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Evaluating the Sundown Oil Spill

A Coast Guard officer in a life vest and ball cap sits in the foreground of a boat, while workers and a containment boom are visible on calm water near a marshy, tree-lined shoreline.

Collection

USCG Released photos, Hurricane Katrina

POTASH, La. (Sept. 17, 2005) Edward Primeau, a safety officer with Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team evaluates cleanup operations at the Sundown East Oil Facility. The site which has spilled approximately 18,900 gallons of oil after sustaining damage during the hurricane, is one of ten large oil spills that federal, state, and local officials are responding to in cooperation with industry partners. USCG photo by PO Mariana O'Leary 050917-C-9889O-005

Citation

“Evaluating the Sundown Oil Spill,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2415.