Comments on: Six Million Gallons of Crude at the Base of an Active Volcano http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/04/01/6m-gallons-of-crude-at-the-base-of-an-active-volcano/ Ecology News, Information and Commentary Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:38:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: driftriverwatcher http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/04/01/6m-gallons-of-crude-at-the-base-of-an-active-volcano/#comment-170 driftriverwatcher Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:15:06 +0000 http://ecology.com/ecology-today/?p=625#comment-170 Thanks for pointing out the absurdity of the Drift River situation and the glacial pace at which the terminal's owners and the authorities are responding to a <em>potential</em> disaster. As of 4/1, they were STILL "developing plans." <a href="http://www.adn.com/volcano/story/745033.html" rel="nofollow">Redoubt settles a bit but is building dome</a> <blockquote>Concern for the Drift River oil terminal also continued. There are 6 million gallons of oil currently stored in the river's floodplain, and four workers were on site Wednesday clearing up mud and debris, paving the way for larger crews to arrive, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Sara Francis said. The area got a soaking after a large eruption March 23 launched a mudslide, but a $20 million dike installed at the terminal after Redoubt's last eruption in 1989 has so far held steady in protecting the tanks and their contents from disaster. A unified command consisting of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the Coast Guard and Cook Inlet Pipeline Co. that was established over the weekend to handle the response was still developing plans for getting a tanker to the terminal dock, about a mile offshore, to unload some of the oil, Francis said. A Tesoro tanker was being eyed for the operation and officials were trying to schedule a window for it to get there, she said.</blockquote> Thanks for pointing out the absurdity of the Drift River situation and the glacial pace at which the terminal’s owners and the authorities are responding to a potential disaster. As of 4/1, they were STILL “developing plans.”

Redoubt settles a bit but is building dome

Concern for the Drift River oil terminal also continued. There are 6 million gallons of oil currently stored in the river’s floodplain, and four workers were on site Wednesday clearing up mud and debris, paving the way for larger crews to arrive, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Sara Francis said.

The area got a soaking after a large eruption March 23 launched a mudslide, but a $20 million dike installed at the terminal after Redoubt’s last eruption in 1989 has so far held steady in protecting the tanks and their contents from disaster.

A unified command consisting of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the Coast Guard and Cook Inlet Pipeline Co. that was established over the weekend to handle the response was still developing plans for getting a tanker to the terminal dock, about a mile offshore, to unload some of the oil, Francis said.

A Tesoro tanker was being eyed for the operation and officials were trying to schedule a window for it to get there, she said.

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