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06/04/1990 Regular MeetingEMERGENCX SERVICES COUNCIL Exxon Valdez Oil Spill June 4, 1990 @ 13:00 a.m. Bob Brodie, City of Kodiak Mayor, opened the meeting and sail th9.. is a good time to up -date and to ask each agency, incluuinr- ;xxoti and the Coast Guard, what they have in mind fo; the summer.. Aft..?:, each representative present introduced themselves, the Mayor a:keu Randy Buckley, Exxon, to speak. Randy Buckley explained his role as the Exxon operations coordinator responsible for clean up in Prince William Sound, Kenai, and Kodiak and transportation and logistics (which is resupply of crews). He said he is involved in the contingency response vessels. He explained Exxon's plan for the summer after working all winter doing surveys and looking at the conditions of shoreline for spring surveys. A general plan was submitted to the FOSC and it set out the strategy under which Exxon would operate. The May 1.5 plan was approved and what Exxon set up it that plan was snring survey conduct with state and federal agencies, land managers, and scientific.., : aiemberL of the survey team. Exxon's plan w�,s to define work scope, and Lhe objective was to know job ahead. The su-ve,y has bear, c ompleteC in Prince William Sound and operations started on April 20. A update was submitted in late April to the FOSC on how many resources would be required. Exxon committed vc. an update again on June 15 which will finalize where Exxon stand.e on resource3 relative to the work scope including Kodic0r. What Exxon committed in late April was eight squads. The clean up is reviewed as one with resources being moved around. Exxon has had up to three squads operating in Kenai and the remainder in Prince William Sound. The shoreline survey results are encouraging. Last year, 1,100 miles and this year 70 miles. Another example is to look at the resources remaining to do the work. Exxon uses survey results and factors from last year and work that into estimate on time required. The FOSC, in approving the plan, suggested a requirement that Exxon complete the clean up exercise by August 15 in order for another survey to be done in the fall prior to the shut down of the agencies. This will be the same exercise as this spring but of the shorelines treated this summer. The results of the survey are expected to be good. Exxon defines how much work and how many resources to do it. He said that Exxon is ahead of their curve and sees no problem with the August 15 date to complete. On June 15, Exxon will take a hard line. In Kodiak, squad #9 will start up tomorrow. The "Sea Trader" is in Kodiak today and workers will be in tomorrow. They should be working this week in the Kodiak area. In addition to the "Sea Trader", there are eight workers, the supply boat "Alberta Tide", and two work boats --"Cyclone and "King David". The work will start this week. Mr. Buckley reviewed the numbers as of May 30, 1990 for the scope Kodiak Emergency Services Council 6/4/90 Page 1 Kis i, -S M o;- work, 1.26 segments, 225 miles of shoreline; lest than.: 1/2 mi . ° shoreline widely oiled; two miles moderately oiled; foul- in-'l,-z; nL;7-:owly oiled; fifty miles very lightly oiled; and 173 having ro oii. The segments of last year have been subdivided: 1.267111 rri.th 81 needing no treatment and 70 to be treated. Of the 70 to he t;r:,_4:ed, 66 are to be treated by manual mechanical, e.g. shovels or bioremeoiation. This has been reviewed by the land managers and signed by the FOSC. Mr. Buckley stated that Exxon has more than ample resources to gpc. the job done by August 15, 1990. in response to concerns to Otto'c.- lettez- regarding the June date, Exxon will try to get the work done as quickly as possible. Flexibility is needed in moving things around. Right now`, one squad looks like it will be enough to do the work defined here. On the "Sea Trader", Kodiak will have eight beach workers, one Veco foreman, a land manager, and a state monitor. The Veco manager is from Kodiak. There are two teams of eight workers each working on a staggered schedule. At this point, Mr'. Buckley answered questions from the audience. Mike-, Goodwin,, Chairman of the Shoreline Committee, asked about the resisliz of_t:AA six week bioremediation treatment trial in Prince Willin.m Sound. Mr. Buckley repl�.ed that it is a monitoring program. Exxon does have monitoring efforts being -conducted that are ongoing. Forty to fifty miles of selected shoreline are watched for changes. Also, EPA is using oyster :larvae to test'and first readings showed all survived. The preliminary results are good. The first application was May 20 so it is too early for oil degradation, but it looks improved. There have been wome concerns on the effectiveness of the wildlife balloons so some counts will actually be done. Mr. Goodwin asked for a definition of the work orders. Mr. Buckley said they are Class 1 which gives squads with local consultants the ability to make minor changes to job scope as defined by the work order, Class 2 which records more significant changes in the technical scope, and Class 3 which is something very significant that would require mechanical equipment on shoreline. Also, if there is no agreement on the shoreline by the monitors, that can be brought forward to go through the TAG process. Then each will have an opportunity to put forth recommendations. The work orders