RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                       MORNING REPORT

Attention: Directorate
           Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
           CC: RAD Information Net

Day/date: Wednesday, March 7, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-28 - Olympic (Washington) - Motor Vehicle Fatality

At 5:30 a.m. on the 6th, D.T. of Ketchikan, Alaska, was driving
eastbound on Highway 101 near Sledgehammer Point on Lake Crescent when he
crossed the centerline and hit an empty westbound logging truck head on.
The truck cab rolled over, and the trailer landed on top of D.T.'s vehicle,
killing him. The truck driver received minor injuries. Portions of Highway
101 were closed for over six hours in order to extract the victim and remove
the vehicles. The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
(Chuck Janda, CR, OLYM, via CompuServe message from Mark Forbes, RAD/PNRO,
5:30 EST, 3/6/90).

90-29 - Gateway (New York/New Jersey) - Second Oil Spill

The Citgo gasoline barge Cibro Savannah, anchored at that company's terminal
in Arthur Kill in Linden, New Jersey, exploded around 1 p.m. yesterday
afternoon, spilling an unknown portion of the barge's cargo of gasoline or
number two fuel oil into New York Harbor. The barge broke its moorings
after the explosion and began drifting toward Staten Island. Preliminary
reports indicate that from 600,000 to 4.2 million gallons of fuel may have
been involved in the incident. The spill poses a potential danger to units
of Gateway. A follow-up report on the impacts of both the Exxon and Citgo
spills on the park will be forthcoming. (Briefing from John Donahue, WASO
Environmental Quality, 7 a.m. EST, 3/7/90).

STAFF STATUS

Kreis at PNR/RMR/WR fee coordinator training in Las Vegas, Dabney at 21st
Century task force meeting in Denver, Loach en route to ARPA training
session in Redding, California.


Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

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