Inipol EAP 22 should NEVER have been Sprayed in a Protected Bay!

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Enter the fertilizer. The EPA is so enthusiastic about its possibilities that Exxon has been given permission to begin fertilizing miles of beach with two different kinds of fertilizer. 

One is a long-lasting, water-soluble fertilizer that sinks down into gravels and cobbles to help bacteria there. The other bonds to surface oil.

"We recommended to Exxon that they use both," Costa said.

The only major restriction on the use of these fertilizers* is a ban on spraying in protected bays. Adding nitrogen and phosphorous nutrients to poorly flushed bays could lead to algae blooms that would choke off other marine life, said Erich Bretthauer, acting assistant administrator for research and development at EPA.

That is the only potential environmental problem so far associated with fertilization, he added. Bretthauer has directed Exxon to limit its fertilizer to beaches that are regularly flushed by tides or surf, although he said the company can try the technique in questionable areas if it is willing to maintain ecological monitoring programs there to watch for signs of environmental damage.

"If monitoring results demonstrate any adverse environmental effect, the application of the fertilizer should be terminated immediately," Bretthauer warned.