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Ketchikan, ak, USA

Sheen In/near Bar Harbor South Marina; Ketchikan, Ak · NOAAORR-10713

issued
2023-12-29 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2024-01-12 00:00Z
self-cancels
2024-01-12 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
55.349, -131.683
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Sheen in/near Bar Harbor South Marina; Ketchikan, AK.
Ketchikan, AK, USA.
1. On 12/29/2023, the USCG Marine Safety Detachment (MSD) Ketchikan contacted the NOAA AK SSC with a request to assist identifying the source of a sheen in/near the Bar Harbor South Marina in Ketchikan, AK. Fresh sheen has been reported on 12/26 and 12/28/2023, along approximately 1 miles of shoreline, extending up to 0.1 mile from shore. The marina is at the center of the reported sheen area, and sheen has covered the entirety of the marina.
2. THREAT: OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 399 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 55.349N 131.683W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10713: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10713

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