King Cove Lagoon; King Cove, Alaska

King Cove, Alaska | 1992-Dec-04

Initial Notification: On December 4, 1992, the USCG was notified of a small sheen on King Cove Lagoon that seemed to be coming from the Peter Pan Seafood's tank farm on the barrier of the lagoon. Peter Pan Seafood did not accept responsibility for the fuel release, but did deploy 300 feet of harbor boom and some sorbent boom and pads around the beach where the sheen had been seen. Samples of the sheen were gathered and sent to the USCG COIL for analysis. Peter Pan Seafoods and the city of King Cove dug a recovery trench approximately 150 feet long paralleling the area of the sheening. Contaminated soil was found before the water table was reached. Approximately 17 gallons of product were recovered from the recovery trench. The winds ranged from light to 45 knots during this incident. USCG district 17. Keyword: sorbent boom.