NATION IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Oil Spill Pollutes East Coast Waterway
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The tank barge Sarah Frank sank in busy Kill Van Kull, spilling up to 50,000 gallons of fuel oil into the waterway that separates New York’s Staten Island and New Jersey. The Coast Guard said most of the spill was contained by booms but 5,000 gallons had spread to waters outside the booms.
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