Month: February 2021

CA-16

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ID: CA-16
Region: Pacific
Case/Incident Name: Tank farm
Time: 2017-5-10
Location
Spill Location: Canada , BC , Kelsey Bay, Port McNeill, Vancouver Island
Spill latitude N: 50.569924
Spill longitude E: -126.271586
Incident Character
Incident Description: Small pinhole leak
Incident Type: Land Source (L)
Oil Type: Diesel fuel
Volume Spilled (m3): 1.1
Oiled Shoreline (km): 0.178
Volume on shoreline (m3): 0.178
Owner:
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Shorelines
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CA-15

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ID: CA-15
Region: Pacific
Case/Incident Name: Fuel transfer
Time: 2017-3-5
Location
Spill Location: Canada , BC , Echo Bay, Gilford Island
Spill latitude N: 50.752236
Spill longitude E: -126.499797
Incident Character
Incident Description: Fuel pump failure
Incident Type: Marine Accident (M)
Oil Type: Diesel fuel
Volume Spilled (m3): 0.6
Oiled Shoreline (km):
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Owner:
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Shorelines
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Shore Treatment Methods: Passive sorbents
Natural Attenuation Monitored:
Treatment Information: Staff at the fish farm put out absorbent pads to soak up the fuel
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CA-14

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ID: CA-14
Region: Pacific
Case/Incident Name: Barge Crown Forest 84-12
Time: 2007-8-20
Location
Spill Location: Canada , BC , Robson Bight, Vancouver Island
Spill latitude N: 50.487622
Spill longitude E: -126.588826
Incident Character
Incident Description: Barge roll over
Incident Type: Marine Accident (M)
Oil Type: Diesel
Volume Spilled (m3): 10.0
Oiled Shoreline (km):
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Owner: Ted Leroy Trucking Ltd.
Country of the owner: Canada
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CA-12

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ID: CA-12
Region: Pacific
Case/Incident Name: M/V Queen of the North
Time: 2006-3-22
Location
Spill Location: Canada , BC , Gil Island, Wright Sound
Spill latitude N: 53.158617
Spill longitude E: -129.369959
Incident Character
Incident Description: Ferrie sunk
Incident Type: Marine Accident (M)
Oil Type: Diesel fuel, lubricating oil
Volume Spilled (m3):
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Owner: BC Ferry Services Incorporated
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NOTE: No shorelines surveys are reported from this 2006 grounding and sinking.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/air-land-water/spills-environmental-emergencies/spill-incidents/past-spill-incidents

CA-11

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ID: CA-11
Region: Atlantic
Case/Incident Name: T/V Kurdistan
Time: 1979-3-15
Location
Spill Location: Canada , NS , Cabot Strait
Spill latitude N: 47.033284
Spill longitude E: -59.992905
Incident Character
Incident Description: Tanker sunk Ice
Incident Type: Marine Accident (M)
Oil Type: Bunker C
Volume Spilled (m3): 6980.0
Oiled Shoreline (km):
Volume on shoreline (m3):
Owner: Nile SS. Co. Ltd.
Country of the owner: UK
Shorelines
Shoreline Substrates: Bedrock, Mixed sediment beach, Pebble/Cobble beach
Shore Treatment Methods: Manual removal
Natural Attenuation Monitored:
Treatment Information: In an attempt clean the oil from the ice before it reached the shoreline, the CCG fitted a barge with backhoes, booms, and sorbent material. The barge attempted to scoop the oil from the water with little success.\\Rakes, shovels, and pitchforks were the main shoreline cleanup tools. The oil was very viscous by the time it reached the beach and was easily placed in sturdy plastic bags and 45 gallon drums. Ordinary rakes and garden hoes were carefully used in marsh areas to protect the root systems for future growth.\\The CCG flew cleanup crews onto uninhabited Scatarie Island. Manual cleaning methods using hand tools, 45 gallon drums, and heavy plastic bags were employed.
Waste Data: Over 1,000 barrels and 4,000 bags of oil and oil soaked debris were collected on the island within several days. A temporary on-site incinerator was constructed to dispose of the oily waste. The unit was modeled after a design developed by Trecan, Ltd. and the Petroleum Association for the Conservation of the Canadian Environment (PACE). The Trecan-PACE incinerator, constructed primarily of automobile parts and 45 gallon drums, was assembled on Scatarie Island next to the largest pile of debris-filled bags. Driftwood placed in the firebox was used to fuel the kiln. During peak operations, the kiln processed 350 bags of beach material an hour. The incinerator proved to be a cost-effective oil pollution countermeasure technique.\\A total of approximately one million bags and 1,500 barrels of oily debris were collected over the 550 miles of shoreline that were accessible. Much of the oily waste was disposed of at municipal landfills and strip mines on Cape Breton Island. With increasing concerns over the amount of debris, new disposal sites were developed at Hadleyville, Forchu, and St. Peter’s on Cape Breton Island.
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Duerden, F.C., Swiss, J.J. 1981. Kurdistan-an unusual spill successfully handled. Proc. Int. Oil Spill Conf., Pub. No. 4529, Amer. Petr. Inst., Washington DC, 215-219. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings, 1981, 215-219.
https://doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-1981-1-215.

