Table A-7. Beach Cleanup Procedure for Polycommander (Tanker) 

 Oil Spill 



Item 



Date 



Location 



Product Spilled 



Quantity 



Circumstances 



Extent of Contami- 

 nation 



Cleanup Procedure 



Remarks 

 March 1971 

 Vigo, Spain 

 Crude oil 

 16,000 tons 

 Vessel grounded 

 About 25 miles of shoreline contaminated. 



(1) Removed 3,000 tons from beach with mechanical 

 equipment; (2) used sand blasting to clean rocks; 

 (3) dumped contaminated spoil in an abandoned 

 clay mine; and (4) used 500 men, three mechanical 

 shovels, tank trucks, six Land Rovers and two 

 sand compressors. 



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