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Rip Kirby, researcher for University of South Florida Coastal Research Laboratory, uses a Labino U.V. light to show oil at night. The simple light even illuminates oil not visible during the day.
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EPA finds buried oil on Walton County Beaches
August 13, 2010 10:50 AM
According to operations and response website, Floridadisater.org, officials from the Federal Environmental Protection Agency were on Walton County’s Beaches this week digging holes and finding product as deep as 14 inches under the sand.
The sand dunes also contained pea-size tar balls that were weathered and have been present for an extended period. Cleanup crews were gone by 1:30 p.m. due to heat.
The Tuesday evening report came from the west-end curve of Scenic Highway 30A.
