Coast Guard conducts oil-spill-on-ice exercise in Alaska
An oil-spill-on-ice training exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska Feb. 1, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn)
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Members from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), and Navy Supervisor of Salvage (SUPSALV) participated in an ice-based pollution response exercise...
Coast Guard coordinates response to oil discharge in Kivalina, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation are coordinating a response to a heating oil discharge from the Northwest Arctic Borough School District in Kivalina, Alaska, December 16, 2021.
The school district reported a pipe supplying oil to the school was damaged, causing the oil to seep into the ground. The maximum potential discharged is approximately...
Coast Guard to conduct pollution response exercise in Ketchikan, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard Sector Juneau personnel will conduct an oil spill response exercise in Ketchikan, Thursday.
Representatives from the Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Southeast Alaska Petroleum Response Organization and Western Canadian Marine Response Corporation will participate in the exercise, where an exclusion boom will be deployed in Ward Cove and Whipple...
Coast Guard, ADEC stand up unified command in response to gasoline release in Scammon Bay, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation have stood up a unified command in response to a gasoline release in Scammon Bay, Wednesday.
ADEC personnel received initial notification Monday, from members of the community. Askinuk Corporation confirmed on Tuesday that there was a release of gasoline from a 10,000 gallon tank into the secondary containment. Some...
Unified Command ends response efforts at Port William oil spill site
A Paradigm Marine excavator conducts beach-tilling operations to release trapped oil in the inter-tidal zone at a spill site on Shuyak Island near Kodiak, Alaska, April 7, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Alaska Chadux Corporation.
KODIAK, Alaska – The Unified Command announced the end of response efforts at the oil spill site at Port William, in Shuyak Strait, 49 miles north of Kodiak, Friday.
Responders...
Responders begin site assessments of oil spill in Shuyak Strait, Alaska
Oil spill in Shuyak Strait, 49 miles north of Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 28, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
KODIAK, Alaska – Responders arrived and began a site assessment of the oil spill in Shuyak Strait, 49 miles north of Kodiak, Alaska, Thursday evening.
A light, unrecoverable sheen was observed near Port William in Shuyak Strait with an approximate 100-yard radius around the collapsed structure.
The...
Unified Command continues response to oil spill in Shuyak Strait, Alaska
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew conducts an overflight of an oil spill in Shuyak Strait, 49 miles north of Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 28, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
KODIAK, Alaska – A Unified Command consisting of Coast Guard and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation personnel, continues their response to an oil spill in Shuyak Strait, 49 miles north of...
Coast Guard, ADEC establish Unified Command in response to oil spill in Shuyak Strait, Alaska
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 helicopter crew and Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak pollution responders conduct an overflight in response to an oil spill in Shuyak Strait, 49 miles north of Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2018.U.S. Coast Guard photo.
KODIAK, Alaska – Coast Guard and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation have established a Unified Command in response to an oil spill 49...
Unified Command scales down multiagency response to fishing vessel Akutan
Multiple agencies responded to the fishing vessel Akutan in Captains Bay near Unalaska, Alaska, August 18, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo
UNALASKA, Alaska — The Unified Command, in response to the disabled fishing vessel Akutan in Captains Bay, mitigated the imminent and substantial threat of pollution in Unalaska on Wednesday.
Responders removed 15,800 gallons of oil-water mixture and sludge from...
