Pelican Seafood, Inc. - Ammonia; Pelican, AK

Pelican, AK | 2009-Aug-27

Initial Notification: On the evening of 27AUG2009, the local NOAA SSC received a call from USCG-Sector Juneau regarding a potential anhydrous ammonia release at a seafood facility in Pelican, AK. The USCG is not acting as the FOSC for this incident as the incident management is falling to the state and the RP. Nevertheless, the USCG wants to be prepared if a large discharge of Anhydrous Ammonia occurs. USCG has requested plume models of discharge, ALOHA runs for a worst case scenario, and ALOHA runs for a most likely discharge. For more information see attached SITREP.