are provided by the FOSC and very detailed to set out specifics. Mr. Buckley said the communication systems aboard the boats are regular marine radios. He said he would get more information about the radios if it is needed. There are also fax machines on the vessels. A communications system will be established. Kodiak Emergency Services Council 6/4/90 Page 2 �'Ll 68GG, Mr. Buckley said that since the beginning, Exxon has had a two. -seek look -forward program on segments to be done. Exxon has also developed an in-house daily outlook of a week forward. He will provide two-week outlook document that will identify segments for the next two weeks, but cautions that 'these may be changed. Fran Bennis, DEC, asked if a level of continuity will be kept. Commander Archie Smith, USCG, said that squad 9 is on a weekly schedule. Jerome Selby, KIB Mayor, asked for a tentative schedule from Exxon. Mr. Buckley said there would need to be flexibility and working together. The "Yukon" is coming into Ishuit Bay and after finishing will go back to Prince William Sound. The Kodiak clean up is the simplest and more straightforward with people doing the work. The "Cyclone" can carry passengers as it is equipped with a six-pack license. The "King David" can only carry oily waste. A DEC representative asked about storage of waste. Mr.•Buckley replied that the "King David" is the oily waste vessel. The''"Alberta Tide" will pick up the oily waste and take it to Seward, not Kodiak. The Kodiak crew is an all -Kodiak crew and will be coming back to Kodiak for crew change -out. Some of the supplies will come out of Kodiak but mostly out of Seward. Every two weeks on a Monday, the crews will change -out. When asked about hot water washing and the use of Corexit, Mr. Buckley said it probably would not be hot water washing. if approved, there will be spot washing. The problem with the oil now is that it has weathered so much. The temperature of the water has to be increased to 160 degrees to remove it. The concern with 160 degree water is safety in handling it by the workers. With Corexit, the water temperature can be dropped to 110 degrees. He said small isolated areas may be treated with less than a gallon to loosen up the remaining oil. Jerry Hammond, National Parks, asked when do the land managers go out. Mr. Buckley said that Exxon would like a land manager on the boat for 14 days. Since scheduling allows for only one land manager on board for that particular area, land managers would have to be "swapped -out". Mr. Hammond said that scheduling is very important to enable the agencies to look ahead. Mr. Buckley said Exxon has a proposed sign -off form by the Coast Guard, Exxon, and ADEC as the three primaries defining the work Kodiak Emergency Services Council 6/4/90 Page 3 ;��3 16866 chat he3 been completes'. The land managers are in on the sig,i-off now the t: stai.nr. the work defined by the work order' has been com"lle .:. Cowcuander Smith added that the final sign -off process has not been desAned yet. Adruiznl Clanca.glini is in Washington on that now. 14_ .. Ruckley continues! Lhat Exxon will work closely with ADF&G on the fishery concerns as almost a separate process on-going at the same t:in!G ass a scheduled activity. if there is a fishery concern, Enron will get on it as soon as possible. Fisheries will be a high priority that overlays the schedule. Mr. Buckley said he is having a oummaiy of all fishery --identified concerns put together today. That will furnished describing the action. Exxon will clean by the date needed or say why they can't. Mr. Buckley was reminded that the first fishery opening is June 9, 1990, by a ADF&G representative. Mr. Goodwin asked how Exxon veil i• be dealing with oiled logs. Mr. Bunkl.ey replied that a letter has been received by DNR on the State's response to burning logs. Mr. Goodwin asked if Lxxon will. provide identification of environmental consultants. Mr. Buckley said that T C attaches the environmental constraints to the work orders and tho VOSC approves. Time windows will be well defined on work orders. Mr. Buckley explained that crews can be added and crews can be moved. Squads will be moved around as the work needs to be done. Mr. Goodwin asked if marine litter could be addressed since Exxon is out on the beaches. Mr. Buckley said they pick up some but are limited on what they can do. He stated that if marine litter is oiled, it is picked up. Mayor Selby as if there is any plan to look at the rest of the 225 miles of shoreline. Mr. Buckley said that he is not aware of any additional shoreline surveys. Mayor Selby stated that he would like Exxon to look at the critical habitat areas so an area would not be overlooked. Ms. Bennis said that ADEC, ADF&G, and National Parks will have people looking at different areas throughout the summer. Kodiak Emergency Services Council 6/4/90 Page 4 _.16867 Bob Brodie, City of Kodiak Mayor, asked if the segments K:CC identified have been recorded for further action. He also asked if KSCC agrees with the miles the TAG group identified. Mr. Buckley said that of the 225 miles of shoreline, 170 have no oil. Mayors Brodie and Selby asked the oily waste picked up by the setnetters issue. Mr. Buckley said he will carry those concerns back. The meeting adjourned at 11:40 a.m. Meeting recorded by: �i Cy2Yttt 7� '7 Y L'r I 'Donna F. Smith Kodiak Emergency Services Council 6/4/90 Page 5 KII31Uo6