M/V Nunaniq

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7898. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-78982008-10-02 00:00Z → cancelled 2008-10-16 00:00Z
   Mekoryuk village beach, nunivak isl., ak
   M/V Nunaniq; Mekoryuk Village Beach, Nunivak Isl., Ak · Bering Sea

   M/V Nunaniq; Mekoryuk village beach, Nunivak Isl., AK.
   Mekoryuk village beach, Nunivak Isl., AK.
   1. Sector Anchorage receive a notification on Oct. 1 that the M/V Nunaniq had discharged 50 gallons of diesel fuel into Mekoryuk Bay during the night of Sept. 27. The vessel had struck a rock while delivering cargo to the native village of Mekoryuk and a fuel tank suffered a pin hole size puncture. The fuel in the damaged tank was transferred to another tank and the vessel's crew conducted a cleanup with sorbent pads. USFWS personnel from the Yukon Delta NWR flew to the scene on Sept. 28, and made numerous observations and photos which are contained in a report posted on this hotline. Sector Anchorage notified the NOAA Alaska SSC on Oct. 2 and asked for an evaluation of the situation. Also on Oct. 2, a CG team was dispatched to Bethel and Nunivak Island to do an on-scene evaluation.
   2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL #1. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 300 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING.
   3. POSITION 60.389N 166.185W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7898: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7898