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P 250122Z 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

COGARD MSO LONG ISLAND SOUND NEW HAVEN CT

COMCOGARDGRU
MORICHES NY

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UNCLAS //N16465//

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

SHORE, LONG ISLAND, MC01003234.

1.  SITUATION:

A.
GROUP/MSO LONG ISLAND SOUND CONTINUING INVESTIGATION AND MONITORING

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

FROM STONYBROOK,
NY, TO WADING RIVER, NY.  NATIONAL RESPONSE

CORPORATION (NRC) HAS BEEN
CONTRACTED, AND BEGAN CLEAN UP AT 0600 ON

24MAR01.  CLEAN UP OPERATIONS WERE
CONCENTRATED IN WEST MEADOW BEACH,

STONY BROOK, NY, CEDAR BEACH, MT SINAI,
NY, AND WADING RIVER, NY.

B. BY SUNSET ENTIRE AREA OF IMPACT HAS BEEN
SURVEYED.  WEST MEADOW

BEACH HAS BEEN CLEANED APPROXIMATELY 50%.  AREA FROM
WADING RIVER EAST

COMPLETE.

C. PLANS FOR 25MAR01 CONSIST OF RE-EVALUATION OF
AFFECTED AREAS.

CLEAN UP EFFORTS WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN PORT JEFFERSON
HARBOR AND OLD

POINT, NY.  GOAL FOR END OF DAY IS TO HAVE ALL AFFECTED AREAS
CLEANED

OF OIL, BUT ESTIMATE CLEAN UP OPS UNTIL 28MAR01.

D. GROUP/MSO HAS
CONDUCTED NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS WITH THE NEWS MEDIA

WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF D1
P.I.A.T.  GROUP COMMANDER HAS BRIEFED CHIEF

OF STAFF FOR THE TOWN OF
BROOKHAVEN, AND CONGRESSMAN GRUCCI (R-NY).

MEDIA INTEREST IS EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH, BUT CONTINUE.

E. INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL SOURCES HAS IDENTIFIED
THE T/B RHODE

ISLAND AS THE POSSIBLE RESPONSIBLE PARTY, DUE TO A PREVIOUS
INCIDENT,

WHICH OCCURRED ON 20MAR01.  MORAN TOWING HAS INITIATED A CLEAN
UP.

SAMPLES FROM THE 20MAR01 INCIDENT, AND OIL FROM THIS SPILL HAVE
BEEN

TAKEN TO THE COIL LAB FOR TESTING, RESULTS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK.

F.
SO FAR THREE WATERFOWL HAVE PERISHED, AND SEVERAL MORE HAVE BEEN

TARRED.  NY
STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE
SERVICES ARE MONITORING THE SITUATION.

B.  CURRENT WEATHER:  44F, NW WINDS
12 KNOTS, PARTIAL CLOUD COVER.

C.  POSSIBLE RESPONSIBLE PARTY:   T/B RHODE
ISLAND

                                  MORAN TOWING AND TRANSPORTATION


#2 GREENWICH PLAZA

                                  GREENWICH, NY  06830

2.
ACTION TAKEN:

A.  240600R MAR 01 GROUP/MSO PERSONNEL ARRIVE ON SCENE AT NRC
COMMAND

POST LOCATED IN CEDAR BEACH, NY FOR PRE-OPS MEETTING WITH STATE
AND

LOCAL RESPONDERS.

B.  0630  NRC PERSONNEL BEGIN SHORELINE ASSESMENT AND
CLEAN UP OF

KNOWN AFFECTED AREAS IN WEST MEADOW BEACH, CEDAR BEACH, AND
WADING

RIVER, NY.

C.  1100  GRU/MSO LIS, NRC, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES
CONFER ON STATUS

OF SHORELINE ASSESMENT AND CLEAN UP.

D.  1200  D1 PIAT
ARRIVES TO AID WITH MEDIA REQUESTS.

1700 GRU/MSO LIS, NRC, STATE, AND LOCAL
AGENCIES CONFER ON STATUS OF

CLEAN UP.  AREAS IN PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR, NY
AND OLD POINT, NY ARE

IDENTIFIED AS AREAS OF HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF OIL.
PLANS ARE MADE

TO RE-CONVENE AT NRC COMMAND POST AT CEDAR BEACH AT 0600
FOLLOWING

MORNING TO CONTINUE CLEANUP.

3.  PLANS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

A.
MSFO TO MONITOR CLEANUP.

4.  CASE PENDS.

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