Table A-2. Beach Cleanup Procedure for Ocean Eagle (Tanker) 

 Oil Spill 



Item 



Date 



Location 



Product Spilled 



Quantity 



Circumstances 



Extent of Contami- 

 nation 



Cleanup Procedure 



Remarks 



3 March 1968 



San Juan, Puerto Rico 



Crude oil , Leona 



83,400 barrels 



Tanker grounded, and discharged cargo 



Sixteen miles recreational and commercial 

 beaches and the entire harbor were heavily 

 polluted . 



Two hundred seventy men were used to remove 

 contaminated sand from beaches. Bulldozers and 

 graders were used, and the spoil was trucked 

 away. Fresh sand was brought to replace that 

 which was removed. Dispersant was used on the 

 beaches, which turned the beaches into quicksand. 

 Use of detergents was terminated. Used Minstron 

 talc and Ekoperl-33 on beaches and found that 

 it was effective for cleaning sand. 



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