Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard Seventeenth District

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Press Release

Date: November 23, 2007
Contact: Public Affairs
Phone: 907 463 2065

 

PETROLEUM SPILL CLEAN-UP COMPLETED NEAR KETCHIKAN 

JUNEAU, Alaska - The Coast Guard in cooperation with the Southeast Alaska Petroleum Resource Organization (SEAPRO) has completed clean-up of the petroleum/soil mix product spilled Wednesday near Ketchikan by an Alaska Marine Line (AML) barge.

The tug and barge were transiting from Juneau to Ketchikan.

A Coast Guard investigation is currently underway.

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