Good thing they mobilized all the resonse teams, heavy equipment, and
haz mat suited specialists for the 1-gallon spill in Seattle.....turns
out they were just tuning up to tackle something more serious down in
Tacoma last night:

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard and Washington State Department of Ecology
are responding this evening to a reported 380 gallon diesel fuel
spill into Commencement Bay by the 160-foot fishing vessel Bowfin.

The Bowfin was performing an internal transfer of diesel fuel on Pier
25 in the Port of Tacoma when a security guard noticed and reported
the vessel spilling the fuel overboard and into the water.

In addition to the Coast Guard and the Department of Ecology, the
Washington State Marine Cooperative have responded. The National
Response Corporation has been hired to begin cleaning up the fuel.

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:16:32 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote:

Good thing they mobilized all the resonse teams, heavy equipment, and
haz mat suited specialists for the 1-gallon spill in Seattle.....turns
out they were just tuning up to tackle something more serious down in
Tacoma last night:

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard and Washington State Department of Ecology
are responding this evening to a reported 380 gallon diesel fuel
spill into Commencement Bay by the 160-foot fishing vessel Bowfin.

The Bowfin was performing an internal transfer of diesel fuel on Pier
25 in the Port of Tacoma when a security guard noticed and reported
the vessel spilling the fuel overboard and into the water.

In addition to the Coast Guard and the Department of Ecology, the
Washington State Marine Cooperative have responded. The National
Response Corporation has been hired to begin cleaning up the fuel.

Let us know how much it cost to clean up, if you hear. That would be
interesting.
--
John H