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P 240108Z MAR 01

FM COGARD MSD CORAM NY

TO CCGDONE BOSTON MA//M/CC//

INFO
COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//G-MRO//

COMCOGARD NPFC WASHINGTON DC

COMCOGARD
MLC LANT NORFOLK VA//FCP//

COGARD MSO LONG ISLAND SOUND NEW HAVEN
CT

COMCOGARDGRU MORICHES NY

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UNCLAS //N16450//

SUBJ:  POLREP ONE,MINOR,
OIL WASHING ON 25 MILES OF BEACH, NORTH

SHORE, LONG ISLAND, MC01003234.

1.
SITUATION:

A.  MARINE SAFETY FIELD OFFICE CORAM IS INVESTIGATING AND
MONITORING

CLEANUP OF BLACK CLUMPS OF OIL WHICH HAVE WASHED UP ON THE
BEACHES

FROM SUNKEN MEADOW STATE PARK TO WADING RIVER, NY.  INVESTIGATION
OF

POSSIBLE SOURCES HAS IDENTIFIED THE T/B RHODE ISLAND AS THE
SUSPECTED

RESPONSIBLE PARTY, DUE TO A PREVIOUS INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED
ON

20MAR01.  MORAN TOWING HAS INITIATED A CLEAN-UP, AND HIRED THE

NATIONAL
RESPONSE CORPORATION (NRC).

B.  CURRENT WEATHER:  45F, NW WINDS 15 KNOTS,
PARTIAL CLOUD COVER.

C.  SUSPECTED RESPONSIBLE PARTY:  T/B RHODE ISLAND


MORAN TOWING AND TRANSPORTATION

                                  #2
GREENWICH PLAZA

                                  GREENWICH, NY  06830

2.
ACTION TAKEN:

231000R MAR 01 MARINE SAFETY FIELD OFFICE CORAM STARTS
RECEIVING

REPORTS OF THICK, BLACK OIL WASHING UP ON BEACHES COVERING 25
MILES OF

SHORELINE.

1030  MSFO ARRIVES ON SCENE AT WEST MEADOW TOWN BEACH
AND CONFIRMS 4'

SWATH OF THICK BLACK OIL AT HIGH TIDE MARK.  SAMPLES OF OIL
TAKEN.

1040  GRU/MSO LIS CONFIRMS THAT THE T/B RHODE ISLAND WAS
IN

BRIDGEPORT, CT TWO DAYS PRIOR WITH A CRACK IN A CARGO TANK.  PRODUCT

WAS
#6 OIL.

1045  GRU/MSO LIS REQUESTS SPILL TRAJECTORY TO BE RUN BY
NOAA

SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT COORDINATOR.  TRAJECTORY TO BE FROM NEW
HAVEN

ANCHORAGE WHERE T/B RHODE ISLAND WAS ANCHORED TWO DAYS PRIOR.

1200
MSFO CORAM, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES SUMMARIZE FINDINGS OF

SEPARATE
SHORELINE ASSESSMENTS.  OIL CONFIRMED FROM SUNKEN MEADOW

STATE PARK TO
WADING RIVER, NY WITH SOME AREAS MORE CONCENTRATED THAN

OTHERS.

1300  NOAA
SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT COORDINATOR REPORTS SPILL TRAJECTORY OF

NEW HAVEN
ANCHORAGE INDICATES OIL WOULD WASH UP IN SAME AREAS WHERE IT

IS BEING
OBSERVED.

1500  NATIONAL RESPONSE CORPORATION REPORTS TO USCG THAT THEY
HAVE

BEEN HIRED BY MORAN TOWING AND TRANSPORTATION TO BEGIN
SHORELINE

ASSESSMENT AND THEN CLEANUP OF OIL.

1700  MSFO CORAM COORDINATES
WITH NRC TO MEET AT COMMAND POST AT CEDAR

BEACH AT 0600 FOLLOWING MORNING TO
MONITOR CLEANUP.

3.  PLANS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

A.  MSFO TO MONITOR
CLEANUP.

4.  CASE PENDS.

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