26 Feb 2016 / New Orleans, USA

Coast Guard responding to oil discharge

The Coast Guard is overseeing the clean-up of approximately 900 gallons of waste lube-oil that discharged into the 17th Street Canal near Metairie, Louisiana, Wednesday [24 February].

The Coast Guard received notification of an unknown substance later identified as waste lube oil in the 17th Street Canal, which leads to Lake Pontchartrain, at 10:22 a.m., Tuesday [23 February]…

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Source: Extract from U.S. Coast Guard Eighth District External Affairs News Release dated 24 February 2016

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