1989-08-10 Regular MeetingKodiak Emergency Services Council
August 10, 1989 @ 5:00 p.m.
Kodiak, Alaska
EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL
Present: Jerome Selby, Commander Jim Madden, Larry Nicholson, Jim Wade, Wayne
Purdom, Jerry Hammond, Wayne Coleman, Arnie Shryock, John Hopkins, Dick Hensel,
Jim Sellers, Bob Brodie, Jay Bellinger, Ken Middleton, Matt Miller, and Donna
Smith.
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DICK HENSEL ( C): I am wondering if we need to keep meeting at the same
level of intensity.
JEROME SELBY (KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH MAYOR): Bob (Brodie) and I talked and
thought to run this schedule through September 1.
HENSEL: What has been the attendance at the public meetings?
SELBY: Twenty to twenty-five people.
JIM SELLERS (GOVERNOR'S OFFICE):. There are new faces, too.
SELBY: Quite a few are listening on the radio. What are some other's
thoughts?
DISCUSSION on holding one public meeting a week and two multi -agency meetings a
week.
SELBY: Consider Monday and Friday evening meetings and Wednesday morning
public meeting. Let me talk to Bob (Brodie). Maybe next week Tuesday and
Friday at 10:00 a.m. and Monday and Thursday evening meetings and shifting
after next week.
SELLERS: I am suspicious about only one public meeting a week with Exxon
pulling out. It will be one hell of a meeting.
More DISCUSSION on when to draw the line and close the door.
JERRY HAMMOND (NATIONAL PARKS): I don't care how many meetings, but I would
like to see them structured more. Maybe we could get through the agency's
meetings, then when questions are asked, they can be asked to the right agency.
BOB BRODIE (CITY OF KODIAK MAYOR) arrived and Mayor Selby explained the
discussion.
BRODIE: It seems like the meetings we have here provide the opportunity to ask
questions.
SELBY: If everyone could structure the questions, the media also attend, then
it would get the information out.
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DISCUSSION'about meeting agenda.
BRODIE: I will try to keep the morning one on line and moving it along.
DISCUSSION consensus is to have agency reports with audience comments at the
end. Meetings are to be from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Next week the morning
meetings will be on Tuesday and Friday and the evening meetings on Monday and
Thursday. The week after, Wednesday morning will be the public meeting and the
multi -agency meetings will Monday and Friday.
HENSEL: I am referencing a report from Middleton. Number one importance from
Anchorage office was with review of documents and chain -of -custody. Number
two, on the ninth, Guerney and Hallibut Bays surveyed. Very little oiling.
Some splatterings. Saw Sturgeon, Orsen, and Karluk and north to Uyak Bay with
Coast Guard and checked on stream booms. Number three, we continue working on
compiling complete logs of stream booms for removal.
JOHN HOPKINS (ADEC): I understand the air burning permit is on its
way --probably within next week. Hopefully you will see that before winter sets
in. Did have an interesting statement that may be checked on. One of the
people that lives in Karluk said he flew over a band of mousse off Cape Karluk
that is about 50 feet wide and extends a couple of miles. It is in an area
where we are getting mousse back in. It might be a good target for the seiner
fleet. It does need to be confirmed. It was reported at 4:40 this afternoon
by Mike, a resident of Karluk.
WAYNE PURDOM (EXXON): We have had reports and an inspection team is out. If
we see additional oiling, we will divert teams to that area.
LARRY NICHOLSON (ADF&G): We know there is some in that area because we have
had hits in that area.
HOPKINS: Crews out but weather problems. Crew going to Cape ended up in Port
Lions. We have been trying to get to Tugidak. A press flight also wants to
get to Tugidak to look at the whales, but we haven't been successful getting
close to Tugidak.
SELBY: Have we picked up stuff reported there that needs to be picked up?
PURDOM: It is scheduled to be picked up.
OIL SPILL COMMISSION will be meeting tomorrow from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the
school auditorium.
NICHOLSON read report from test fish boat observations on 8/10/89 of the last
two days. Report attached.
SELBY to PURDOM: Can you get this information quickly to the seiners?
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PURDOM: We already have.
NICHOLSON: We submitted a letter to John Peavey regarding the need to remove
35 different booms by the 15th because they will start piling up with
carcasses. The only exception would be with streams in the road system. We
don't want fishermen walking through the stuff. There are seven or eight that
crews will need to maintain.
PURDOM: We intend to get with Parks and make sure what they want to take out.
HENSEL: Is it possible to get from Exxon the exact location of those booms?
DISCUSSION on locations. Exxon and Fish & Game have locations but feel there
were private parties that put boom out that is not documented.
SELBY to NICHOLSON: What streams, if any, are we going to leave boomed for
winter? The concern is some streams have egg areas close enough that
potentially could have it get far enough in stream to get on the eggs in those
areas.
NICHOLSON: I think it will be will not be effective when the winter comes.
Yank them all out.
HENSEL: If the winter is anything like last year, we are looking at ice build
up. If booms are in, they will have to be monitored.
DISCUSSION an adverse effects on living booms in.
