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Barge B35

On May 17, 2005, I received the following email from "Frank" asking questions about Barge B35. His entire email is posted below. After Frank's email is what I found searching the internet. 7 total hits, 6 stories from the Poughkeepsie Journal, and 1 from the USCG, now deleted? At least, not found for now!

Email from Frank.
On April 28, 2005 a Bouchard Barge B35 hit a rock in the Hudson river. It was near New Hamburg and Wappingers Falls, NY. The barge had 3.1 million gallons of gasoline on board. Two of the ten tanks were cut open leaving 20% of the barge load open to the river. As of today, no totals have been given to how much gasoline leaked. News stories have left it that the gasoline evaporated.

The State of New York banned MTBE in gasoline in Jan 2004. The New York DEC has not tested the fuel because they say it should not be in the gasoline. This barge could have been going to another state that does have fuel additives or other additives. Was the gasoline spill catastrophic? Did the Coast Guard test for the additives in the highly volitale gasoline such as MTBE or other additives in the gasoline? Why are they waiting to release the results? Is public water taken from the Hudson River to these communities?

Internet search results:

Bouchard Barge B35 had a spilled gasoline in the Hudson River after grounding.

Strange on how these stories are now missing from the Poughkeepsie Journal site.

PoughkeepsieJournal.com - Boat allegedly didn't heed warning buoy ... The Bouchard Transportation Company Barge B35 is docked along the west bank of the Hudson River on Friday ... plant in Orange County. The barge, which can hold 3.1 million gallons ... (article deleted)

PoughkeepsieJournal.com - Tug owner, transport firm cited in 3 local mishaps ... McAllister, owned by McAllister Towing, and Barge B35, owned by Bouchard Transportation Co ... the Diamond Reef near New Hamburg. The barge was carrying nearly 75,000 gallons of  ... (article deleted)

Marine Safety Division... Bouchard Barge B35 had a spilled gasoline in the Hudson River after grounding.

This site, the US Coast Guard, points to the Poughkeepsie Journal pages, which are missing. http://www.uscg.mil/d1/staff/m/pastspills.html

This link has the following posted:
Front page news on the Poughkeepsie Journal today on the barge that hit Diamond Reef near New Hamburg yesterday afternoon, spilling gasoline into the Hudson. According to the report, the Bouchard Transportation Co. Barge B35 had a capacity of 3.1 million gallons. It was moved to Newburgh for repairs earlier today. Until the ruptured tanks are repaired, the Coast Guard will not know exactly how much gas spilled into the river. http://beacon.blogs.com/beacon_dispatch/2005/04/barge_spills_ga.html
Which in turns points to the Poughkeepsie Journal's missing article.

Towing
A vertical portal with news and links on Towing ... McAllister, owned by McAllister Towing, and Barge B35, owned by Bouchard Transportation Co ... Casey Horvath, vice president of Hamner Towing. ... [ Barge spills gas in Hudson River ...
Which in turns points to the Poughkeepsie Journal's missing article.

Tug owner, transport firm cited in 3 local mishaps ... McAllister, owned by McAllister Towing, and Barge B35, owned by Bouchard Transportation Co ...towing.productfinder.com/pages_822474.html (article deleted)

Found this copy of the Poughkeepsie Journal article here.
Barge spills gas into Hudson Tanks split on outcrop near creek
By Dan Shapley
Poughkeepsie Journal
ForSomers.org Members' Forum ... Apr 29, 05 - 6:52 AM. Barge spills gas into Hudson (PoJo, 4/29) ... The Bouchard Transportation Co. Barge B35 was being propelled by the Bruce A ...pub42.bravenet.com/forum/3586178016/show/506131

There seems to be a pattern developing here, don't you think?

To be fair, I went to the Poughkeepsie Journal web site archives and serached for: "B35" and found 4 articles.

My search string

1. Crippled barge getting repairs; gas disperses May 1, 2005 •• 368 words •• ID: pgh30854691 NEW HAMBURG -- Repair crews continued work Saturday on the hull of a barge that spilled gasoline into the Hudson River Thursday after apparently striking a reef near New Hamburg. But a Coast Guard official said it would be at least several more days before the exact cause of the accident was determined. The Bouchard Transportation Company Barge B35, propelled by a tugboat, was carrying nearly 75,000 barrels of gasoline when it struck Diamond Reef at 3:40 p.m. Thursday. The barge sustained

2. Boat allegedly didn't heed warning buoy April 30, 2005 •• 1131 words •• ID: pgh30790799 The northbound tugboat that grounded a gasoline-laden barge in the Hudson River near New Hamburg Thursday passed to the wrong side of a warning buoy, according to eyewitnesses and evidence from the damaged barge. The buoys to the south and north of Diamond Reef are colored to indicate vessels should be piloted to the deep and wide channel to the west of the rocky underwater ridge at the mouth of the Wappinger Creek. ''There's a big, red, unmistakable buoy and the ships

3. Tug owner, transport firm cited in 3 local mishaps April 30, 2005 •• 635 words •• ID: pgh30790781 The two companies involved in Thursday's gasoline spill on the Hudson River have accounted for at least three previous incidents locally, according to records at the federal National Response Center and other databases. The tug boat Bruce A. McAllister, owned by McAllister Towing, and Barge B35, owned by Bouchard Transportation Co., apparently ran over the Diamond Reef near New Hamburg. The barge was carrying nearly 75,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline. McAllister is listed as the

4. Barge spills gas into Hudson April 29, 2005 •• 572 words •• ID: pgh30789459 NEW HAMBURG -- A 3.1 million gallon-capacity barge laden with gasoline spilled some of its load into the Hudson River near the mouth of the Wappinger Creek at about 3:40 p.m. Thursday, officials said. A stinging odor of gasoline permeated the air in New Hamburg, strong enough to cause a burning sensation to the eyes and nose. At least two of the barge's 10 tanks ruptured when it scraped over Diamond Reef, also sometimes called Diamond Point, a rocky underwater outcrop near the

Conspiracy? No - Greed Definitely!

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