[dropcap]C[/dropcap]ontainment boom has been re-deployed around the sunken f/v Nordic Viking, the commercial fishing vessel that sunk at Seward’s T-Dock on Sunday morning after the shifting vessel pulled down the originally deployed boom as it settled further into the water. In addition to re-deployment of oil spill boom, divers from Storm Chasers Marine Services […]
Update: Emergency declaration extended until Tuesday night. Utilities: NEW: The Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility (AWWU) has completed water quality sampling and bacteriological testing throughout the Anchorage drinking water distribution system. Findings from those tests have confirmed that the water system is operating normally and was not contaminated as a result of the earthquake. As a […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed S. 756, the Save Our Seas Act, a bill to assist local communities and states in removing garbage and debris from our oceans and shores. House Oceans Caucus Co-Chairs Congressman Don Young (R-AK) and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced the bill, H.R. 2748, last year. […]
KODIAK, Alaska – The Unified Command announced the end of response efforts at the oil spill site at Port William, in Shuyak Strait, 49 miles north of Kodiak, Friday. Responders deployed 3,280 feet of large inflatable ocean boom and 550 feet of fast water boom around the dock facility and an adjacent beach. Sorbent materials were […]