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P 310026Z 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 EIGHT, 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 PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR, OLD
FIELD

BEACH, AND WEST MEADOW BEACH, NY.

B. ESTIMATE APPROXIMATELY 22 MILES
OUT OF THE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED 25

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

PARK IS DESIGNATED AS CLEAN, AND HAVE BEEN
REVIEWED BY JOINT CG AND

NYS DEC ASSESSMENT TEAMS.  WESTERN AREA,
EXPERIENCED RE-OILING IN

NORTHERN WEST MEADOW BEACH, CRANE NECK, FLAX POND
AND MCALLISTER PARK.

SOUTHERN WEST MEADOW BEACH AND OLD FIELD BEACH WERE
DESIGNATED AS

CLEAN TODAY.  PROGRESS WAS MADE WITHIN THE SE END OF PORT
JEFFERSON

HARBOR DESPITE ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TIDES.

C. PLANS FOR 31MAR01
CONSIST OF RE-EVALUATION OF AFFECTED AREAS.

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

HARBOR, AND OLD FIELD BEACH.
RE-OILED SECTIONS OF MCALLISTER PARK AND

WEST MEADOW BEACH WILL BE REVIEWED
BY ASSESSMENT TEAMS.  SECTIONS OF

SNARE WILL BE PLACED ACROSS THE ENTRANCE
TO FLAX POND TO PREVENT RE-

OILING.  USFWS AND NYS DEC HAVE SET UP POSTS TO
OBSERVE PIPING PLOVER

IN WEST MEADOW BEACH, OLD FIELD POINT, MCALISTER PARK,
AND FLAX POND.

OILED PIPING PLOVERS OBSERVED ON 29MAR01 ARE STILL BEING
MONITORED.

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. NO UPDATE ON NUMBER OF WILDLIFE IMPACTED. 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
$705,000 AS OF 29 MARCH.

TOTAL PERSONNEL ON SCENE WAS 127, 125 CONTRACTORS,
9 CG, 12 NYS DEC, 3

USFWS, AND 7 TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN PERSONNEL.

G.  PUBLIC
AFFAIRS

1.  NO REQUEST FOR INTERVIEWS ON 30MAR01.

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

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

B.  CURRENT WEATHER:  39F, N WINDS 17 KNOTS, SCATTERED
SHOWERS.

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.
300600R 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, 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.  AREAS IN OLD FIELD BEACH, PORT JEFFERSON
HARBOR, AND FLAX

POND WERE IDENTIFIED AS AREAS IN GREATEST NEED OF CLEAN UP
CREWS.  RE-

OILED SECTION OF WEST MEADOW BEACH, CRANE NECK, AND MCALLISTER
PARK

WILL BE REVALUATED BY ASSESSMENT TEAMS AND CONTRACTORS.  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.  CLEAN
UP WORKFORCE INCREASED TO HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE BEGINNING OF

INCIDENT.  GOOD
PROGRESS WAS MADE TODAY DESPITE HEAVY WIND, RAIN, AND

SOME RE-OILING.  NO
FURTHER WILDLIFE IMPACTED TODAY

B.  MSFO TO MONITOR CLEANUP.

4.  CASE
PENDS.

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