05/25/1989 Regular MeetingKodiak Emergency Services Council
May 25, 1989 @ 5:00 p.m.
Kodiak, Alaska
EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL
LINDA FREED (ACTING KIB MAYOR): Two calls from Ouzinkie, and they haven't put
anything on the oil. But, they are sighting this stuff all over.
COMMANDER RICHARD FORD (USCG): We have an answer. It is plankton and is
normal.
FREED: Second thing is that they have seen a substantial amount of dead salmon
fry on the beaches at Doctor's River, Afognak, and the backside of Spruce.
They have sent up three samples. Last thing they said is there are still bags
on the beaches, and they have been told they will be picked up with a barge.
They have been told that it will take three or more days before the barge gets
there. They are concerned because they are starting into high tide.
FORD: I will get with Exxon.
FREED: There was a vessel that came in but didn't have enough totes, although
there was room on the vessel for more totes. Bags on the beaches are 6 mil and
are starting to leak. They don't want this stuff back in the water.
FORD: Is the salmon fry normal?
FREED: My understanding is that it is not a normal occurrence. Tony Drabeck
said he was noticing it on the north end of Afognak, and it is mixed with
debris.
FORD: We had a substantial number of sightings of whitish material cover, and
they all proved to be plankton and algae bloom. Was some sheen sighted off Old
Harbor, but it was new oil. (Passed out cleanup status).
GIL BLINN (PARKS): Ray Bane, our superintendent, was flying over coast today
and saw more dead birds and oil.
JAY BELLINGER (KODIAK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE): I was on shoreline cleanup
committee group all day. Am lining up five sea otters from Port Lions to
Seward. Vessel report some on Tugidik and picked up 300 birds there and
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reported oil in lagoon at Tugidik. I told the Command Center, and they sent
boats there. Southwest corner of Kodiak had reported oiled seals.
DISCUSSION ON BOOMING OF TUGIDIK.
REVIEW OF SHORELINE CLEANUP ASSESSMENT PRIORITIES LIST.
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