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P 290033Z 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

COMCOGARDACT NEW YORK NY

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UNCLAS //N16465//

SUBJ:  POLREP SIX, MINOR,
T/B RHODE ISLAND SPILL, NORTH SHORE, LONG

ISLAND, MC01003947.

1.
SITUATION:

A. GROUP/MSO LONG ISLAND SOUND RESUMED MONITORING CLEAN UP AT
0600.

OPERATIONS WERE CONCENTRATED IN FLAX POND, PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR,
WEST

MEADOW BEACH, AND ROCKY POINT, NY.

B. ESTIMATE APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES
OUT OF THE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED 25

CLEANED OF OIL.  EASTERN AREA, FROM CEDAR
BEACH EAST TO WILDWOOD STATE

PARK, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SHOREHAM JETTY AND
MT. SINAI INLET, ARE

DESIGNATED AS CLEAN.  USCG AND NYS DEC WILL MONITOR THE
AREAS OVER AT

LEAST THE NEXT 24 HOURS FOR RE-OILING.  WESTERN AREA, STONY
BROOK

HARBOR AND CRANE NECK HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS CLEAN THROUGH TWO
TIDE

CYCLES.  WEST MEADOW BEACH, FLAX POND, PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR, AND
MT.

SINAI HARBOR ARE DESIGNATED AS PRIORITIES FOR CLEAN UP.

C. PLANS FOR
29MAR01 CONSIST OF RE-EVALUATION OF AFFECTED AREAS.

CLEAN UP EFFORTS WILL BE
CONCENTRATED IN WEST MEADOW BEACH, FLAX POND,

MT. SINAI INLET, AND PORT
JEFFERSON HARBOR.  ONE LIGHTLY OILED PIPING

PLOVER HAS SETTLED ON WEST
MEADOW BEACH.  NYS DEC HAS ADVISED TO

CONDUCT CLEAN UP IN THAT AREA.  NYS
DEC AND USFWS WILL CONTINUE TO

MONITOR THE SITUATION.  ESTIMATE CLEAN UP OPS
UNTIL 30MAR01.

D. LETTER OF DESIGNATION WAS ISSUED TO SEABOARD SHIPPING
CORP., A

SUBSIDIARY OF MORAN SERVICES CORP.  FEDERAL FUND (FPN B01105) HAS
BEEN

OPENED TO RECOVER AGENCY COSTS.  CEILING REQUESTS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED

FROM NYS DEC AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (USFWS).

E. SO FAR 13
WATERFOWL HAVE PERISHED, UP TO 100 HAVE BEEN TARRED.  NYS

DEC AND USFWS ARE
MONITORING THE SITUATION CLOSELY.

F. THUS FAR, COST OF CLEAN UP HAS REACHED
$452,000 AS OF 27 MARCH.

TOTAL PERSONNEL ON SCENE WAS 134; 93 CONTRACTORS,
16 CG, 13 NYS DEC, 6

USFWS, AND 7 TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN PERSONNEL.

G.  PUBLIC
AFFAIRS

1.  MSFO SUPERVISOR CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS WITH TWO LOCAL
TELEVISION

STATIONS.

2. MORAN TOWING HAS PROVIDED A PHONE NUMBER FOR CLAIMS
RELATED TO THE

SPILL.  IT IS 1-888-422-2524.

B.  CURRENT WEATHER:  46F, W
WINDS 5 KNOTS, CLEAR.

C.  RESPONSIBLE PARTY:   T/B RHODE ISLAND


SEABOARD SHIPPING SERVICES CORP.

                         TWO GREENWICH
PLAZA

                         GREENWICH, CT  06830

    SEABOARD SHIPPING
SERVICES CORP. IS A SUBSIDIARY OF MORAN SERVICES

CORP.

2.  ACTION TAKEN:

A.
280600R MAR 01 GROUP/MSO PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON SCENE AT UNIFIED

COMMAND POST
LOCATED IN CEDAR BEACH, NY FOR PRE-OPS MEETING WITH STATE

RESPONDERS.

B.
0630  ALL SCAT TEAMS CONDUCTED AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIR AREAS

ACCOMPANIED BY
ONE CONTRACTOR TO PICK UP ANY LARGE CLUMPS OF OIL.  NRC

PERSONNEL BEGAN
CLEAN UP OF FLAX POND, PORT JEFFERSON, CEDAR BEACH,

WEST MEADOW BEACH, AND
STONY BROOK HARBOR.

C.  1100  GRU/MSO LIS, NRC, STATE, AND USFWS CONFERED ON
STATUS OF

SHORELINE ASSESSMENT AND CLEAN UP.

D.  1600  GRU/MSO LIS, NRC,
STATE, AND USFWS MET TO DISCUSS EFFICIENCY

OF CLEAN UP METHODS BEING
UTILIZED AND SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW METHODS.

E.  1700  GRU/MSO LIS, NRC, STATE,
AND USFWS CONFERED ON STATUS OF

CLEAN UP.  AREAS IN FLAX POND, PORT
JEFFERSON HARBOR, SHOREHAM JETTY,

MT. SINAI INLET, AND WEST MEADOW BEACH, NY
WERE IDENTIFIED AS AREAS OF

HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF OIL.  PLANS WERE MADE
TO RE-CONVENE AT

UNIFIED COMMAND POST AT CEDAR BEACH AT 0600 FOLLOWING
MORNING TO

CONTINUE CLEAN UP.

3. CO'S ASSESSMENT:

A.  SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS
MADE TODAY, ONLY MINOR REPORTS OF RE-OILING

IN THE WEST MEADOW BEACH AREA.
ESTIMATE 20 OUT OF ORIGINALLY

ESTIMATED 25 MILES HAVE BEEN CLEANED.  CLEANED
AREAS ARE MONITORED FOR

RE-OILING OVER AT LEAST 48 HOURS.  OVERFLIGHT
SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW

TO CHECK FOR THE PRESENCE OF OIL IN THE WATER.
DURING THE COURSE OF

THE INCIDENT PREVAILING WINDS HAVE BEEN FROM THE NW.
FRONT IS

EXPECTED ON FRIDAY IS EXPECTED TO BRING WINDS FROM THE NE.
GRU/MSO

PERSONNEL WILL MONITOR CT SHORELINE FOR OILING DURING THE COURSE
OF

THIS FRONT.    FOSC, SOSC, AND RP MET TO DISCUSS PROTOCOL FOR

TRANSITION
TO MAINTENANCE PHASE AND TO CLOSURE ASAP.

B.  MSFO TO MONITOR CLEANUP.

4.
CASE PENDS.

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