04/11/1989 Regular Meeting Part 1Oil Spill Response Team
April 11, 1989 @ 12:30 p.m.
SELBY to BLACKETT: Please get the information to me on how many skimmers are
working in Prince William Sound.
SELBY: Any more boom here?
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J -I*: Talked to operation command center trying to get PO for more boom. The
director said to determine as best we can what boom is needed to protect
critical areas, size of boom, and type of boom. Need to coordinator with them
on amount of boom there is.
PAGE: We had a discussion two days ago, and there is well over 100,000' of
boom needed. Now we need to decide what we would be comfortable with. We can
tell the people in Valdez we have a boom plan. We would like to have 30,000'
of 24" curtain boom to staff available vessels and deploy if oil should
approach. I have been going through Anchorage Coast Guard office and nothing
has been done.
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J -IM: If we can come up with boom, Coast Guard to work to come up with people,
we can get most sensitive areas protected. Realistically we can't help
everybody.
PAGE: Still some stuff in route --10,000' has just been put on fishing
vessels. If we ask for 20,000', we can start cutting back in asking for boom,
and we can emphasize looking for absorbant, barges, and manpower on boats.
Also, what we will need on the beaches to clean up. We will ask Exxon for
20,000'.
J -IM: If we go out and secure a lot of boom, it is not logical every area will
be identified. I don't think I can negotiate to put boom everywhere.
SELBY: We have had a heck of a time getting boom here. If we could be
assured that if the oil comes down here we would be a priority of getting boom
in front of oil, we would be far more comfortable.
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JZX: We will get anything we can get.
SELBY: We
want to get some on deck now.
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and observe it to see what is going on.
Millard Freeman to deploy buoys to track oil (like a spar buoy).
SELBY: Asked Ernie to track Alpha.
PAGE: When fleet gets out, we will have first-hand information on nature of
oil.
BRODIE: Villages are asking about Exxon picking up costs of expenses to stock
rags, bags, gloves, etc.
JIM: There are a lot of supplies sitting in Valdez.
TOM: Go ahead and get them.
FREED: Let them calculate their needs and work out system for villages in
general.
PAGE: Storis in Kitoi now. Will see how boom shakes out with fishing
vessels. Skimmer is manned.
NICHOLSON: Asked about heavy duty Goodyear boom. Was suppose to go to Bung
Point in Mosier Bay. 800' to Karlin:, 800' to Surgeon, and 3,000' to Uganik.
This was information he got from a rep from Chemco.
PAGE: Is going to look into Alaska Clean Seas boom.
JEROME SELBY: We will keep looking for Goodyear.
STEPHAN: Six trawlers have been put together in teams and asked to put aboard
shrimp/cod nets, chaffing gear, etc.
Hickory Wind 95' Dawn 86'
Eagle 80' Sea Mack 87'
Defiant 65' Taasinge 75'
Will get all six together tomorrow for a briefing.
3,000-6,000' of boom that was going to go on a large vessel to Danger Bay has
now been readied for two smaller vessels --the 58' Lady Rene and 51' Mekala
Dawn.
There is a 24 x 50 barge in Old Harbor with light crane. It could be here
Wednesday evening to load.
PAGE:
Might be
better to
use
barge for
collecting.
GOULD:
Remember
there are
two
barges in
Discovery Bay.
PAGE: Could use deck barge better than suction barge for picking up nets
and booms.
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MADDEN: Rail could be put on sides.
STEPHAN: Will call Pete (the barge owner) to see if he wants to use it for oil
collection.
BRODIE: Should get an inventory of construction barges in town.
GOULD: There is a barge on contract to the city now.
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FJ�F&: Navy is moving boom here for skimmer. Skimmer is ready to go in
water. The second skimmer is being kept in Seward.
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