US Coast Guard, partners respond to diesel spill near Plum Island, South Carolina
The US Coast Guard and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) are continuing to respond to a report of a diesel release into the water near the Plum Island Wastewater Treatment Plant that had occurred on Saturday, August 15.
A Coast Guard Sector Charleston pollution response team along with SCDHEC personnel are monitoring the response of red-dye diesel that was released into a culvert and marsh near Dill Creek.
The release has a potential volume of up to 11,700 litres.
The responsible party has hired the oil spill response organisation HEPACO to conduct cleanup procedures.
HEPACO responders reported a minimal amount of sheen in Dill Creek and noted that sorbent booms were no longer collecting the product. On-scene crews will maintain sorbent booms and monitor collection with high tide.
A coast guard pollution response team is monitoring and assessing the cleanup efforts. Only high-tide operations and minimisation of foot traffic in the marsh are being conducted to reduce the disturbance of the environmentally sensitive areas.
