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approval. By informal agreement the Coast Guard reviews the plans and makes 

 comments and recommendations to USGS. This procedure is being formalized in a 

 memorandum of understanding between the two agencies. 

 Coast Guard tanker spill data for 1973-1979 is provided in the following table. 



TANKERS SPILLS WITH COAST GUARD RESPONSE 



Material 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 



Light crude: 



Number of spills 113 141 115 111 120 159 138 



Total gallons 560,264 1,479,199 2,769,983 497,553 9,674,885 33,024 910,205 



Sum recovered 664,344 312,897 98,329 66,095 27,413 12,882 



Heavy crude: 



Number of spills 66 114 117 97 101 94 64 



Total gallons 1,536,107 341,385 306,197 358,127 84,642 36,045 88,171 



Sum recovered 826,569 314,227 4,664 76,912 38,894 15,287 75,325 



Natural gasoline: 



Number of spills 1 3 1 1 5 3 



Total gallons 10 65 10 168 4,309 55 



Sum recovered 60 21 



Gasoline: 



Number of spills 24 44 31 39 44 48 37 



Total gallons 55,708 137,373 855,429 19,090 80,811 271,773 400,983 



Sum recovered 3,862 3,250 832,878 6,449 78,617 86,829 28,759 



Jet fuel: 



Number of spills 12 9 10 5 2 14 12 



Total gallons 2,163 567 1,138 395,848 6 669,102 4,633 



Sum recovered 863 262 413 2 148 4,249 



Kerosene: 



Number of spills 7 4 5 16 5 3 



Total gallons 527 77,901 480 10 17,507 2,152 54 



Sum recovered 429 3,646 155 8 8,802 1,860 8 



Distillate: 



Number of spills 10 19 15 13 11 9 12 



Total gallons 1,878 4,693 36,908 1,042 1,003 124,835 2,165 



Sum recovered 295 2,947 31,368 759 908 583 32 



Naphtha: 



Number of spills 6 3 2 4 1 5 



Total gallons 335 109 25 495 3 137 



Sum recovered 3 132 5 



Mineral spirits: 



Number of spills 1 1 



Total gallons 6 25 



Sum recovered 5 



Solvent: 



Number of spills 1 1 3 2 2 



Total gallons 15 100 1,060 11 78 



Sum recovered 14 550 82 



Light diesel: 



Number of spills 76 89 67 114 98 123 105 



Total gallons 378,459 42,378 125,503 24,141 270,856 293,213 207,831 



Sum recovered 64,430 13,452 4,410 16,656 106,331 11,236 18,870 



Heavy diesel: 



Number of spills 21 24 27 15 34 21 30 



Total gallons 11,200 3,386 3,684 1,183 65,987 56,899 9,883 



Sum recovered 7,634 1,828 2,565 942 2,185 7,650 858 



Number 4 fuel oil: 



Number of spills 27 37 23 18 20 13 10 



Total gallons 2,604 44,836 131,804 1,419 22,279 2,874 122,060 



Sum recovered 1,504 44,234 59,624 815 2,883 304 210 



Number 5 fuel oil: 



Number of spills 6 5 9 10 8 12 8 



Total gallons 5,075 742 74,470 85,003 1,000 10,765 926 



Sum recovered 5,015 681 74,454 24,142 940 8,073 165 



Number 5 fuel oil: 



Number of spills 225 233 181 186 216 255 229 



Total gallons 117,440 1,058,722 631,665 9,322,897 941,346 481.074 450,993 



