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Motor Vessel Selendang Ayu Unified Command Joint Information Center | |||||
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Date: Jan. 30, 2005 Coast Guard information officer: (907) 581-7158 Unified Command Press Release Selendang Ayu update | |||||
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JUNEAU, Alaska - Due to inclement weather some of the response vessels have been recalled to Dutch Harbor and the ones, which are unable to make it, are pulling in to other bays for shelter. The vessels are working on maintenance and repair during this time. Today’s response activities may be restricted to over flights, vessel lightering, water-quality sampling and wildlife recovery operations. Due to inclement weather shoreline cleanup operations may not be done today. Oil sampling using net tows is scheduled for today in Unalaska Bay. Snare-packs will be issued to the Pacific cod catcher boats in the area to detect oil contamination. Due to inclement weather no shoreline cleanup was done Saturday. To date, cleanup crews have collected 33,166 bags (552 cubic yards) of oily solid waste. Lightering operations were also suspended Saturday due to the weather. The lightering team removed 1,680 gallons of intermediate fuel oil (IFO) from the number four-port tank and sealed the tank Friday. The total volume lightered from the vessel to date is 102,196 gallons of IFO/water and 3,094 gallons of diesel/water for a total of 105,290 gallons of IFO/water/diesel. A Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) is being obtained to investigate the sub-surface of the wreck and oiling. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported crews removed 341 oiled and/or scavenged birds from Makushin Bay (337), Pumicestone Bay (2), and Skan Bay (2) Saturday. To date a total of 1,473 dead birds have been recovered. Today's weather in Dutch Harbor consists of mostly cloudy skies, rain with the possibility of snow, northeast winds at 25 knots, five-foot seas and a high near 42 degrees. | |||||
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