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 |
| Products of concern: | diesel |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 97 gallons |
| Latitude (approximate): | 63° 52.90′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 160° 46.97′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Applied |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |