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P 030004Z 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 ELEVEN,
MINOR, T/B RHODE ISLAND SPILL, NORTH SHORE, LONG

ISLAND, MC01003947.

1.
SITUATION:

A. GROUP/MSO LONG ISLAND SOUND RESUMED MONITORING CLEAN UP AT
0700.

OPERATIONS WERE CONCENTRATED IN PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR, OLD FIELD

POINT
JETTY, WEST MEADOW BEACH, AND FLAX POND, NY.

B. EXPERIENCED NO RE-OILING
WITHIN, OR OUTSIDE, ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES

FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW. CG &
NYS DEC ASSESSMENT TEAM SURVEYED

ENTIRE AREA AND CLEANUP CREWS WERE
DISPATCHED TO HOT SPOTS. MAJORITY

OF CONTRACTOR'S EFFORTS WERE DIRECTED
TOWARDS NORTHERN WEST MEADOW

BEACH, SE PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR, OLD FIELD
POINT JETTY, AND FLAX POND.

ALL AREAS HAVE BEEN CLEANED BY THE CONTRACTORS.
ALL AREAS HAVE BEEN

REVIEWED BY THE CG AND NYS DEC THROUGH TWO TIDE CYCLES,
WITH THE

EXCEPTION OF WEST MEADOW BEACH, FLAX POND, SE PORT JEFFERSON
HARBOR,

OLD FIELD POINT JETTY, AND MCALLISTER PARK.  THESE AREAS WILL BE
MEET

THE TWO TIDE CYCLE CRITERIA ON 03APR01, IF THERE IS NO RE-OILING.

MORAN
SERVICES CORP. HAS SUBMITTED AN ACCEPTABLE MAINTENANCE PLAN TO

UNIFIED
COMMAND.

C.  PLANS FOR 03APR01 CONSIST OF RE-EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT
OF

REMAINING AFFECTED AREAS.  PRIMARY CLEAN UP WILL CONTINUE IF
RE-OILING

OCCURS.  UPON COMPLETION MORAN'S AFTER INCIDENT MAINTENANCE PLAN
WILL

TAKE EFFECT.  POSTS TO OBSERVE PIPING PLOVER IN WEST MEADOW BEACH,

LONG
BEACH, AND MCALLISTER PARK WILL REMAIN AND BE MONITORED BY NYS

DEC AND
USFWS.  OILED PIPING PLOVERS OBSERVED ON 29MAR01 ARE STILL

BEING
MONITORED.

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, UP TO 100 HAVE
BEEN TARRED.  NYS DEC AND USFWS ARE

MONITORING THE SITUATION CLOSELY.

F.
THUS FAR, COST OF CLEAN UP HAS REACHED $1,375,000 AS OF 01 APRIL.

TOTAL
PERSONNEL ON SCENE WAS 93, 77 CONTRACTORS, 6 CG, 6 NYS DEC, 2

TRI-STATE BIRD
RESCUE, AND 2 TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN PERSONNEL.

G.  PUBLIC AFFAIRS

1.  NO
REQUEST FOR INTERVIEWS ON 02APR01.

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

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

B.  CURRENT
WEATHER:  45F, NE WINDS 2 KNOTS,

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.
020700R APR 01 GROUP/MSO PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON SCENE AT UNIFIED

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

RESPONDERS.

B.
0715  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.  1130  GRU/MSO LIS, NRC, AND STATE, CONFERRED ON STATUS
OF

SHORELINE ASSESSMENT AND CLEAN UP.

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

ALL AREAS JUDGED TO BE CLEANED BY
CONTRACTORS.  MAJORITY OF AREAS HAVE

BEEN CLEARED NY CG AND NYS DEC THROUGH
TWO TIDE CYCLES.  REMAINING

AREAS TO BE ASSESSED THROUGH TWO TIDE CYCLES ARE
WEST MEADOW BEACH,

FLAX POND, SE PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR, OLD FIELD POINT
JETTY, AND

MCALLISTER PARK. UNIFIED COMMAND POST AT CEDAR BEACH HAS BEEN
STOOD

DOWN.  CG AND NYS DEC TEAMS WILL ASSESS REMAINING AREAS, AND (IF
NO

RE-OILING OCCURS) PRIMARY CLEAN UP WILL BE COMPLETE AT END OF
DAY

03APR01.

3. CO'S ASSESSMENT:

A.  NEARING END OF PRIMARY CLEAN UP. NO
RE-OILING OCCURRED ON

02APR01.  ALL AREAS WILL MEET TWO TIDE CYCLE CRITERIA
BY END OF DAY

03APR01.  MORAN HAS SUBMITTED ACCEPTABLE MAINTENANCE PLAN TO
UNIFIED

COMMAND. MAINTENANCE PLAN ADDRESSES MONITORING, RESPONSE,
AND

REMEDIATION STANDARDS TO POTENTIAL REPORTS OF RE-OILING BY EITHER
THE

CG, NYS DEC, OR PUBLIC.

B.  MSFO TO MONITOR CLEANUP.

4.  CASE
PENDS.

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