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Table 4-50: Petroleum Oil Spills Impacting Navigable U.S. Waterways
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TOTAL all spills |
6,169 |
8,436,248 |
8,177 |
7,915,007 |
9,038 |
2,638,229 |
9,335 |
3,117,831 |
8,624 |
942,574 |
8,315 |
885,303 |
8,539 |
1,172,449 |
8,354 |
1,431,370 |
7,559 |
854,520 |
Vessel sources, total |
1,662 |
4,862,911 |
2,485 |
6,387,158 |
5,478 |
1,624,153 |
5,586 |
1,681,020 |
5,347 |
380,879 |
5,172 |
621,235 |
5,680 |
576,475 |
5,560 |
1,033,643 |
5,021 |
569,856 |
Tankship |
164 |
732,397 |
249 |
4,977,251 |
148 |
125,491 |
122 |
219,311 |
124 |
22,429 |
104 |
56,673 |
92 |
8,414 |
111 |
608,176 |
95 |
125,217 |
Tank barge |
385 |
3,683,548 |
457 |
992,025 |
353 |
1,101,938 |
313 |
1,163,258 |
252 |
165,649 |
220 |
248,089 |
227 |
158,977 |
229 |
133,540 |
246 |
212,298 |
Other vesselsa |
1,113 |
446,966 |
1,779 |
417,882 |
4,977 |
396,724 |
5,151 |
298,451 |
4,971 |
192,801 |
4,848 |
316,473 |
5,361 |
409,084 |
5,220 |
291,927 |
4,680 |
232,341 |
Nonvessel sources, total |
2,802 |
3,250,229 |
2,584 |
1,408,472 |
1,116 |
958,222 |
1,078 |
1,408,303 |
1,356 |
501,265 |
1,553 |
246,716 |
1,615 |
551,381 |
1,645 |
373,761 |
1,465 |
270,523 |
Offshore pipelines |
23 |
17,977 |
73 |
46,228 |
7 |
1,143 |
4 |
386 |
13 |
810 |
10 |
843 |
5 |
35,707 |
4 |
17 |
13 |
1,241 |
Onshore pipelines |
362 |
759,040 |
76 |
270,700 |
23 |
10,751 |
13 |
978,006 |
19 |
223,312 |
35 |
47,020 |
20 |
433 |
21 |
17,004 |
21 |
12,336 |
Otherb |
2,417 |
2,473,212 |
2,435 |
1,091,544 |
1,086 |
946,328 |
1,061 |
429,911 |
1,324 |
277,143 |
1,508 |
198,853 |
1,590 |
515,241 |
1,620 |
356,740 |
1,431 |
256,946 |
Mysteryc |
1,705 |
323,108 |
3,108 |
119,377 |
2,444 |
55,854 |
2,671 |
28,508 |
1,921 |
60,430 |
1,590 |
17,352 |
1,244 |
44,593 |
1,149 |
23,966 |
1,073 |
14,141 |
a Other vessels include commercial vessels, fishing boats, freight barges, freight ships,
industrial vessels, oil recovery vessels, passenger vessels, unclassified public vessels, recreational
boats, research vessels, school ships, tow and tug boats, mobile offshore drilling units, offshore supply
vessels, publicly owned tank and freight ships, as well as vessels not fitting any particular class
(unclassified).
b Other nonvessel sources include designated waterfront
facilities, nonmarine land facilities, fixed offshore and inshore platforms,
mobile facility, municipal facility, aircraft, land vehicles, railroad equipment,
bridges, factories, fleeting areas, industrial facilities, intakes, locks, marinas,
MARPOL reception facilities, nonvessel common carrier facilities, outfalls,
sewers, drains, permanently moored facilities, shipyards, ship repair facilities.
c Mystery spills are spills from unknown or unidentified
sources. U.S. Coast Guard investigators are unable to identify the vessel or
facility that spilled the oil into U.S. navigable waters.
SOURCE
U.S. Coast Guard, Oil Spill Compendium 2001, available at
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nmc/response/stats/aa.htm
as of Dec. 12, 2003.
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