Diesel Spill on Ice at Nanushuk Operations Pad; North Slope, AK
North Slope, AK | 2024-Mar-02
Initial Notification: 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.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Products of concern: | diesel |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 10 gallons |
| Latitude (approximate): | 70° 17.27′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 150° 28.55′ West |