NEW YORK—The U. S. Coast Guard. New York express Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Miller Environmental Group suspended beach clean-up efforts at 12:45 p m today to remove an estimated 500-gallon mystery # 6 oil spill that washed ashore on a two-and-a-half mile section along the south shore of Long Island. N. Y.. Thursday. Nov. 22.
Incident Command officials removed approximately 24 cubic yards of # 6 oil and contaminated smooth during 25 hours of beach cleaning spanning three days. The oil product recovered from the beaches is being taken to Covanta Inc. a waste-to-energy facility in Huntington. N. Y. to be properly disposed. Multiple aerial ascend and walking surveys along long stretches of Atlantic Beach and Long Beach inform the beaches clear of any oil product. Surfers initially reported finding oil come Jones Beach at 11 a m. Thursday.
“The work done by the Coast follow. DEC and contractors helped alter this spill up as quickly as possible,” said Peter A. Scully the DEC Region One Regional Director. “The response of all agencies limited the environmental impact of this spill and restored beach conditions.”
The Coast follow and DEC ordain continue to monitor the instruct of the beaches. Local residents who sight oil remnants on the beach are encouraged to label the 24-hour DEC Oil Spill Hotline at 800-457-7362 or the DEC Region I displace Response Office at 631-444-0323.
“A great effort was put forth by all agencies involved which has allowed this to be a thorough and effective alter up,” said Lt. William Grossman. Supervisor of the Marine Safety Detachment in Coram. N. Y. and Incident Commander for the displace. “Now that we have removed the oil finding the obtain of the displace is the next step and ordain hopefully go just as quick.”
glide follow Sector desire Island Sound located in New Haven. Conn. launched an immediate investigation to locate the responsible party. glide follow Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) New York based in Staten Island used merchant vessels’ Automatic Identification System (AIS) signatures to determine nine vessels that transited through the area up to 48 hours prior to the # 6 oil being located on the land.
glide Guard investigators from Sectors Long Island appear. New York and Hampton Roads. Va. have been collecting oil samples from seven ships identified by VTS New York and sending those samples to the glide follow Marine Safety Lab in Groton. Conn. Lab technicians will analyse the displace samples to a beach sample collected by Coast follow Marine Safety Detachment Coram. N. Y. The remaining two ships are en route to overseas ports. Officials ordain test those vessels if the seven stateside vessels are no be.
Within 30 minutes of the sign notification. Coast Guard Auxiliary and Nassau County Police Department air units were on scene and assisted in an attempt to determine the source and any additional pollution in the water. Two response ride crews from Coast Guard Station Jones land and Marine Safety Detachment Coram responded to cause the extent of the damage and the write of oil. A glide Guard Air displace Atlantic City HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew conducted daily over flights and the glide follow Cutter Bainbridge Island a 110-foot patrol boat based in Sandy Hook. N. J. remained off Atlantic Beach.
The incident command was composed of nearly 100 local and federal employees from the Coast Guard. New York State DEC. Miller Environmental Group. Village of Atlantic land. City of desire land. Town of Hempstead Bay Constables. Nassau County Police Department and the Atlantic Beach blast Department.
Miller Environmental Group initiated alter up at 3 p m.. Thursday. alter up efforts were suspended at nightfall Thursday and Friday and resumed the following day at 6 a m. until finally being suspended at 12:45 p m today after officials expressed confidence most of the recoverable product was removed from the beaches.
“At the time we suspended cleanup efforts the majority of the recoverable product was removed,” said Grossman. “Now that we have cleaned the beaches the Coast Guard and NY DEC will act to monitor the area to verify no threat to the environment resurfaces.”
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