Southampton, long island, new york

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Southampton Mystery Spill; Southampton, Long Island, New York.
Southampton, Long Island, New York.
1. On March 8, 1992, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Captain of the Port (COTP) Long Island Sound received a report of oiled birds washing ashore on Long Island; however, no spill had been reported. The oiled birds were treated at a local animal hospital by a veterinary assistant who had experience in cleaning oiled wildlife. The weather at the time of the incident was fair with light on-shore winds. On March 10, the USCG On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) reported tar patties and tarballs ranging from dime to half-dollar size at the high-tide line on Southampton Beach in a band approximately one-foot wide by three miles long. A USCG overflight using side-looking airborne radar (SLAR) reported what appeared to be oil 85 miles southeast of Montauk, Long Island. Visual confirmation of this sighting was impossible because of storm warnings. Weather offshore was expected to be 40- to 50-knot winds with [...]
2. COMMODITY: OIL.
3. POSITION 40.868N 072.389W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6877: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6877