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 […]
A semi-truck hauling double fuel tankers on the Richardson Highway near milepost 164.4 suffered a rollover on Monday, spilling diesel fuel into the ditch, troopers reported Tuesday. Troopers were called to the scene of the rollover at 3:40 pm Monday afternoon and began an investigation of the incident. Their investigation found that 57-year-old Thomas […]
[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 […]
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 […]