Abstract
ABSTRACT Rockefeller Refuge staff identified a potential petroleum pipeline leak on the evening of March 13, 1995. Approximately 40 barrels of condensate oil (API Gravity 40-42) and minimal produced water leaked from the pipeline, affecting 50 acres of brackish marsh. It soon became evident that vehicular traffic, human ingress, and mechanical cleanup procedures were negatively impacting the marsh. Refuge personnel made a verbal request to the United States Coast Guard to apply an in-situ burn to the spill-affected area. A tremendous cooperative effort between industry, state, and federal agencies ensued on March 17, 1995, to develop and implement a written burn plan. Regional Response Team VI approved the burn plan at 2:30 P.M., and the burn was applied to the area at 3:00 P.M. By 5:30 P.M. the in-situ burn had removed condensate oil from approximately 20 acres of spill-affected marsh.
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