Identification:
1. Name of spill:
August Tar Ball Spill
2. Source (if known):
Unknown
3. Start Date: 8/18/02
Close date: 12/10/2002
4. Location and
possibly trajectory:
Trajectory unknown.
Location:
On Lopez: Spencer Spit State
Park, Watmough Bay, McArdle
Bay, Richardson Cove, North of
Flat Point Orcas: Crescent Beach, Double Cove, Obstruction
Pass,
San Juan Island: South Beach, Jackson Beach
Shaw Island: Cove South of Neck Point
Yellow Island: south facing cove
5. Amount and Type:
360 pounds weathered bunker fuel and oiled debris.
Safety
6. Current/ predicted
hazards- to
7. Recommended
Evacuation Zones: N/A
-
Moving boats
moored on the water: N/A
-
Moving from your
home- who to call and where to go: N/A
-
How to shelter in
place: N/A
8. No Fly Zones: N/A
9. Restricted areas on
the water: N/A
Helping
10. Are trained
workers needed? NO
11. Are untrained
helpers needed? NO
12. List of help we
currently need: N/A
Work
13. Summary of work
completed includes reference to impact and what's been done so
far.
-
Wildlife: One
Least Sand Piper found oiled but it did not survive.
-
Shoreline work:
Beach collection as needed
-
Oil recovered: 300
pounds of oil and oiled debris
-
Oil contained: N/A
-
Oil excluded/ Bays
protected: N/A
14. Summary of plans
for tomorrow: N/A, Case closed.