NICHOLSON gave a description about the Chignik fishery: The Chignik fishery
went very well.
HAMMOND: I want to thank the Coast Guard because they found one of our lost
vessels this morning.
HAMMOND read report of where the boats are: We have divided ours into three
groups. They are picking up from very small spills and covering a lot of
beach. Forty-two miles out of 375 miles of beach has been treated on Katmai.
Sixteen of 68 at Aniachak.
JAY BELLINGER (KODIAK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE): I have been attending
meetings in Anchorage. Interesting thing today --we were checking beach in Hoof
Point and August Aga came in with 25 or so dead birds that were fresh. They
will go to the lab right away. The stressed birds we have been sending to
Seward have died, and they find it's oil related.
DISCUSSION an what the oil related problems could be.
BELLINGER gave report on beaches he saw today. He didn't see much oiling. It
looks like not everywhere is getting hit.
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PURDOM gave the team locations: We have surveyed warm water washing. We are
working at lining up an alternate with high reliability and more gallons to
apply. Coming down from Valdez is a bio video tape, and I will show it to you.
SELBY: Show it at the shoreline committee meeting on Saturday morning.
PURDOM: A Peregrine Falcon team will be in at the Command Center. Feel free
to drop by and talk with them. We are starting to remove boom from list that
National Parks gave us.
BELLINGER indicated they had already talked with him.
PURDOM to SELBY: We are working on letter to you.
SELBY: What are your plans as far as leaving boom here?
PURDOM: Will be part of my response in letter to you. Regarding schedule, we
are doing as well or better than. We will be making a sweep in the areas
mentioned and sweep on East side of Kodiak.
HOPKINS: On the small Island with standing oil...
PURDOM: We have tried and been blown off.
HAMMOND: You can't work that Island when the weather is bad.
COMMANDER JIM MADDEN (USCG): Two more congressional delegations coming in.
One tomorrow and one Monday.
SELBY: Anything on the geotextile?
PURDOM: No feedback on the geotextile. It is my understanding (Admiral)
Robbins will be going through the chain.
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KODIAK
TEST FISH BOAT OBSERVATIONS FOR B-10 AUGUST
EAST AFOGNAK WATERS
Light to heavy impact of silver and light sheens with occasional
mousse - this includes Perenosa Bay, Izhut Bay, Tonki Bay, Discoverer
Bay.
WEST AFOGNAK WATERS
From Raspberry Cape to Shuyak Strait - light to moderate impact of
sheens with occasional old mousse. Most of the mousse observed was mixed
with organics and contained varying amounts of gravel indicating that it
previously had contact with a beach.
KODIAK ISLAND, EASTSIDE
Ugak Bay Area: light impact of light sheen with occasional fresh
mousse, 2-4" in diameter, and yesterday the test boat Gold Nugget
reported a band of very light sheen with 1-5" diameter mousse that
extended from Gull Lagoon south to Dangerous Cape.
Kiliuda Bay: 1/2 mi south of Dangerous Cape was a tide streak
containing mousse, dead birds, vegetation, and scattered feathers, most
of the mousse was 1-8" diameter, the streak extended 1 mile. The tide
streak averaged 10-28 pieces of mousse every ten yards.
South of Old Harbor, including south end of Sitkalidak Island: Most
current reports indicate very light to light impact of silver sheen, with
no mousse being observed.
KODIAK ISLAND - WEST SIDE
Terror Bay: moderate impact of light sheen
Packers Spit, including South Arm: light to moderate impact of light
and silver sheens
Uganik Bay: outer capes between Miners and Cape Kuliuk showed light to
moderate impact of very light to silver sheens with 2-4" diameter mousse
present at Cape Ugat and Cape Kuliuk.
Uyak Bay: Inner Uyak Bay area had light to heavy impact of silver
sheen, and yesterday at Parks Cannery there was a band of light and
silver sheen yesterday which extended 10 miles in the West Amook Island
passages.
Rocky Point, Cape Karluk area: has light impact of silver sheen with
frequent mousse balls up t- 2" diameter off Rocky Point.
Cape Karluk to Cape Ikolik: had very light to light impact of sheens
with some mousse present at Cape Ikolik and Bear Rocks.
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" Red River south t Moe Alitak: very light tc oderate impacts of
light and very light zheens. The beach surveys .ndicate fresh mousse was
present in infrequent amounts at the current tide lines near Red River
Cape Alitak to Cabe Trinity, incluoing inner Alitak bay: light imba=
of sheens reported at Cape Alitak, Tanner read, Moser Ray, Fox Islanc,
Cape Hepburn, Portage Ray, and a 300 ya. beach c mi south of Hawk. Rluf
had fresh and old mousse up to 10" diameter, :heavily oiled dead bird,
and 1 heavily oiled monofiloment ciilnet at nA upper tide line.
MAINLAND DISTRICT
North Mainlanc: lignt to moderate sheens reported from Swikshak to
Kaflia Ray, with mousse reported at Hallo Ra_v, and Cape Nukshak.
South Mainland, Dakavak. to Kilokak Rocks: light to moderate impact of
sheens with infrequent amounts of mousse averaging less than 1" diameter.
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