Jet Fuel Spill and Unified Command: Navy, Coast Guard, DEQ and Virginia Beach
(Room 3E)
24 Feb 18
3:00 PM
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4:30 PM
Representatives from the unified command staff that responded to the 94,000 gallons of jet fuel spilled from NAS Oceana will discuss the positives and negatives of this event. Of the 94,000 gallons of spilled jet fuel, about 25,000 gallons leaked off the base and into the neighboring waterways and neighborhoods. This event was multi-jurisdictional and used a formal unified command and an incident management team to manage the spill and remediation efforts over a 2 ½ week period. The unified command consisted of the US Coast Guard, US Navy, Department of Environmental Quality, the City of Virginia Beach and several subject matter experts.