Report faults Inside Passage oil spill response efforts

摘要

The first 48 hours of response to the Nathan E Stewart tugboat ground- ing and oil spill was marked by delays, inadequate booms and spill response materials, and confusion over who was in charge, according to a report by Heiltsuk First Nation officials. The Oct. 13, 2016, accident left Kirby Offshore Marine's tugboat, the 3,400-hp, 95'3"×32'×13'7" Nathan E Stewart, and 52,000-bbl. tank barge DBL 55 hard aground on the Edge Reef at the entrance to the Seaforth Channel near Bella Bella, British Columbia.