This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. – Clean up and recovery efforts are underway in Sussex County after a large oil spill washed ashore. They also say whoever is responsible could face fines and penalties for not reporting the spill. (AP) -- Across the country, any uncounted ballots cast by Election Day are being verified and tabulated as election officials work toward reporting results of the 2020 presidential election. As of Wednesday night, about seven tons of oily sand and debris was removed. Copyright 2020 Nexstar Inc. All rights reserved. (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard says that the person or people who are behind an oil spill in Delaware will face a cleanup bill if they’re ever identified. “The tides had fragmented the oil from larger pooling to smaller sized speckling on the beaches,” said Lavoie. DNREC and the United States Coast Guard are working together out of a command post in Slaughter Beach to do just that. Pockets of oil are still washing up … }; SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. "dfpConfig": { Spill Response Funding Responding to oil spills involves coordinated efforts by the Coast Guard and EPA Federal Onscene Coordinators (FOSCs), other Federal agencies, state and local governments, the responsible party (RP), and Oil Spill Response Organizations (OSROs). The source of the oil spill is still under investigation by the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is using a process called “oil fingerprinting” to find source of the oil. The scope of damages compensable under federal law to those impacted by a spill was fairly narrow. field59.ipo = { The Panamanian-registered New Diamond carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude caught fire after an engine room explosion, killing one crew member. As Investigation Into Fatal Police Shooting Continues, Who Was Walter Wallace Jr.? var field59 = field59 || {}; “When you have a large ship like that, and if they have a discharge somewhere, they may not pick it up for days or weeks, especially if it’s a small discharge,” he said. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control said no state money will be used. © 1998 - 2020 Nexstar Inc. | All Rights Reserved. This is a normal process in many states; while actual voting is over, the work of finalizing results will continue for days and, in some cases, weeks. There were many lessons learned the aftermath of the Valdez oil spill. 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The United States lacked adequate resources, particularly Federal funds, to respond to spills, and 2. (WRDE/NBC News)  The U.S. Coast Guard is working to determine the source of an oil spill off the coast of Delaware. The oil they’ve collected is a heavy fuel oil. They’ll basically do an analysis of the materials, see what properties it has and try to best identify the type of oil it was,” said Lieutenant Commander Pugh. “Our efforts are to remove as much of the affected materials possible and to remove as much product on the beach as possible so that next year when the birds come back and are attempting to nest on the beach, their eggs are not affected,” said Lieutenant Commander Pugh. The Coast Guard said that oil samples are being analyzed by its Marine Safety Laboratory. “Some of the work is very labor intensive, including shoveling the oil and disposing of it,” said Lavoie. 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