Outer Banks beach closed after erosion exposes oil odor, sheen

Outer Banks beach closed after erosion exposes oil odor, sheen

BUXTON, N.C. (WNCN) -- Part of a beach at the Outer Banks is closing again because of ongoing problems from a former submarine monitoring site, officials said Saturday. The closure is a shoreline adjacent to the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site, due to petroleum odors and light oil sheens on the water, according to a Cape Hatteras National Seashore news release. The three-tenths-of-a-mile closure is from the southern boundary of Buxton Village …