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P 010028Z APR 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 NINE, MINOR,
T/B RHODE ISLAND SPILL, NORTH SHORE, LONG

ISLAND, MC01003947.

1.
SITUATION:

A. GROUP/MSO LONG ISLAND SOUND RESUMED MONITORING CLEAN UP AT
0630.

OPERATIONS WERE CONCENTRATED IN PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR, OLD
FIELD

BEACH, WEST MEADOW BEACH AND FLAX POND, NY.

B. EXPERIENCED RE-OILING
OVER THE MAJORITY OF ORIGINAL ZONE.  RE-

OILING IS NOT OF THE SAME MAGNITUDE
OF FIRST DAY (APPROXIMATELY 25%),

BUT NEVERTHELESS, AREAS WERE RE-VISITED BY
CONTRACTORS.  EASTERN AREA,

FROM CEDAR BEACH EAST TO WILDWOOD STATE PARK WAS
RE-OILED IN SEVERAL

SECTIONS, CONTRACTORS BELIVE AREA HAS BEEN CLEANED
AGAIN.  CG & NYS

DEC ASSESSMENT TEAM WILL REVIEW AREA ON 01APR01.  WESTERN
AREA,

EXPERIENCED RE-OILING IN NORTHERN WEST MEADOW BEACH, CRANE NECK,
FLAX

POND, OLD FIELD BEACH AND MCALLISTER PARK.  CONTRACTORS EFFORTS
WERE

DIRECTED TOWARDS AREAS OF RE-OILING.  THE EASTERN SIDE OF
PORT

JEFFERSON HARBOR HAS BEEN CLEANED, AND WILL BE ASSESSED NY CG AND
NYS

DEC OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  PROGRESS WAS MADE WITHIN THE SE END OF

PORT
JEFFERSON HARBOR AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED ON 01APR01.

C. PLANS FOR 01APR01
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 WILL BE REVIEWED BY

ASSESSMENT TEAMS. USFWS AND NYS DEC
HAVE SET UP POSTS TO OBSERVE

PIPING PLOVER IN WEST MEADOW BEACH, OLD FIELD
POINT, MCALLISTER PARK,

AND FLAX POND.  OILED PIPING PLOVERS OBSERVED ON
29MAR01 ARE STILL

BEING MONITORED.  CLEAN UP EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
RE-OILING ENDS.

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 $831,000 AS OF 30 MARCH.

TOTAL
PERSONNEL ON SCENE WAS 126, 104 CONTRACTORS, 7 CG, 12 NYS DEC, 3

USFWS, AND
3 TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN PERSONNEL.

G.  PUBLIC AFFAIRS

1.  NO REQUEST FOR
INTERVIEWS ON 31MAR01.

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

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

B.  CURRENT WEATHER:
45F, NW WINDS 2 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.  310630R 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.  0645  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, CRANE NECK, 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 SECTIONS WERE REVALUATED BY
ASSESSMENT TEAMS AND CONTRACTORS.

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

AT 0700 FOLLOWING MORNING TO CONTINUE CLEAN
UP.

3. CO'S ASSESSMENT:

A.  CLEAN UP COMPLICATED BY RE-OILING.  EXPERIENCED
RE-OILING OVER

SEVERAL AREAS WITHIN ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES, BUT NOT OUTSIDE.
RE-OILING

IS NOT OF THE SAME MAGNITUDE OF FIRST DAY (APPROXIMATELY 25%),
BUT

NEVERTHELESS, AREAS WERE RE-VISITED BY CONTRACTORS.  CLEAN UP
EFFORTS

WILL RESUME UNTIL RE-OILING STOPS.  MORAN WAS ENCOURAGED TO, AND
HAS,

EMPLOYED THE USE OF ZONE MANAGERS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF CLEAN
UP

CREWS.  NO FURTHER WILDLIFE IMPACTED TODAY.

B.  MSFO TO MONITOR
CLEANUP.

4.  CASE PENDS.

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