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Case: Bermuda Islander,
DE
Date of incident: April 25, 2006.
Location: Shoreline of Delaware Bay.
Trustees:
Case status: Assessment phase.
Overview: On April 25, 2006, an approximately six-mile-long oil
slick in Delaware Bay was reported by a tugboat crewman. A few days later, a
sample of the released oil was matched to an oil sample taken from a container
ship, the Bermuda Islander. The total volume of oil released and the cause of
the release are unknown. The spill impacted approximately 40 miles of the
western shoreline (Delaware side) and less than one mile of the eastern
shoreline (New Jersey side) of Delaware Bay.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as the lead administrative Trustee for this
spill, is coordinating the natural resource damage assessment (NRDA)
activities. The Trustees and the responsible party, the owner and operator of
the Bermuda Islander, are working together on a cooperative NRDA process.
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