Kienholz, E., Canada, Lands, D., Atlantic, R. (1982). The Kurdistan incident : the onshore impacts of an offshore oil spill.

Taylor, R.B and Frobel, D., 1985. Beach reconnaissance of S.E. Cape Breton Island in support of oilspill cleanup operations. In: Vandermeulen, J.H and Buckley, D.E. (Editors), 1985. The “Kurdistan” Oil Spill of March 16-17, 1979: Activities and Observations of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography Response Team. Canadian Technical Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences No. 35, Min. of Supply and Services Cat. No. Fs 97-18/35E, Ottawa, ON, 90 87-100.

CA-10

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ID: CA-10
Region: Atlantic
Case/Incident Name: T/V Arrow
Time: 1970-2-4
Location
Spill Location: Canada , NS , Chedabucto Bay
Spill latitude N: 45.411648
Spill longitude E: -61.235692
Incident Character
Incident Description: Tanker sunk
Incident Type: Marine Accident (M)
Oil Type: Bunker C Oil
Volume Spilled (m3): 12357.0
Oiled Shoreline (km): 8987.0
Volume on shoreline (m3): 8987.0
Owner: Bethlehem Steel Company
Country of the owner: US
Shorelines
Shoreline Substrates: Bedrock, Mixed sediment beach, Pebble/Cobble beach, Boulder beach
Shore Treatment Methods: Natural recovery, Manual removal, Mechanical removal
Natural Attenuation Monitored:
Treatment Information: Small aircraft attempted to disperse the oil dropping a chemical dispersant known as COREXIT on the spill, but this failed. The oil spread and washed ashore on many beaches in the bay. The clean-up took months to complete. Manual and mechanical shoreline cleanup
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Owens, E.H. 1971. A reconnaissance of the coastline of Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia. Marine Sciences Paper No. 4, Department of Environment, Ottawa, Ontario, 24 pp. with map.

Buckley, D.E., Owens, E.H., et al. 1974. Canso Strait and Chedabucto Bay: A multidisciplinary study of the impact of man on the marine environment. Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Geological Survey of Canada Paper 74-30, Ottawa ON, 1:133-160.
https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/starweb/geoscan/servlet.starweb?path=geoscan/downloade.web&search1=R=119751

Lee, K., Wells, P.G., Gordon, D.C. 2020. Reflecting on an anniversary. The 1970 SS Arrow oil spill in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 157, 5 pp. 111332.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32658696.

Yang, Z., Shah, K., Laforest, S., Hollebone, B.P., Lambert, P., Brown, C.E., Yang, C., Goldthorp, M. 2018. A study of the 46-year-old Arrow oil spill: Persistence of oil residues and variability in oil contamination along Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. J. Clean. Prod., 198, 1459-1473.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652618320912.

Owens, E.H., Sergy, G.A., McGuire, B.E., Humphrey, B. 1993. The 1970 Arrow oil spill: What remains on the shoreline 22 years later? Proc. 16th Arctic and Marine Oilspill Programme (AMOP) Technical Seminar, Environment Canada, Ottawa ON, 1149-1167.
http://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:25063998.

