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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, December 15, 2014 INCIDENTS Gateway NRA Park Staff Join In Sandy Hook Bay Spill Cleanup Effort Early on the afternoon of Thursday, December 11th, park staff detected a strong odor of diesel emanating from Sandy Hook Bay and soon detected a large sheen of fuel on the bay's surface. The sheen spanned the bay's shore from Guardian Park Bay north to the Coast Guard station located at Sandy Hook. The Coast Guard launched two vessels and followed the sheen towards Naval Station Earle, but were unable to determine the source of the fuel spill. Monmouth County emergency management, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and New Jersey hazmat were notified. The sheen quickly moved north into the Coast Guard sector of the bay and at last light had not moved any further north. A fuel boom was deployed at the culvert leading into the Horseshoe Cove marsh area to prevent possible fuel pollution from entering the marshland. A Coast Guard spill response team returned the next day and met with NPS law enforcement/emergency services and natural resource staff. The Coast Guard contacted HYPERLINK "http://www.cleanharbors.com/" Clean Harbors to assist with the response effort. Clean Harbors deployed a fuel boom at the Horseshoe Cove marsh area and the marsh area near the false tip of Sandy Hook for containment purposes and cleanup operations. [Robert Louden, Acting Chief Ranger] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers): Grand Canyon NP - A rare ground inversion last Thursday filled the Grand Canyon from rim to rim with a sea of clouds. The phenomena awed visitors and drew national media attention. Today's Almanac - A storm system will bring snow, heavy in some places, from the Rockies to the Great Lakes. Another storm will bring rain and mountain snow to California. Office of Communications - The 2013 National Park Service Appleman-Judd-Lewis Awards for excellence in cultural resources stewardship and management were conferred on three employees last week. Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings, newly introduced bills, and the status of legislation of interest to the Service. This report covers activities in Congress for the week ending December 12th. Recreation Fee Program - Jane Moore is retiring on December 1th after 33 years with the federal government, 31 of them with the National Park Service. Rock Creek Park - Frank Young has been selected as the deputy superintendent of Rock Creek Park. He will oversee the day-to-day operations of the park and supervise numerous park projects and programs. Pacific West Region - Kim Glass, a contracting officer in Pacific West Regional Office, will retire on December 21st with more than 30 years of federal service. National Capital Region - Toni Dufficy, chief of interpretation at Gettysburg National Military Park, is serving on a 120 day detail as the acting chief of interpretation and education for National Capital Region. To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites: NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/ The Morning Report is produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov). --- ### --- |