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New jersey seacoast
New Jersey Solid Waste Washup; New Jersey Seacoast · NOAAORR-6492
- issued
- 1987-08-19 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1987-09-02 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1987-09-02 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 39.442, -74.311
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
New Jersey Solid Waste Washup; New Jersey Seacoast. New Jersey Seacoast. 1. During the period from August 13 to August 15, 1987, a large volume of solid waste, including hazardous substances (hospital waste) washed up between Long Beach Island and Cape May along the New Jersey coast. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), and local authorities provided cleanup resources and tracked the real-time movements of the solid waste plume. On August 17, the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP), New York, was requested to identify potential sources of the landed waste. USCG district 3. 2. COMMODITY: SOLID WASTE. 3. POSITION 39.442N 074.311W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6492: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6492
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