US Coast Guard Responds To Oil Discharge Near Natchez, Mississippi

U.S. Coast Guard Heartland Office: 504-671-2020 Cell: 618-225-9008

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard continues to respond Monday to a discharge of oil from a barge on the Lower Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississippi.

Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River received notification at approximately 10 p.m. on Saturday from Kirby Inland Marine reporting a discharge from one of their barges being transported by the towing…