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P 270023Z 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 FOUR, MINOR, OIL WASHING ON 25 MILES
OF BEACH, NORTH

SHORE, LONG ISLAND, MC01003947.

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 STONY BROOK, 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 ROCKY POINT,

NY.

B. CLEANED AREAS WITHIN PORPOISE CHANNEL IN STONY
BROOK HARBOR, CLEAN

UP COMPLETE.  WEST MEADOW BEACH AREAS WERE CLEANED
AGAIN,

APPROXIMATELY 30% REMAINS UNCLEANED.  AREAS FROM CRANE NECK POINT
AND

FLAX POND REMAIN TO BE CLEANED.  OLD FIELD POINT CLEANED FROM OLD

FIELD
LIGHT TO MOUNT SINAI HARBOR.  AREA FROM OLD FIELD POINT WEST TO

CRANE NECK
REMAINS TO BE CLEANED.  SE END OF PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR

STILL REMAINS TO BE
CLEANED, CONTRACTOR PLANS TO USE STEAM ON AFFECTED

ROCKS ON 27MAR01.
WEATHER HAMPERED CLEAN UP EFFORTS.  A TOTAL OF 15

MILES OUT OF THE
ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED 25 MILES HAVE BEEN CLEANED.

C. PLANS FOR 27MAR01
CONSIST OF RE-EVALUATION OF AFFECTED AREAS.

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

POND, AND ROCKY POINT, NY.  GOAL
FOR 27MAR01 IS TO HAVE ALL AFFECTED

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

D. SAMPLES OF OIL FROM MARINE SAFETY LAB HAVE
INDICATED A POSITIVE

MATCH BETWEEN THE SPILL & THE T/B RHODE ISLAND.

E.
FEDERAL FUND (FPN B01105) HAS BEEN OPENED TO RECOVER AGENCY COSTS.

REQUEST
NPFC ISSUE A LETTER OF DESIGNATION TO RESPONSIBLE PARTY.

F. SO FAR SEVEN
WATERFOWL HAVE PERISHED, AND THIRTY HAVE BEEN TARRED.

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

WILDLIFE SERVICES ARE
MONITORING THE SITUATION.

G. THUS FAR, COST OF CLEAN UP HAS REACHED
$227,000.  TOTAL PERSONNEL

ON SCENE WAS 134; 93 CONTRACTORS, 15 CG, 13 NYS
DEC, 6 U.S. FISH AND

WILDLIFE, AND 7 TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN PERSONNEL.

H.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS

1.  GROUP/MSO AND D1 P.I.A.T. HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 1130
HOSTED

BY TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUPERVISOR, JOHN LAVALLE.  MR. LAVALLE
OPENED

WITH COMPLIMENTARY COMMENTS ABOUT RESPONSE EFFORTS TO DATE.  FOSC
&

SOSC PROVIDED UPDATES OF CLEAN UP EFFORTS AND RESPONDED TO
MEDIA

QUESTIONS.  QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON THE T/B RHODE ISLAND.
PRESS

CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY A MAJORITY OF NY TELEVISION AND PRINT MEDIA.

2.
THE NEXT PRESS CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED FOR 1200 27MAR01.

3.  A MEDIA
ADVISORY HAS BEEN RELEASED THIS EVENING NOTIFYING THE

RESULTS OF THE OIL
SAMPLE ANALYSIS WHICH IDENTIFIES THE SOURCE AS THE

T/B RHODE ISLAND.

4.
FOSC PROVIDED DAILY UPDATE TO CONGRESSMAN GRUCCI'S STAFF FOLLOWING

PRESS
CONFERENCE.

B.  CURRENT WEATHER:  31F, NW WINDS 5 KNOTS, CLEAR.

C.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY:   T/B RHODE ISLAND

                         MORAN TOWING
AND TRANSPORTATION

                         #2 GREENWICH PLAZA


GREENWICH, NY  06830

2.  ACTION TAKEN:

A.  260600R MAR 01 GROUP/MSO
PERSONNEL ARRIVE ON SCENE AT NRC COMMAND

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

LOCAL RESPONDERS.

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

KNOWN AFFECTED AREAS IN WEST
MEADOW BEACH, CEDAR BEACH, PORT

JEFFERSON, AND HEROD POINT.

C.  1130
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 FLAX POND, PORT JEFFERSON
HARBOR, WEST MEADOW

BEACH, AND ROCKY 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
ASSESSMENT:

A.  PROGRESS HAMPERED BY ACCUMULATING SNOW, BUT PROGRESS WAS
STILL

MADE.  ESTIMATED 60% OF IMPACTED BEACH WAS CLEANED.  EXPECT TO
MAKE

SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON 27MAR01 DUE TO FAVORABLE WEATHER
FORECAST.

LOCAL POLITICAL OFFICIALS ARE SATISFIED WITH RESPONSE.

B.  MSFO TO
MONITOR CLEANUP.

4.  CASE PENDS.

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