Tank Vessel Athos I Oil Spill

Location: Delaware River & Bay, PA, DE & NJ

Summary: Following the release of more than 250,000 gallons of crude oil into the Delaware River from the tanker Athos I in November 2004, Cardno ENTRIX was retained by the responsible party?s spill management team to assist with environmental response and NRDA-related efforts. Cardno ENTRIX staff held key leadership positions in the ICS Environmental Unit and helped manage and implement response efforts including shoreline assessments (SCAT), GIS mapping and data management, photo-documentation and overflights, cleanup method and endpoint development, submerged oil monitoring, and identification and tracking of resources-at-risk. Cardno ENTRIX scientists also helped establish a dialogue with NRDA trustees early-on and assisted with tasks such as ephemeral data collection, water, sediment and tissue sampling, wildlife field surveys and tracking of wildlife rehabilitation data. Cardno ENTRIX continued working closely with the U.S. Coast Guard after the incident was federalized.