2nd La. oil discharge

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard and local agencies are responding to another oil discharge in Louisiana on June 24. This one is on the Grand Bay Tank Battery 2 Facility near Breton Sound. The CG received a report from the National Response Center at 9:30 a.m. that a storage tank barge, owned by Lobo Operating Inc., overflowed causing a discharge of some 1,350 gallons of crude oil into the Sound. Lobo has contracted ES&H to conduct clean-up operations. About 1,000 feet of hard and sorbent boom have been deployed, along with two drum skimmers and three 28-foot response boats. About 1,130 gallons have been recovered. The source of the discharge has been secured. The cause of the incident is under investigation. (Source: Coast Guard 06/24/17)