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mixing, the high concentration would kill in a time period of ten 

 minutes or less. 



The fishkill was the direct result of the application of a material 

 called OZENE to the surface of WapDinger Creek. A £500 settlement 

 for violation of Section 180 "Pollution of Streams Prohibited" of 

 the New York State Conservation laws effected by out-of-court settle- 

 ment. The oil spill itself was a violation of the classification 

 standard established by the Water Pollution Control Board for Wapp- 

 ingers Creek. 



DAMAGE TO WILDLIFE FROM OIL SPILLS 

 New Haven Harbor, Connecticut 



The following quotation is from a release by Mr. 0. E. Beckley, Super- 

 visor, Game Management, board of Fisheries and Game, State of Connec- 

 ticut, dated March 28, 1961, and describes the death and value of duck 

 life destroyed by oil resulting from a tanker with a ruoture in her 

 hull; 



"On December 17, 1960, the S. S. Sister Katingo, a supertanker owned 

 by the Nautilus Petroleum Corporation of New York, carrying a cargo 

 of Bunker "C" oil, reportedly struck a submerged object somewhere off 

 Brenton Reef, Rhode Island, causing a runture in her Dort side. 



"According to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, a large 

 quantity of oil was lost at the time of the impact, which 



