CG concludes oil spill response

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a fuel oil spill Feb. 11 near mile marker 145 on the lower Mississippi River near Mt. Airy, La., at the Pine Oaks Terminal. CG Sector New Orleans received a report from the National Response Center just after midnight Sunday that a potential spill of up to 4,200 gallons of fuel oil had been released into the river from the terminal. ES&H, an oil spill response organization, has been contracted to provide an assessment. CG incident management teams are on site and conducting over-flights to assess the impact. The waterway remains open. The cause of the incident is under investigation. (Source: CG Eighth District 02/11/18) UPDATE: The CG has concluded its response to the oil spill on the Mississippi River near Mt. Airy. CG incident management teams determined that the maximum amount of oil released was about 100 gallons.