CG responds to La. oil spill

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard has responded to reports of an oil spill near Breton Sound, La., in the early evening on June 7. CG Sector New Orleans watch standers received a call at 6:29 p.m. reporting a 61-foot motor vessel hitting the Breton Sound 18 production platform resulting in the spill of an estimated 840 gallons of crude oil from the platform. Environmental Safety & Health arrived on scene and deployed boom around the platform. There were no reported injuries. The incident is under investigation. (Source: Coast Guard 06/07/18)