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Some the size of school buses. some say that has been -- what's spotted off the shore there. give us an idea of what you have been able to see during your time there. >> reporter: yes. fred, i'm seeing here that these workers are picking up tar balls and tar specks from the shore here. it is really meticulous work because they have to make sure they get as little sand as possible when they pick up these tar specks. now, what you were just mentioning, two days ago city officials say that they saw these huge bus-sized patties out there that were breaking up before hitting the shore. we spoke to ...

Smelly mess from one community. they don't want the oil there. they passed a resolution, saying so but bp headquartered in london and an operator in hug s houston dumped on them anyway. how did it happen? how could it happen? randi kaye is keeping it honest. >> reporter: if you've been wondering where all that scooped-up, onshore oil ends up, this is mississippi's pecan grove landfill. tar balls, oiled sand and vegetation is hauled away and buried here. that even includes the cleanup crews gloves, suits, shovels and rakes, anything that's touched oil. it's one of nine landfills bp has cut deal...

And they would break up as they washed ashore, john. i want you to look at this beach, it's gorgeous. it's long beach in mississippi. the beach is beautiful. if you get closer to the shore, the workers are cleaning up tar balls, and it's meticulous work because they have to pick up tar balls without taking in sand at the same time. now, a couple of days ago, the city officials had seen these big huge tar a patties that they said were the size of buses and they would break up as they hit ashore, and we spoke to the fire department chief who is also in charge of emergency operations here, and he...

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I -- nez is out there. this is just a part of life now scooping these things up? >> reporter: that's right. they're seeing tar patties that are about a foot wide. they break up as they come to the shore. this is the -- they come in and they've got these -- these little tar balls that you see right here. this is what workers have been cleaning up all morning long. one by one, these tar balls. one of the problems here is that this bay is very shallow water. you could go miles on out and it's object 10 or 15-deep water. that means that bigger boats or skimmers, let's say, can't get in here becaus...