MT Pr. William Snd; Port Angeles Harbor, WA

Port Angeles Harbor, WA | 2001-Jan-29

Initial Notification: At approximately, 1200, Monday, 29 January 2001, NOAA/HAZMAT was notified of a release of Alaska North Slope Crude from the M/T Prince William Sound. The vessel was anchored in the harbor at Port Angeles, Washington. It was reported that the estimated 10 bbls of oil were released while cleaning the decks. Due to high wind conditions the oil rapidly spread out into wind rows of silver and rainbow sheen and moved east out of the harbor. Photos from on-scene showed response vessels were deployed which sorbents booms in an attempt to recover some of the oil. USCG district 13.