Pipeline Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Leak detection systems — provides detection and location of oil spills

Leak alert systems, number -- 4

Leak alert systems, types -- Pressure deviation, flow rate deviation, flow rate balance and line volume balance.

Containment sites — 221 designated

• Located along drainages
• Criteria for selection — accessibility, river velocity, river channel configuration, environmental sensitivity
• Equipment storage - varies per site, includes oil spill equipment, concrete anchors, or underflow dam kits

Equipment 

• Varies at each station;
• Equipment available line wide
  • Skimmer systems - 70
  • Pump systems - 75
  • Boom, containment - 46,700 ft.
  • Boom, fire - 2,150 ft.
  • Recovered oil storage capacity - 22,630 bbl.
  • Boats/Rafts - 35
  • Vacuum trucks - 11
• Mutual Aid Agreements - provides additional equipment and resources for oil spill response.

Personnel

• Pump station personnel trained in oil spill response
• Each pump station has 24- hour oil spill reconnaissance capabilities.

Drills

• minimum 1 Incident Management Team drill per year
• minimum 4 joint resource Pump Station drills per year
• minimum 14 individual Pump Station drills per year

Training 

• Annual week-long oil spill training course for field personnel
  

Valdez Terminal Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Land and water response for spills originating from Terminal facilities or tankers loading at the berths.

Equipment 

• ship-assist tugs - 4
• work boats -10
• tank barge - 1
  • equipment storage
  • 12,400 bbl recovered oil storage
• flatdeck barge - 1
  • equipment staging
• self-propelled skimmers - 4
  • JBF 3003 (2) Recovery Rate: 400 gpm (nameplate)
  • Marco Class I Recovery Rate: 25-50 gpm (nameplate)
  • Marco Class V Recovery Rate: 100-400 gpm (nameplate)
  • Marco Class VII Recovery Rate: 100-400 gpm (nameplate)
• 21,000 ft. containment boom
• vacuum trucks
• vacuum systems
• weir/disk skimmers
• additional equipment available from SERVS

Personnel 

• 24 hr. land or water oil spill response capabilities with designated crews

A spill from a tanker not at berth or transiting Port Valdez is covered under the Prince William Sound Tanker Spill Prevention and Response Plan. Although a spill from the tanker is the responsibility of the tanker owner, Alyeska has contracted to provide initial oil spill response.

Prince William Sound Tanker Spill Prevention and Response Plan

Tankers transiting Prince William Sound are required by the state to have oil spill contingency plans. The Prince William Sound Tanker Spill Prevention and Response Plan is a required part of each tanker's individual contingency plans. The Prevention portion of this plan requires that each laden tanker transiting Prince William Sound must be escorted by two vessels, one of which must be a specially equipped ERV. Also included are speed limits for tankers and weather restrictions. The Response portion of the plan includes plans for Open Water, Near-Shore and Shoreline responses.

Alyeska Tactical Oil Spill Model (ATOM) 

Software package especially designed for oil spill trajectory modeling used to:

• forecast path of oil, based on real weather input
• show wildlife impact potential and other sensitivities such as recreational sites, commercial fishing areas, and shoreline types
• show locations of PWS communities and hatcheries.

Community Response Centers (8)

• Valdez
• Cordova
• Whittier
• Chenega Bay
• Tatitlek

Fishing vessels on contract (Jan 1994)

• Core group - 50
• Support group - 280

Prestaged equipment

• Hatcheries --- Lake Bay, Cannery Creek, Solomon Gulch, Main Bay, Sawmill Bay
• Other --- Naked Island, Port Etches, Wittier, Cordova, Chenega Bay, and Tatitlek

Incident Command System (ICS)

• Alyeska's crisis response approach for all contingency plans
• Nationally recognized crisis management method
• first developed for fire fighting
• Responds to small and routine situations as well as large complex incidents
• Expands to Unified Command, involving Alyeska, state and federal response agencies
• Identifies management functions that may be necessary in an emergency
  

Regional Citizens Advisory Council (RCAC)

Independent citizen oversight of Terminal operations and Prince William Sound Tanker Spill Prevention and Response Plan

Budget

• $2.1 million per year (provided by Alyeska)

Members  (Jan 1996)

• Alaska State Chamber of Commerce
• Alaska Wilderness Recreation & Tourism Association
• Chugach Alaska Corporation
• City of Cordova
• City of Homer
• City of Kodiak
• City of Seldovia
• City of Seward
• City of Valdez (2)
• City of Whittier
• Community of Chenega Bay
• Community of Tatitlek
• Cordova District Fishermen United (CDFU)
• Environmental Organization (vacant)
• Kenai Peninsula Borough
• Kodiak Island Borough
• Kodiak Village Mayors Association
• Oil Spill Region Environmental Coalition
• Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation
• Prince William Sound Recreation Users

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