Pipeline Leak Adjacent to Slough, Unalakleet, AK
Unalakleet, AK | 2022-Mar-12
Initial Notification: On 12-Mar-2022, the USCG Sector Anchorage notified the NOAA SSC regarding a pipeline leak in Unalakleet. The damaged pipeline released approximately 216 gallons of #2 diesel onto snow and ice adjacent to a slough. SSC answered questions from Sector regarding the fate of diesel on snow and ice.
Incident Details
Primary threat: | Oil |
Latitude (approximate): | 63° 52.90′ North |
Longitude (approximate): | 160° 46.97′ West |