05/02/1989 Regular MeetingOil Spill Management Council
May 2, 1989 @ 5:00 p.m.
Kodiak, Alaska
LINDA FREED: What is the status of net replacements for the fishing industry
for salmon season? We need nets for replacement for several different gear
types, protocol for replacement of nets, and logistics of getting them out to
the sites. The fishing season opening is a month away.
LES PROCTOR (EXXON): Dick Dorney is working on that problem. I know
requests have been put in.
FREED: Could you give us a status update at tomorrow morning's meeting?
PROCTOR: My roll is primarily operations. Dick is handling that.
FREED: There have been concerns and efforts made towards getting a lab.
Where is that?
LT. MADDEN: We are looking into feasibility of a field lab.
FREED: What do people do with tar balls that they are finding on the beach?
They are willing to pick them up themselves but need somewhere to put them to
be transported out.
PROCTOR: We tell people to report it, and they are not to pick them up.
FREED: That won't satisfy people much longer, particularly fishermen that
are using beaches. Most are convinced that it has not been there from previous
summers.
MADDEN: The Yocona is anchored off Karluk. Have not seen any sheen at their
site. Will dispatch the boats to make a run of the area. Overflight is
returning from Chignik. They were assisting the Corp of Engineers Esson to
locate some oil at Kukak. Coast Guard cutter is transferring sea curtain to
fishing vessels. A mousse patch five miles long was seen in Portage Bay. The
Lynn J is going to the Katmai coast. Six vessels are coming in to re -supply
and go to Kukak area.
CORDELL RAY (NATIONAL PARKS): No reports back yet. I have a concern on an
issue that we were alerted on. The Homer MAC group has proposed a revision of
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the Homer response zone.
MADDEN: No change to responsibilities, but the cleanup has changed. The line
comes from the Barren Islands to Cape Douglas.
RAY: We have a problem with that because of the way the boundary is, it splits
Katmai.
Discussion between Madden and Ray on boundaries.
FREED: We would prefer the boundaries to be at the borough boundaries.
MADDEN: The Coast Guard is concerned about where the oil is and how it can
best be approached. The people in Homer are coming to do the assessment for
wildlife and want to be involved for the cleanup. The animal people are
looking at it and feel they should get involved. I will take care of it with
our people to adjust Katmai coast.
(Ray and Cordell to get together on it.)
JAY (PARKS &•WILDLIFE): First live otter at Shaken Rock/Islets was picked up
and is already in Seward. It was pretty grim when they picked it up but seemed
to revive after eating ice, scallops, and shrimp. We don't know how much oil
it had ingested.
DAN RAMSON (PARKS SERVICE): Came up with a plan to get boats on Katmai coast
for clean up. Also are working with Exxon to get free oil evaluated and keep
it from going in and out on tides.
BOB BRODIE: Will keep on with meetings for this week. Linda and I will be
gone on Thursday but Gordon and Noreen will be here. We will be at a meeting
at the governor's office with the mayors that have been affected by the oil
spill and ASME. If any agency has a short profile, I will take it over. Also,
Vice President Dan Quayle will be in Alaska on Thursday.
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