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North slope, ak

Diesel Spill On Ice At Nanushuk Operations Pad; North Slope, Ak · NOAAORR-10749

issued
2024-03-02 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2024-03-16 00:00Z
self-cancels
2024-03-16 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Beaufort Sea
position
70.288, -150.476
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Diesel Spill on Ice at Nanushuk Operations Pad; North Slope, AK.
North Slope, AK.
1. Alaska SOSC and EPA FOSC contacted the Alaska SSC via email regarding a request from an RP to use in situ burning for a small volume of diesel fuel in ice. The RP reported that 10-gallons of diesel spilled onto a ice pad constructed on top of a frozen tundra pond. Some of the diesel drained deeper into the ice via ice cracks.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 10 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 70.288N 150.476W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10749: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10749

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