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Article: Cold water aiding cleanup of spill in the Kill
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- February 14, 2006
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ALEX NUSSBAUM, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
02-14-2006
Cold water aiding cleanup of spill in the Kill -- Clumping effect expected to limit impact of oil on animals, shorelines
By ALEX NUSSBAUM, STAFF WRITER
Date: 02-14-2006, Tuesday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
PERTH AMBOY — Nearly 31,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil spilled into the Arthur Kill on Monday during a transfer from a barge to the Chevron plant here, authorities said.
In the cold water, the heavy, No. 6 crude clumped together in tar-like balls that bobbed on the water for miles.
The oil covered a stretch from Perth Amboy across the waterway to Staten Island and as far north as the Port Reading section of ...