04/24/1989 Regular MeetingOil Spill Management Council
April 24, 1989 @ 5:00 p.m.
Kodiak, Alaska
SELBY to MADDEN: Update.
MADDEN: Tonki Cape has black oil on beach. Don't know what it is. First
flight or boat that can get ashore will look at it. Report of a large slick
between Chugach and Barren Islands --ten to twenty miles. Will check it's
validity out. Flight out of Homer is going to verify it in the morning. Two
draggers yesterday and four today are to head out. Will be a total of 43
vessels from Kodiak out.
WADE: May be 44 --we put on another one with Fish & Wildlife personnel.
Are concentrating efforts to get beach cleanup plan developed. Various
agencies are putting together a plan on what will be acceptable cleanup
efforts. Plan will have to be submitted to Exxon and approved by the Admiral.
We are doing plan on location by location only basis. If we have an impact on
a certain area, we are defining line of action. All of the cleanup has to be
cleared by the Admiral. We are operating based on direction from the Coast
Guard.
FISH & GAME: Tar balls appear to be something that would be easy to pick up.
If not picked up as soon as possible, they could float on the high tide and
foul fishing gear.
WADE: I agree. I have expressed this to my boss, and it has been express
to the Admiral. He says he will get to it. It is in the Admiral's lap.
SELBY: What is VECO doing with skiffs and bird and animals?
WADE: Bare -boat charters. I don't think skiffs have actually been
purchased. When we talked about purchasing skiffs, it was in 12' to 15' range.
It has developed that larger skiffs are needed. It has been defined that the
Zodiacs don't work well for that. That is not to say we won't be purchasing
skiffs if we can use smaller ones.
BRODIE:
Can
we
get
a copy of
the bare -boat
charter agreement?
WADE:
Yes,
I
will
get you
a copy.
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PARKS: Haven't received any reports today.
DEC: Discussed passive cleanup versus mechanical. Consensus was to try to
come up with something that would not be big heavy-duty cleanup as Prince
William Sound. Another thing is getting the agencies to submit guidelines.
Linda Freed to clue me in on all Native lands so we will be able to contact
them when we start assessment. Could the Borough help in both contacting
landowners and Native corporations?
SELBY: Primarily would be Koniag.
LINDA FREED: Below high tide is federal. I have given him names of
corporations so he can make contact. He asked for us to make contact.
SELBY: We need to see final cleanup plans for different avenues so we can
see what is involved.
DEC: First would be a generic list and then come up with more site
specifications.
SELBY: Let us talk that over with Linda.
DASH: Seems to be confusion about what are the reports of oil specifically
tied to the map. We are getting reports through radios and people doing beach
surveys. What is a confirmed strike? Whose word do we take that it is oil?
We need to setup a system to confirm it. If a Coast Guard sees it, then it is
oil. If Parks or Fish & Game see it, it should be a confirmed sighting. Seems
like some confusion about that.
GOULD: I thought it was working so if a report comes in, a red dot is placed
on map and someone walking down beach was a green dot. Then when the Coast
Guard confirmed it, it was a red dot.
DASH: Actually, it's the reporting that isn't as timely.
MADDEN: I will get with plotters and see if we are all talking about the same
thing.
SELBY: Everything goes up and then is verified if it is oil or not.
FREED: Water quality sample testers are set up to go to Port Lions tomorrow
and Ouzinkie on Wednesday. Four tests each will be done at three sites.
FISH & WILDLIFE: Are working on addition to rehab center where dead birds
will be stored. Katmai birds will come here. We now have about two dozen
birds --all from the other side. We are trying to get to Chignik and further
down. No reports of oil south of Katmai park.
BRODIE: Have you prepared for ICS training?
DASH: No, but we will be here for awhile.
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SELBY: Can you put a village ICS training tour in?
DASH: That would need to come to you. You would have to go through the
State Division of Forestry.
SELBY: Would you track that down for us. We have been trying to get the
villages to form teams on emergency services.
DASH: I will track it down.
BRODIE to DEC: We have been trying to think about working up a program for
public information on how to handle tar balls to be printed before school lets
out so if people come across them, they will have some knowledge.
DEC: Yes, we can do it. How soon?
SELBY: ASAP.
BRODIE: Have we made any effort to get smaller boats from villages like
Larsen Bay and Karluk?
WADE: They will be using skiffs on contract on standby for response team.
Are they on the list?
SELBY: I don't know. We haven't seen a list recently.
BRODIE: How about our tar ball tests.
DEC: I called, and they haven't come in yet. They are suppose to fax test
results in the morning.
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