Table A-3. Beach Cleanup Procedure for Santa Barbara Oil Spill 



Item 



Date 



Location 



Product Spilled 



Quantity 



Circumstances 



Extent of Contami- 

 nation 



Cleanup Procedure 



Remarks 



28 January 1969 



Santa Barbara Channel 



Crude oil 



100,000 barrels or more 



Drilling platform blowout through natural faults 



Forty miles of residential and recreational 

 coastline . 



Straw was spread on the deposited oil. Up to 

 1,000 men and 125 pieces of mechanical equip- 

 ment were used to collect the contaminated 

 material and transport it to an inland dump. 

 Skip loaders, bulldozers, graders, and trucks 

 were used. Burning of oil- soaked straw on the 

 beaches was attempted but stopped because of 

 smoke. Burning was hampered by heavy rain. 

 Attempted to clean rip rap area by washing with 

 cold water and hot water, steam cleaning and 

 sand blasting. Sand blasting was the only 

 treatment that effectively cleaned the rocks. 



References 4-6 



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