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The U.S. Coast Guard responded over the weekend to a hydraulic oil leak from the Coast Guard buoy tender Spar in Womens Bay near Kodiak, Alaska.
Watchstanders at the Sector Anchorage Command Center received notification from the National Response Center at 9:40 a.m. on Saturday that the crew of the cutter SPAR reported a hydraulic oil discharge. The amount discharged is unknown at this time, but the tank involved has a maximum capacity of approximately 914 gallons, the Coast Guard said.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Incident Management Division and Marine Safety Detachment (MSD) Kodiak personnel are monitoring the cleanup, which has been contracted to Choctaw Defense Services (CDS). Personnel on scene deployed boom systems, absorbent pads, and a skimmer that is pumping to a vac truck.
KINY KODIAK, Alaska (KINY) The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a discharge of hydraulic oil from Coast Guard Cutter SPAR Saturday in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Incident Management Division and Marine Safety Detachment (MSD) Kodiak personnel are monitoring the cleanup which has been contracted to Choctaw Defense Services (CDS).
Personnel on scene deployed boom systems, absorbent pads, and a skimmer that is pumping to a vac truck.
Watchstanders at the Sector Anchorage Command Center received notification from the National Response Center at 9:40 a.m., that the crew of the cutter SPAR reported a hydraulic oil discharge.