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NEPCO 140 oil spill
The NEPCO 140 Oil Spill took place in 1976 near Clayton, New York when the NEPCO 140 ran aground while traveling inland, spilling an estimated of oil into the Saint Lawrence River.
==Oil spill==
On June 23, 1976, the tugboat ''Eileen C'' was pushing the NEPCO 140 barge, filled with crude oil, when it ran aground in the American Narrows, off Wellesley Island, in the Thousand Islands region. The Captain had not made a large enough adjustment to his course, when realizing the vessel was off-track in the thick fog.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Albert T. McKINNEY v. US - 30 April 1979 )〕 Upon running aground, the barge ruptured two tanks and began leaking oil. It then backed-off the rock and resumed its upriver journey. The barge again ran aground, four miles (6 km) further upriver and ruptured another tank on a shoal near Mason Point, while trying to set anchor, per the U.S. Coast Guard's orders. The barge leaked oil into the river for more than a day. The spill was carried-over a section of the St. Lawrence River, by the river’s swift current. Shoreline, wildlife, rocks, and boats were covered with oil, as far downriver as Massena, New York and Brockville, Ontario.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Save The River Report )〕 Oil penetrated into extensive marshland areas. At the time of the accident, the spill was the worst inland oil spill in North American history.
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