Spills and Events
COSCO BUSAN Spill
(Information on this site is considered to be accurate at the time of posting, but is subject to change as new information becomes available and conditions change.)

Response Updates

• Incident Specific Preparedness Review (ISPR) - Phase II
  M/V Cosco Busan Oil Spill in San Francisco Bay (05-07-08)

• Incident Specific Preparedness Review (ISPR)
  M/V Cosco Busan Oil Spill in San Francisco Bay (01-11-08)

• DFG Lifts SF Bay Fisheries Suspension
• REPORT ON THE SAFETY OF CONSUMING FISH AND SHELLFISH FROM AREAS IMPACTED BY THE M/V COSCO BUSAN OIL SPILL
  http://www.oehha.ca.gov/fish/special_reports/fish112907.html
  
• Fact Sheet - Updated 11-26-07 (1:00 PM)
• Additional current information on the Cosco Busan incident can be found
  at the Unified Command website: http://www.coscobusanincident.com.
  

For information about oiled wildlife care activities, or to report oiled birds:

• Oiled Wildlife Care Network or
• Call 1-(415)-701-2311 or 1-(877)-823-6928
Or, see information at http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/owcn/volunteers.html
• Cosco Busan Volunteer page

To get information about hazmat training, volunteer opportunities to clean beaches and other support activities, please go to the CaliforniaVolunteers.Org webpage to register your name. (http://www.CaliforniaVolunteers.org)

To report oil sightings in the Bay, please call: 1-(415)-398-9617

Claims Hotline 1-(866)-442-9650

Press Releases

• Health and Safety Advisory: Fish Outside SF Bay OK, But Avoid Fish From Spill Area Until State’s Safety Evaluation is Completed, Exercise Caution at Reopened Beaches
  [11/21/07]
• DFG Defines San Francisco Bay Fishing Closure Zones
• Unified Command Press Releases
• NRDA Cosco Busan Release 01-14-08

Incident Description

M/V Cosco Busan Incident OSPR Web Statement Date: 11/9/2007                       Time: 11:00 a.m. The out-bound container ship M/V Cosco Busan struck the San Francisco Bay Bridge at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 7. Sector 11 United States Coast Guard has responded to the incident along with the Dept. of Fish Game – Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR), the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Parks Service, the National Marine Sanctuaries and other State and local agencies.    OSPR responders in the field have ramped up their efforts by deploying ten teams of trained personnel to rescue oiled wildlife and assess shoreline clean up and damage to the environment. At this time, 71 oiled birds have been collected alive and transported to the San Francisco Oiled Wildlife & Education Center in Cordelia.

Photos

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Coast Guard Rear Admiral Craig Bone, OSPR Administrator Lisa Curtis and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger - Photo by Coast Guard Petty Officer Kevin J. Neff	Coast Guard Rear Admiral Bone, OSPR Lt. Rob Roberts and Governor Schwarzenegger. Photo by Coast Guard Petty Officer Kevin J. Neff	Department of Fish and Game Assistant Chief Steve Edinger, Coast Guard Captain Uberti, and Rear Admiral Bone. Photo by US Coast Guard

Slideshow of pictures from around the spill

Slideshow of Oil Spill Response Images

Maps

• Most Current Operations Overview Map (01-22-08)
• More Maps

Related Links

• Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
• Governor's Executive Order S-14-07
• OSRO Information Page
• OSRO Matrix
• US Coast Guard
• Oiled Wildlife Care Network
• DFG Fishing Closer Zones Map

Media Contact Numbers:

• Joint Information Center (JIC) 1-(415)-398-9218

Properties of Oil

• Tarballs

Weather and Tides

• NOAA Weather