Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is leading an operation along with the U.S. Coast Guard, the City of Buffalo and the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park to coordinate response operations addressing environmental concerns at the Naval Park along the Buffalo River.
Recent inspections of the USS Croaker and USS The Sullivans identified an intermittent discharge of petroleum products from a pinhole in one of the fuel tanks aboard the Croaker and water ingress on The Sullivans.
There are no reports of injury or impact to local wildlife at this time…