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| Occurrence Date: | 7 April |
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| Location: | Chalk Point, MD |
| Source: | Ruptured Pipeline |
| Material: | No. 2 and No. 6 Oil |
| Severity: | Major |
| Quantity Discharged: | 3,000 Barrels |
| Quantity in Water: | 3,000 Barrels |
| Body of Water Affected: | Swansons Creek |
| Federal On-Scene Coordinator: | EPA Region III |
At 6:15pm, April 7th, 2000 a pipeline at ST Services Piney Point, near Chalk Point, MD was discovered to have ruptured releasing 3000 barrels of No. 2 and No. 6 oil into Swansons Creek, a tributary of the Patuxent River. The creek is boomed with primary, secondary and tertiary containment and the clean up is in progress. CASE CLOSED.