New Jersey Solid Waste Washup; New Jersey Seacoast

New Jersey Seacoast | 1987-Aug-19

Initial Notification: During the period from August 13 to August 15, 1987, a large volume of solid waste, including hazardous substances (hospital waste) washed up between Long Beach Island and Cape May along the New Jersey coast. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), and local authorities provided cleanup resources and tracked the real-time movements of the solid waste plume. On August 17, the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP), New York, was requested to identify potential sources of the landed waste. USCG district 3.