New York State Department of Conservation oil samples, from left:

• Bakken Crude (that travels via train to refineries along the Hudson River)
• ConEdison diesel electric fluid
• Motor oil 10w40
• No. 6 Fuel oil (heating oil slowly being phased out by 2030 in NYC)
• No. 4 Fuel oil
• No. 2 Fuel oil
• biodiesel
• diesel fuel
• jet A fuel
• gasoline, regular
• gasoline, premium

June 29, 2015 Oil Spill Workshop with Newtown Creek Alliance and NYDEC

Fantastic presentation by Randall W. Austin, the Chief of the Spill Response Program, Region 2 (NY City), Division of Environmental Remediation, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

During this presentation, he covered some very interesting “101” basics for observing water quality issues on surface water that i took written notes on, but for now i will post some of his overview slides on oil issues in NYC and how a spill is handled bureaucratically: