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Situation Update NOAA Evening Report 10 Aug 89

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON THE MOST CURRENT DATA PROVIDED TO NOAA. -
EVENING REPORT  8/10/89  

VALDEZ: Kennedy gave testimony to the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Subcommittee on Coast Guard Navigation, in Cordova today.  
Science Meeting 8/9 -  
Per USFWS:  Animal mortality figures: 
Total dead birds: 29,592 
Total dead otters: 927 
Total dead eagles: 130  
Tracking (with radio transmitters) released otters find females moving to the
west, near Glacier Island.  Males have stayed near release area.  Remaining
otters to be released within a week or so.  
NMFS: Monitoring distribution of seals around Smith Island.  
EPA: Continue monitoring bioremediation sites.  Continue to take samples.  Water
Quality Studies: American North several cruises out.  Sediment and water samples
taken in embayments around Knight Island.  Sampling at the Corexit 9580 test
site.  Several observers on the DEC cruises.  DEC Sampling around the Corexit
test site.  Cruise out of Kodiak, modified fate and effects study.  Observers on
all American North and Dames and Moore cruises.  Dames and Moore Cruise out of
Homer working toward Seward. Sampling at Corexit test site.  Continue crustcean
work, trawl work done, pot sampling continues.  Have begun Quality Assurance
Program.  Putting together plans for winter sampling.  Cruises planned beginning
late September into December-February.  

Lehr and Pavia continue observational flights to the Corexit test site. 
Simecek-Beatty continues surveillance flights to the Northern Fishery District.  

HOMER:  (Whitney) Situation:  Cleanup continues.  Poor weather again prevented
the commencement of Inipol application at the Barren Islands. Exxon decided to
bring the Inipol LCM back to Homer for more outfitting.  It will return return
to the outer coast in the morning and attempt to begin Inipol application on E.
Chugach Island, since bad weather is predicted around the Barrens for the next
several days.  Developed preliminary list of second priority sites for the
application of Inipol such that after the first priority sites are hit any
remaining Inipol can be applied to these second order sites.  

Plans for tomorrow:  Fly with Exxon to continue to stake out the bioremediation
areas; ISCC meeting to compile comments to ADM Yost and finalize second priority
Inipol sites.  

KODIAK:  (Talbott) Situation:  Cleanup continues with 19 crews in the field. All
cleanup inprogress is currently type A as the type B warm water wash operations
have been suspended.  Type B hot water wash and type B bioremediation programs
are currently being reviewed by Exxon and the Kodiak ISCC.  LANDA hot water wash
equipment will be available in Kodiak on August 15 and it is anticipated that
the suspended type B operations on Shuyak Island will be resumed with this
equipment as soon as it can be deployed to the field.  Weather continues to be a
problem in the area.  Flights/Beach Surveys:  USCG conducted a demobilization
inspection survey of sub units K06-21 through K06-23 on the Western side of
Kodiak Island.  Final approval on these beaches is pending until Exxon removes
the cleanup debris on the beach.  

Plans for tomorrow: Continue demobilization inspections as weather permits. The
NOAA ship Fairweather is in Kodiak for the weekend and meetings will be
scheduled with the operations officer and chief scientist to discuss the
projects the ship is working.  

SEWARD:  (McGee) On late overflight, will report tomorrow.  

PERSONNEL ON SCENE: 
Valdez: Kennedy, Pavia, Snider, Gleason, Christopherson, Lehr, Simecek-Beatty,
Field, Overton, McMillin, Wong, Hielscher, Honebein, Gardner  
Homer: Whitney  
Kodiak: Talbott  
Seward: McGee  
Departures: none 
Arrivals: none