Table A-9 . Beach Cleanup Procedure for USS Manatee (Tanker) 

 Oil Spill 



Item 



Date 



Location 



Product Spilled 



Quantity 



Circumstances 



Extent of Contami- 

 nation 



Cleanup Procedure 



Remarks 

 20 August 1971 

 San Clemente , CA 

 Navy Special Fuel Oil 

 229,446 gallons 

 Operational oil spill 

 About 75 miles of shoreline contaminated. 



A command post was set up in the beach area. 

 Seven jeeps, radio equipped, were used to pro- 

 vide communication to cleanup parties. Twelve 

 trucks and 4 front-end loaders were used. Four 

 or five working parties of 25 men were dis- 

 patched by bus to contaminated areas . Personnel 

 used rakes, pitchforks, and shovels to transfer 

 oiled sand to front-end loaders. Working parties 

 split into smaller 4-5 man groups, which would 

 leap-frog past one another raking and shoveling 

 debris into piles. In areas where beach was 

 inaccessible to equipment , working parties 

 carried oily residue out in cardboard boxes 

 and loaded it onto stake trucks. 



References 23, 24 



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