicable
Shoreline Cleanup: Not applicable
Dispersants: Not applicable
In-Situ Burn: Not applicable
Bioremediation: Not applicable