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In September, ACN once again supported the Great Alaska Duck Race charitable event by booming Ship Creek in Anchorage to capture the ducks as they floated downstream. This was the 4th annual event hosted by Alaska EXCEL; funds collected go to nonprofit organizations supporting Alaska education and local community organizations. We have supported this event all four…

ACN operations personnel participated in a tabletop exercise with Matson Shipping for the Port of Anchorage terminal. ACN personnel supported operations and planning sections during the exercise, providing field experience recommendations to the Incident Command staff.

ACN responder conducting boom deployment training with refinery personnel. In August, ACN personnel traveled to Fairbanks, AK to conduct equipment maintenance at our response hub and participate in an exercise with the Petro Star North Star refinery.  The scenario was based on a discharge into a large pond on the refinery property.  ACN crew assisted…

ACN crew setting boom around the M/V Maunalei. Alaska Chadux Network supported the M/V Maunalei with containing a leaking shaft seal this fall. The incident occurred while the vessel made a port call at the Port of Alaska in August before getting repaired in Oregon following the port call. ACN teams met the vessel at…

Temporary tank structure setup by ACN team to store recovered fuel. ACN supported the North Slope Borough (NSB) in late August providing support for fuel release into the secondary containment area at the fuel facility in Kaktovik. We worked in coordination with NSB Spill Response Coordinator and Umiaq Environmental. The team completed the recovery of…

ACN responder in PPE collecting oily water to a temporary containment structure. This August, ACN supported the North Slope Borough (NSB) by providing support for a fuel release into secondary containment at the fuel facility in Point Lay. Working with the NSB and Umiaq Environmental, the ACN crew recovered approximately 7,500 gallons of oil/water mix,…

The 207 foot, 90-tons bollard pull, Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel Endurance moored at the PRRC in Kodiak, AK. On November 9, 2022, the new Chief of Response for U. S. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage (Commander Chris Svencer) visited the Pacific Rim Response Center (PRRC). Dan Powell, lead spill response technician from Alaska Chadux̂ Network…

In October, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s (ADEC) Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Program activated Spill Reporter, a new online spill reporting portal. ADEC encourages spillers to use Spill Reporter in lieu of making telephone notifications required by 18 AAC 75.300(a). Spill Reporter is accessible at ReportSpills.alaska.gov. Under 18 AAC 75.300(a), persons in charge of…

Recovery efforts collected drums, fuel containers, oily waste, and solid oiled debris in Chevak. In September, ACN was mobilized via Global Diving & Savage BOA for a USCG-led response to collect oily debris in the village of Chevak caused by the remnants of Typhoon Merbok. Our response team worked closely with the U.S. Coast Guard…

The U.S. Congress continues to work on establishing clear and consistent oil spill response standards for Western Alaska. While the concept of Alternative Planning Criteria (APC) was initially welcomed as a better fit for Alaska, in reality, the process for establishing APC in Alaska lacks uniform standards, which results in arbitrary and inconsistent application of…