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P 300049Z 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 SEVEN, 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,

SHOREHAM JETTY, MT. SINAI INLET, AND WEST MEADOW BEACH, NY.

B.
ESTIMATE APPROXIMATELY 21 MILES OUT OF THE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED 25

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

PARK 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

THREE TIDE CYCLES.  EXPERIENCED
RE-OILING WITHIN FLAX POND.  WEST

MEADOW BEACH, FLAX POND, PORT JEFFERSON
HARBOR, AND OLD FIELD BEACH

ARE DESIGNATED AS PRIORITIES FOR CLEAN UP.
OVERFLIGHT AND AFLOAT UNIT

USED TO DETECT ANY OIL IN THE WATER.  NONE
DETECTED.

C. PLANS FOR 30MAR01 CONSIST OF RE-EVALUATION OF AFFECTED
AREAS.

CLEAN UP EFFORTS WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN WEST MEADOW BEACH, AND
OLD

FIELD BEACH.  PIPING PLOVER HAVE BEEN SIGHTED IN WEST MEADOW BEACH,

OLD
FIELD POINT, AND MCCALISTER PARK.  USFWS WILL POST AN OFFICER AT

THE WEST
MEADOW SIGHT.  NYS DEC WILL HAVE OFFICERS AT THE OTHER TWO

SITES.  ESTIMATE
CLEAN UP OPS UNTIL 31MAR01.

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, OVER 100 HAVE BEEN TARRED.  NYS

DEC AND USFWS ARE
MONITORING THE SITUATION CLOSELY.

F. THUS FAR, COST OF CLEAN UP HAS REACHED
$578,000 AS OF 28 MARCH.

TOTAL PERSONNEL ON SCENE WAS 127, 86 CONTRACTORS,
16 CG, 12 NYS DEC, 6

USFWS, AND 7 TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN PERSONNEL.

G.  PUBLIC
AFFAIRS

1.  NO REQUEST FOR INTERVIEWS ON 29MAR01.

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

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

B.  CURRENT WEATHER:  41F, W WINDS 5 KNOTS, LIGHT RAIN.

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.  290600R 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 HARBOR, OLD

FIELD BEACH, AND WEST MEADOW BEACH.

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

SHORELINE ASSESSMENT AND
CLEAN UP.

D.  1700  GRU/MSO LIS, NRC, STATE, AND USFWS CONFERRED ON STATUS
OF

CLEAN UP.  FOSCR AND NYS DEC EXPRESSED EXPECTATION TO RP AND

CONTRACTORS
THAT PRIMARY CLEAN UP SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT

48 HOURS.  RP
DIRECTED TO AUGMENT RESOURCES TO MEET GOAL OF FINISHING

WITH PRIMARY CLEAN
UP BY 30MAR01. PROGRESS WILL BE REEVALUATED

TOMORROW.  AREAS IN WEST MEADOW
BEACH, OLD FIELD BEACH, LONG BEACH,

AND FLAX POND, NY WERE IDENTIFIED AS
AREAS OF HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF

OIL.  PLANS WERE MADE TO RE-CONVENE AT
UNIFIED COMMAND POST AT CEDAR

BEACH AT 0630 FOLLOWING MORNING TO CONTINUE
CLEAN UP.

3. CO'S ASSESSMENT:

A.  WINDS SHIFTED AROUND TO THE SOUTH AS
FORECASTED.  ONLY THE FLAX

POND AREA EXPERIENCED RE-OILING AND A PLAN HAS
BEEN PUT IN PLACE IN AN

ATTEMPT TO COMBAT A REPEAT OF THIS SITUATION. SEARCH
OF LIS & CT

SHORELINE BY HELO, BOAT AND FOOT PATROLS, REVEALED NO VISIBLE
OIL

ANYWHERE IN THE SOUND OR ON THE CT SHORE.  MET W/SPILL RESPONSE TEAM

ON
LONG ISLAND, INCLUDING RP AND CONTRACTORS, NOTING THAT EFFORT CAME

UP SHY OF
MY ORIGINAL GOALS.  REALLOCATION AND INCREASE OF RESOURCES

IS EXPECTED TO
ACHIEVE A FULL CLEAN UP BY END OF DAY ON FRIDAY,

WEATHER PERMITTING.  ONLY
AREAS THAT THIS MAY NOT OCCUR IS HARD TO

CLEAN ROCKS BY OLD FIELD PT LIGHT
AND IN SE PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR.

THIS WILL TAKE SOME ADDITIONAL EFFORT, BUT
EXPECT THESE AREAS TO BE

COMPLETED ON SATURDAY AT WHICH TIME  WE SHOULD BE
ABLE TO TRANSITION

INTO A FULL MAINTENANCE PHASE OF THE AREA.

B.  MSFO TO
MONITOR CLEANUP.

4.  CASE PENDS.

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