By Bill Sizemore
Air Jordan RetroThe Virginian-Pilot
CHESAPEAKE
More than 1,000 gallons of oil has been removed from the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River since a spill was reported to the Coast Guard on Tuesday.
A state agency discovered the spill while conducting an inspection of the S.E.A. Solutions Corp. ship-dismantling facility, the Coast Guard said Thursday.
The facility has previously been fined for dismantling ships without a state permit and was the site of two barge fires this summer.
jared swarovski crystalS.E.A. Solutions was cutting up a container ship for the steel and pumping oil toward the stern when oil leaked from the remaining piece of the ship into the cove at the facility.
The source of the leak has been located and secured, the Coast Guard said.
An undetermined amount of oily waste and debris remains aboard the vessel.
The entire cove is closed off with containment and absorbent booms.
The discharge has been contained at the facility and has not affected vessel traffic, the Coast Guard said.
A cleanup company, Coastal Services, is using vacuum trucks to recover the oil.
In October 2008, S.E.A. Solutions agreed to pay a $10,400 civil charge after being cited by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for operating a ship-dismantling facility without a permit.
Twice this Embroidered patches summer, in June and July, Chesapeake firefighters were called to the facility in the 5400 block of Bainbridge Blvd. to fight barge fires.
Bill Sizemore, (757) 446-2276,
Other articles:
http://lclart.com/blog/Local-people-competing-for-sho.html
http://deiminglighting.com/admin/OtherBrandWowenShoes.html