Motor Vessel Selendang Ayu Unified Command Joint Information Center | |
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Date: Jan. 31, 2005 Coast Guard information officer: (907) 581-7158 | |
Selendang Ayu update - Jan. 31, 2005 | |
KODIAK, Alaska - Following a weekend of inclement weather, some of the response vessels and crews that were recalled to Dutch Harbor and others that sought shelter in nearby bays are returning to work today. The vessels and crews that took shelter from the weekend weather in Anderson Bay remain there, but today’s response activities include over flights, vessel lightering, water-quality sampling and wildlife recovery operations. Shoreline cleanup operations were able to take place Sunday and crews are continuing their work today. Oil sampling using net tows is scheduled for today in Unalaska Bay. Snare-packs will be issued to the Pacific cod catcher boats in the area to detect oil contamination. Shoreline cleanup on Sunday yielded 325 bags ( five cubic yards) of oily solid waste. To date, cleanup crews have collected 33,491 bags (558 cubic yards) of oily solid waste. Lightering operations were suspended Saturday due to the weather but resumed Sunday and continue today. The lightering team removed 5,872 gallons of intermediate fuel oil (IFO) that had been transferred from the number four-port tank that was sealed Friday. The total volume lightered from the vessel to date is 108,068 gallons of IFO/water and 3,094 gallons of diesel/water for a total of 111,162 gallons of IFO/water/diesel. A Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) to investigate the sub-surface of the wreck and oiling is expected to arrive in Dutch Harbor today. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported crews removed 11 oiled and/or scavenged birds from Chernofski Bay (6), Portage Bay (1), Humpback Bay (3), and Naginak Bay (1). To date a total of 1,484 dead birds have been recovered. Today's weather in Dutch Harbor consists of mostly cloudy skies, rain, northeast winds at 25 knots, five to seven-foot seas and a high near 41 degrees. Water sampling crews recovered a quarter-inch size tarball near Cape Cheerful Sunday. A new M/V Selendang Ayu Oil Spill Fisheries Water Quality Sampling Plan is being developed for the next phase of the program. | |
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