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Marine Safety Field Office Anchorage, Alaska

Marine Safety Field Office Anchorage, Alaska. M/V SELENDANG AYU Aground in the Aleutians December 2004 Captain Ron Morris, FOSC Commanding Officer, MSO Anchorage. Situation.

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Marine Safety Field Office Anchorage, Alaska

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  1. Marine Safety Field Office Anchorage, Alaska M/V SELENDANG AYU Aground in the Aleutians December 2004 Captain Ron Morris, FOSC Commanding Officer, MSO Anchorage

  2. Situation • On December 7, the crew of the M/V Selendang Ayu reported that they had lost power and were adrift off Unalaska Island. Efforts to tow the vessel failed and it went aground and broke apart between Skan Bay and Spray Cape at approximately 6pm, December 8. • The Selendang Ayu carried approximately 424,000 gallons of Intermediate Fuel Oil (IFO 380) and 18,000 gallons of Marine Diesel. 07 Dec 04

  3. Situation • . 11 Feb 05 08 Dec 04

  4. Early Key Issues/best Practice • IMAT • Decision memos • Documentation • Community liaison • Tribal/landowner interactions • Weather • Winter/summer plan

  5. Community & Tribal Liaison • Command post Unalaska, AK • Showed commitment to community • Community liaison • Needs to be known • Creditable & approachable • Established meetings • Community • City officials • Tribal leaders/elders • Land owners

  6. Meetings--out ReachTwo-way Dialog • Build credibility/trust • Able to educate community on oil spills/impacts/actions • Ensure expert presents topic--Important • Able to gauge impacts of our actions/feedback • Open dialog/working relationship

  7. Meeting Highlights • MTGS: resulted in high buy in to response operations • Learned timely information about local wx, currents, and fisheries patterns (critical to tracking oil spread) • Community raised concerns about potential impact on upcoming fisheries (led to established monitoring program; Transit routes for vessels; Achieved 100% zero tolerance)

  8. Weather Driven Operations

  9. Winter/Summer Plan • Safety Primary Concern • Booming of Salmon streams • Beach cleanup • Lightering

  10. Winter/Summer Plan • Booming & beach cleanup • Major areas cleaned up • 70% gross contamination removed

  11. Winter/Summer Plan • Lightering complete • 146,931 gallons of oil and oily liquid removed without incident

  12. Soybeans everywhere

  13. Joint Agency Issues • Embedded enforcement with response • No dual hats / bad idea • Hindered response • Loss of agency credibility • Agency accountable/role

  14. Joint Agency Interactions • Permits (archaeological/land use) • Worked very well • Harbor of safe refuse • Never resolved • Access to outside equipment (authority to release) • Proved problematic early • Delayed some response capabilities • Dispersant use approval • Worked very well

  15. Information Flow: Need It Now! • Traditional information streams (polreps) not sufficient in today's world • Need central site • Web based • Must be easy access from anywhere • Easy link to related sites • Adapts to response needs • WebEOC (one possible solution)

  16. Difficult situation: Loss of life Immediate break up of vessel Remote location in winter Extreme exposure to severe weather Positive: Contingency plans worked Great agency interactions/cooperation Great community/native interest support allowed quick response Mild Jan winter/storm conditions allowed beach cleanup and lightering operations Summary

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