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Thin point, cold bay, alaska
Barge Kenai; Thin Point, Cold Bay, Alaska · NOAAORR-6648
- issued
- 1989-01-04 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1989-01-18 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1989-01-18 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Alaska
- position
- 54.906, -162.520
- vessels
- BARGE KENAI · 2 messagesTUG TOW LINE · 2 messages
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Barge KENAI; Thin Point, Cold Bay, Alaska. Thin Point, Cold Bay, Alaska. 1. On January 3, 1989, the barge KENAI grounded at Thin Point at the entrance to Cold Bay, Alaska, after breaking its tug tow line. The barge was carrying mostly dry goods, but also had a small amount of diesel fuel and 40,000 pounds of low-level, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-laden soil from the U.S. Navy facility at Amchitka Island that was being taken to a repository in Oregon. None of the containers of soil was lost overboard; however, damage to one of the tanks spilled about one hundred gallons of diesel. USCG district 17. 2. COMMODITY: DRY GOODS, PCB-LADEN SOIL, DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 100 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 54.906N 162.520W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6648: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6648
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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