2,100 gallon oil spill recovery

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard responded to a crude oil discharge from the Bowley Cap Facility in Lake Bully Bonds near Galliano, La., on Sunday (May 26). The Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit at Houma received a National Response Center report of about 2,100 gallons of crude oil going into a marshy area near the facility due to a mechanical failure. The source of the discharge has been secured. A pollution response team from Marine Safety Unit-Houma and a Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office representative deployed to the facility to work with other responding agencies to coordinate clean-up operations. Those operations are underway. A containment boom, lined with sorbent boom, has been deployed to contain the spill. Three drum skimmers are engaged in skimming operations. Recovery operations were to resume Monday (May 27) morning. (Source: Coast Guard 05/26/19)