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If you don't get caught. I saw a sign in Florida a while back that
essentially said, "If you dump oil in the water, the fine is $5000. If
you mix soap with oil and dump that, the fine is $20,000." Of course,
if you don't pump it into the ocean, I guess you can mix anything with
it. 8)
Jim.
"Craig M. Poole" wrote:
>
> I had a very similar episode - with a leaking diesel tank.....i had a small
> drip at the bottom of a very old black iron fuel tank. As i was fiddling
> and trying to find the source I found it....and opened it up drastically.
> all of a sudden 50 gals of diesel started pouring into the bilge.
> thankfully i was able to shut off the bilge pump before more than a gal went
> over board but if I hadn't been there - whoa nelly. As it was, pumping
> out 50 gals from the bilge is definitely no fun at all and the clean up was
> a big mess. btw.....dawn works wonders if the spill is not tooooo big.
>
> ----------
> >From: Jay Gitomer <>
> >To:
> >Subject: RE: lv-ab: Boat Fire in Baltimore
> >Date: Mon, Jul 30, 2001, 3:17 PM
> >
>
> > Well, we're powerboaters so I can't quite agree with
> > this listmember, but we did have an interesting event
> > in our marina last weekend that backs up Mike's point.
> >
> > A guy with a 30' or 35' footer had just fueled up with
> > 250 gallons of diesel. He hadn't used the boat much,
> > evidently (I don't have all the facts), but we heard
> > he knew he had a leak in the fuel system. I don't know
> > if that's true. We heard a fuel line had crumbled.
> >
> > He was sitting on the boat reading and the bilge pumps
> > were doing their job, pumping 250 gal. of diesel
> > overboard.
> >
> > The state EPA, the Coast Guard, HazMat teams and DNR
> > swarmed the marina. Boomed off parts of the marina.
> > Because of the toxic fire in Baltimore, the
> > contractors couldn't get there till almost midnight.
> > Work went on all night.
> >
> > For a while, our entire boat was sitting in a sea of
> > diesel. The surface of the water looked like a solid
> > sheet baby oil. The smell was overwhelming.
> >
> > The CG said the contractors had skimmers come in, but
> > we just saw them using a lot of absorbent padding to
> > lift out the fuel. It was a pretty low-tech operation.
> > The next morning after they left, there was still
> > plenty of diesel on the water.
> >
> > We asked the Coast Guard what this was going to cost
> > the guy. They said it was up to the hearing officer,
> > but estimated something in the area of $100-120,000.
> >
> > That's a costly day on the water, especially
> > considering the guy hadn't even left the marina. Boat
> > U/S, which he has, covers up to 100K so hopefully (for
> > him), it won't be over that much.
> >
> > Jay
> >
> > --- "Rich, Michael" <> wrote:
> >> Gasoline and
> >> boats don't mix. mike
> >
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