The Ministry of Transport 1970. Report of the scientific coordination team to the head of the task force operation oil (the Arrow incident).
https://books.google.ca/books/about/Clean_up_of_the_Arrow_Oil_Spill_in_Cheda.html?id=ejwzzgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y.

Wang, Z., Fingas, M., Sergy, G. 1994. Study of 22-Year-Old Arrow Oil Samples Using Biomarker Compounds by GC/MS. Environ. Sci. Technol., 28, 1733-1746.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22176377.

Owens, E. (2010). Shoreline response and long-term oil behaviour studies following the 1970 “Arrow” spill in Chedabucto Bay, NS. Proc. 33rd Arctic and Marine Oilspill Programme (AMOP) Technical Seminar, Environment Canada, Ottawa ON: 207-222.

Owens, E.H., Prince, R.C., Taylor, R.B. 2008. Shoreline Observations and Sample Analysis Results from Black Duck Cove over 35 following the “Arrow” Oil Spill. Proc.31st Arctic Marine Oilspill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar, Environment Canada, Ottawa ON, 585-599.

Owens, E.H., Dubach, H.C., Bunker, P., MacDonald, S., Yang, Z., Lambert, P., LaForest, S. 2017. Canine Oil Detection (K9-SCAT) following 2015 Releases from the T/V Arrow Wreck. Proc. International Oil Spill Conference, Amer. Petr. Institute, Washington DC. Vol, 2017, No. 1, 2620-2641.
https://doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2017.1.2620.

Owens, E.H., ;. 1971. Restoration of Beaches Contaminated by Oil in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, Manuscript Report Series No. 19. Marine Sciences Branch. Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa ON, 75 pp.
https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_restoration_of_beaches_contaminated.html?id=-acvAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y.

Owens, E.H., Drapeau, G. 1972. Changes in beach profiles at Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, following large-scale removal of sediments. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 10, 1226-1232.
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/e73-108.

Owens, E., Rashid, M. 2011. Coastal environments and oil spill residues in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 13, 908-928.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237171181_Coastal_environments_and_oil_spill_residues_in_Chedabucto_Bay_Nova_Scotia.

Owens, E.H. 1978. Mechanical Dispersal of Oil Stranded in the Littoral Zone. Journal of the Fisheries Board of Canada, 35, 563-572.
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/f78-101.

Owens, E.H., Taylor, E., Humphrey, B. 2008. The persistence and character of stranded oil on coarse-sediment beaches. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 56, 14-26.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18001804.

Owens, E.H. (1972). The Cleaning of Gravel Beaches Polluted by Oil. Proc. 13th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., July 1973, (ASCE, N.Y.) II : 2549-2556.

Owens, E.H., McGuire, B.E., and Humphrey, B., 1994. Chedabucto Bay 1992 Shoreline Oil Conditions Survey – Long-term Fate of Bunker C Oil from the Arrow Spill in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia: Environment Canada, Emergencies Science Division, Technology Development Directorate, EPS Report 5/SP/2, 87 pp.

Lee, K., Wohlgeschaffen, G.D., Tremblay, G.H., Vandermeulen, J.H., Mossman, D.C., Wilson, J.E.H., Doe, K.G., Jackman, P.M., Prince, R.C., Garrett, R.M., Haith, C.E. 1999. Natural Recovery Reduces Impact of the 1970 Arrow Oil Spill. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings, Amer. Petr. Inst, Pub. 4686B, Washington DC, 1075-1078.
https://doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-1999-1-1075.

Thomas, M.L.H, 1978. Comparison of Oiled and Unoiled Intertidal Communities in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia. Journ. Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 35, 707-716.

CA-09

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ID: CA-09
Region: Pacific
Case/Incident Name: Westwood Anette
Time: 2006-8-4
Location
Spill Location: Canada , BC , Squamish Estuary
Spill latitude N: 49.684617
Spill longitude E: -123.178501
Incident Character
Incident Description: The M/V Westwood Anette, departing under tow from the Squamish docks during high wind conditions, punctured a starboard fuel tank on a metal piling
Incident Type: Marine Accident (M)
Oil Type: Crude Oil
Volume Spilled (m3): 50.0
Oiled Shoreline (km):
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Challenger, G.E. and Sergy, G., 1997. Sediment attenuation and vegetation recovery following a fuel oil spill in Carex lyngbyei marsh in southern British Columbia.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/air-land-water/spills-environmental-emergencies/spill-incidents/past-spill-incidents

