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P 260123Z MAR 01

FM COGARD MSD CORAM NY

TO CCGDONE BOSTON MA//M/CC//

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 LONG ISLAND SOUND NEW HAVEN CT

COMCOGARDGRU MORICHES
NY

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UNCLAS //N16465//

SUBJ:  POLREP THREE, 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.
CLEAN UP EFFORTS RESUMED AT

0600.  OPERATIONS WERE CONCENTRATED IN WEST
MEADOW BEACH, STONY BROOK,

NY, CEDAR BEACH, MT SINAI, NY, PORT JEFFERSON,
NY, AND WILDWOOD STATE

PARK, WADING RIVER, NY.

B. CLEANED AREAS OF WEST
MEADOW BEACH HAD BEEN RE-IMPACTED DURING LAST

TIDE CYCLE.  AREAS WERE
CLEANED AGAIN, APPROXIMATELY 50% REMAINS

UNCLEANED.  AREAS FROM CRANE NECK
POINT, FLAX POND AND OLD FIELD POINT

REMAIN TO BE CLEANED.  SE END OF PORT
JEFFERSON HARBOR STILL REMAINS

TO BE CLEANED.  A TOTAL OF 15 MILES OUT OF
THE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED 25

MILES HAVE BEEN CLEANED.  GOAL FOR 26MAR01 IS TO
HAVE ALL AFFECTED

AREAS CLEAN OF OIL.

C. ASCC H-60 CONDUCTED OVERFLIGHT FROM
NORTHPORT, NY TO RIVERHEAD, NY.

NEGATIVE SIGHTINGS OF OIL IN WATER.

D. PLANS
FOR 26MAR01 CONSIST OF RE-EVALUATION OF AFFECTED AREAS.

CLEAN UP EFFORTS
WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR, FLAX

POND, CRANE NECK, AND
SHOREHAM, NY.  GOAL FOR END OF DAY IS TO HAVE

ALL AFFECTED AREAS CLEANED OF
OIL, BUT ESTIMATE CLEAN UP OPS UNTIL

28MAR01.

E. GROUP/MSO AND D1 P.I.A.T.
CONTIUE TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS WITH THE

NEWS MEDIA.  CAPTAIN OF THE PORT
BRIEFED CONGRESSMAN GRUCCI'S  (R-NY)

CHIEF OF STAFF, AND WILL CONDUCT PRESS
CONFERENCE WITH TOWN OF

BROOKHAVEN'S SUPERVISOR, JOHN LAVALLE, ON 26MAR01.
CHIEF OF STAFFS

FOR CONGRESSMAN GRUCCI (R-NY) AND TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN
ATTENDED 1700

POT-OPS BRIEFING.

F. SAMPLES OF OIL HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO COIL
LAB FOR TESTING.  RESULTS

ARE EXPECTED BACK ON 26 OR 27MAR01.

G. SO FAR FIVE
WATERFOWL HAVE PERISHED, AND TWENTY SIX HAVE BEEN

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

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES
ARE MONITORING THE SITUATION.

H. THUS FAR, COST OF CLEAN UP HAS REACHED
$61,000.  TOTAL PERSONNEL ON

SCENE WAS 124; 86 CONTRACTORS, 12 CG, 14
NYSDEC, 2 U.S. FISH AND

WILDLIFE, AND 10 TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN PERSONNEL.

B.
CURRENT WEATHER:  30F, NW WINDS 2 KNOTS, CLEAR.

C.  POSSIBLE RESPONSIBLE
PARTY:   T/B RHODE ISLAND

                                  MORAN TOWING AND
TRANSPORTATION

                                  #2 GREENWICH PLAZA


GREENWICH, NY  06830

2.  ACTION TAKEN:

A.  250600R 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, PORT

JEFFERSON, AND WILDWOOD STATE PARK.

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

OF SHORELINE
ASSESSMENT AND CLEAN UP.

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

OF CLEAN UP.  AREAS IN PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR, NY
AND CRANE NECK 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. CO'S ASSESMENT:

A.  CLEAN UP
EFFORTS HAVE BEEN SATISFACTORY TO THIS POINT.  ANTICIPATE

CLEAN UP TO
CONTINUE UNTIL MID-WEEK.  CG AND NYSDEC WILL CONSIDER

PRIMARY CLEAN UP
EFFORTS COMPLETE WHEN ALL AFFECTED AREAS HAVE BEEN

CLEANED OF OIL, AND
UNAFFECTED BY TWO TIDE CYCLES.  AGENCY COOPERATION

BETWEEN CG, NY STATE, AND
TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN OFFICALS HAS BEEN

OUTSTANDING.  PRESS CONFERENCE WITH
TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN'S SUPERVISOR,

JOHN LAVALLE WILL BE HELD ON 26MAR01.

B.
MSFO TO MONITOR CLEANUP.

4.  CASE PENDS.

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