Oil spill at White Lake, La.

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard responded to an oil spill adjacent to White Lake, La., in Vermillion Parish on Jan. 30. GC Sector New Orleans received a report from the National Response Center at 11:30 a.m. that some 1,260 gallons of oil spilled from a flow line at an oil production facility – operated by the Peak Operating Company - into the wetlands adjacent to White Lake. Environmental Safety and Health, a local oil spill response organization, has been contracted to conduct cleanup operations. Personnel from CG Marine Safety Unit at Morgan City and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality also responded and are investigating. Containment boom have been deployed around the spill. Clean up efforts are underway. (Source: Coast Guard 01/30/18)