Oil-spill Updates

In the event of an oil spill, up-to-date information is critical. Please visit this Web page frequently to see if your community is being affected.

The Delaware Estuary is home to the third-largest petrochemical port in the United States. For this reason, occasional oil spills are an unfortunate fact of life. Visit this Web page frequently to keep abreast of oil spill news affecting both the Delaware Bay and the tidal portion of the Delaware River. Or click here to view a timeline of past oil spills in the region.

For more information, please contact the United States Coast Guard's Delaware Bay Sector office at (215) 271-4800. To report an oil spill 24 hours a day, please call (215) 271-4807, or call the National Response Center toll free at (800) 424-8802. And to submit an oil-spill story for listing on this Web page, please e-mail Shaun Bailey at SBailey@DelawareEstuary.org.

Delaware:

• DNREC fines oil recycler $55K: Firm has other pollution, permit violations

New Jersey:

• NJ Transit will continue its cleanup of South Jersey oil spill
• NJ Transit, state DEP to discuss diesel spill clean-up at Washington Township meeting
• Cleanup continues at lakes after oil spill
• Cleanup continues around two South Jersey waterways after bus-terminal fuel spill
• Crews say diesel fuel spill won’t spread further
• Diesel fuel fouls S.J. waterways: 26K gallons spilled; leak contained
• Diesel spill leaks into South Jersey stream, lake
• Port Republic City Hall is gone as [oil-spill] cleanup is expected to end this week

Pennsylvania:

• Hatboro officials respond to hazardous materials incident

Watershed-wide:

• Citgo cleared of $177M cleanup of Delaware River