Coast Guard, DEC Respond to Diesel Spill in Kaktovik

Coast Guard, DEC Respond to Diesel Spill in Kaktovik

The Coast Guard Unified Command reports that they have established a response to the diesel spill that occurred in Kaktovik and was discovered on Monday. According to the report, an above-ground 5,000 gallon storage tank in the community, owned by the North Slope Borough, was found to have leaked an estimated 4,200 gallons of ultra-low […]

Responders Clean Up Diesel Spill at Richardson Highway Tanker Rollover

Responders Clean Up Diesel Spill at Richardson Highway Tanker Rollover

[cycloneslider id=”fuel-cleanup”] (Hover over image to pause slideshow) Although the secondary tank carrying #11 Ultra-Low Sulfer diesel that rolled over in a ditch at mile 306 of the Richardson Highway on Labor Day has been pumped out and the tanker pulled out and removed from the scene, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation did not […]

Tanker Trailer Spills 4,400 gallons of Diesel on Richardson Highway

Tanker Trailer Spills 4,400 gallons of Diesel on Richardson Highway

A major diesel fuel spill occurred on the Richardson Highway on Tuesday evening, when a tractor trailer overturned spilling over 4400 gallons onto the highway. Alaska State Troopers responded to an Alaskan Petroleum tanker trailer roll-over on the Richardson Highway at 3:30 am on Wednesday to investigate the crash. They found that the tractor was […]