Challenger, G., Sergy, G. and Graham, A., 2008. Vegetation response and sediment polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon attenuation in a Carex marsh in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada, following a spill of Bunker C fuel Oil. Proc. International Oil Spill Conference, Amer. Petr. Institute, Washington DC, 847-854.
https://doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2008-1-847

CA-08

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ID: CA-08
Region: Pacific
Case/Incident Name: Pipeline Burnaby /Westridge
Time: 2007-7-24
Location
Spill Location: Canada , BC , Barnett Highway, Burrard Inlet, Vancouver
Spill latitude N: 49.316989
Spill longitude E: -123.143127
Incident Character
Incident Description: Backhoe ruptured the Trans Mountain pipeline
Incident Type: Pipeline (P)
Oil Type: Albian heavy synthetic crude
Volume Spilled (m3): 234.0
Oiled Shoreline (km): 134.0
Volume on shoreline (m3): 134.0
Owner: Kinder Morgan Canada
Country of the owner: Canada
Shorelines
Shoreline Substrates:
Shore Treatment Methods: Manual removal, Mechanical removal, Passive sorbents
Natural Attenuation Monitored:
Treatment Information: Booming—to contain oil around the release points and also exclusion booming to protect sensitive shorelines Skimmers and absorbent pads to remove oil Manual removal of tar balls, oily debris and oiled Fucus (a type of seaweed commonly found along rocky shorelines in the area)
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Trans Mountain. (2007). Westridge 2007 Spill.
https://www.transmountain.com/westridge-2007-spill.

Kheraj, S. Historical Background Report: Trans Mountain Pipeline, 1947-2013. https://vancouver.ca/images/web/pipeline/Sean-Kheraj-history-of-TMP.pdf.

CA-06

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ID: CA-06
Region: Pacific
Case/Incident Name: M/V Marathassa
Time: 2015-4-8
Location
Spill Location: Canada , BC , English Bay, Vancouver
Spill latitude N: 49.285939
Spill longitude E: -123.159523
Incident Character
Incident Description: Bunker leake
Incident Type: Marine Accident (M)
Oil Type: Bunker fuel (intermediate fuel oil IFO 380)
Volume Spilled (m3): 2.7
Oiled Shoreline (km):
Volume on shoreline (m3):
Owner: Alassia NewShips Management of Greece
Country of the owner: Greece
Shorelines
Shoreline Substrates:
Shore Treatment Methods: Mechanical removal, Passive sorbents
Natural Attenuation Monitored:
Treatment Information: Boom, the vessel, sorbent pads
Waste Data:
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Morales-Caselles, C., Yunker, M.B., Ross, P.S. 2017. Identification of Spilled Oil from the MV Marathassa (Vancouver, Canada 2015) Using Alkyl PAH Isomer Ratios. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 73, 118-130. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28695251.

Butler, J. 2015. Independent Review of the M/V Marathassa Fuel Oil Spill Environmental Response Operation. https://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/publications/environmental-environnementale/marathassa/page06-eng.html?wbdisable=true.

CA-05

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ID: CA-05
Region: Pacific
Case/Incident Name: T/B Nathan E. Steward
Time: 2016-10-13
Location
Spill Location: Canada , BC , Seaforth Channel, Bella Bella
Spill latitude N: 52.245424
Spill longitude E: -128.403007
Incident Character
Incident Description: Tug boat sunk
Incident Type: Marine Accident (M)
Oil Type: Diese, heavy oils
Volume Spilled (m3): 110.0
Oiled Shoreline (km):
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Owner: Nathan E. Stewart
Country of the owner: US
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http://sopf.gc.ca/wp-content/uploads/pdf/2018-2019%20Incident%20and%20Claims%20Portfolio/Nathan%20E.%20Stewart%20-%20120-697-R%20-%20EN%20-%202019-05-15.pdf

HEILTSUK TRIBAL COUNCIL 2017. INVESTIGATION REPORT: The 48 hours after the grounding of the Nathan E. Stewart and its oil spill. http://www.heiltsuknation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/HTC-NES-IRP-2017-03-31.pdf.