Cape Cod Mystery Spill; Truro, Massachusetts

Truro, Massachusetts | 1997-Jan-31

Initial Notification: NOAA was notified of this incident on January 31, 1997, by MSO Providence. At the request of the FOSC, the SSC provided resources at risk and hindcast information. The hindcast suggested that the oil could have come from as far away as Canada and been blown ashore by westerly winds. No other oil was found at sea by overflights. The FOSC used manual cleanup on the beach and by the evening of February 1 the cleanup was completed. USCG district 1. Keyword: none.