Coast Guard continues oversight of power plant diesel spill response in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

The Coast Guard continues oversight of ongoing response efforts at the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) Randolph Harley Power Plant in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Wednesday, following a diesel spill at the facility on Oct. 25, 2023. So far, the oil recovery crews have collected 18,000 gallons of diesel and water from the discharge tank’s secondary containment and an additional 8,000 gallons of diesel and water have been collected from the affected land outside the secondary containment.