I saw those dates.

If I remember correctly, and that's hoping for a lot these days, Hatteras was shutdown in mid-1976.

Navfac Enginemen were pretty good at both identifying leaks above ground and monitoring excessive fuel use to identify below ground leaks.

I suspect that the leaks occurred after the Coast Guard took the base and the years of operation just wore out the tanks and lines.

Sad chapter for Hatteras.

Hey Rick,

Hatteras closed in 1982.

I am not sure how they are pegging this to the NAVFAC. It might be because of where the chemicals were found or something. While I was there (Aug 78 - Mar 82) there were at least 2 if not 3 or 4 oil spills offshore. How they decide that this bunch of oil was from the NAVFAC and not from the spills, I don't know.

Russ,
Thanks for jogging my memory.
Rick

Here is another article about Hatteras that came across my fb feed this afternoon

https://www.wavy.com/video/outer-banks-history-uncovered/?fbclid=IwAR1OVLrDl4mu9vaaSsk4J0w-J_OwMLQLDedOtHtzKXBr46HsSezONA0po6o