Alaskan Sea-Duction
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- Jul 6, 2012
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- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Alaskan Sea-Duction
- Vessel Make
- 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Looks like this will remain in our back yard for some time to come.
Here is the response from the Department of Ecology in response to my request to get an update. This wreck was towed here about a month ago and the owner (Maybe) tied it up to an old piling.
Unfortunately this is starting to become common on the Columbia River.
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Hi Thomas:
I just got back from taking off a week as I have access vacation time that I must use prior to October 1st. I just listened to your voice messages and found your email…
USCG Federalized the vessel oil recovery and those three days we worked this incident, the USCG was financially paying for the recovery of all the known and all the “recoverable” oil from the vessel.
I referred this case to the WA, State, Department of Natural Resources, (DNR), Derelict Vessel Program. DNR is the WA, State agency that has the authority to take possession of the vessel and financial authority to remove the vessel. There are many other vessels ahead of this one. They way you will know the process is underway is when a “posting” sign is on the vessel.
Most of the waterways on the Lower Columbia River are important fish and otherwise natural habitat. That is one of the reasons USCG and Ecology worked to remove the recoverable oil from this vessel. Any oil sheen causes environmental harm.
Ecology no-longer has a role in this vessel and we are off working other oil spill and hazmat incidents. DNR is the agency that will pursue vessel removal and this process takes time. The posting, for example is a complex legal process that takes at least 30-days. After that, DNR typically obtains contractor bids for vessel removal and then it must be scheduled and finances set aside for the removal costs.
I expect that the vessel will be eventually removed by the DNR Derelict Vessel Program.
Ecology’s role will be completed with this incident once I complete my files, notes and report, for example.
Thanks for your interest.
Sincerely;
Curt
Here is the response from the Department of Ecology in response to my request to get an update. This wreck was towed here about a month ago and the owner (Maybe) tied it up to an old piling.
Unfortunately this is starting to become common on the Columbia River.
Email:
Hi Thomas:
I just got back from taking off a week as I have access vacation time that I must use prior to October 1st. I just listened to your voice messages and found your email…
USCG Federalized the vessel oil recovery and those three days we worked this incident, the USCG was financially paying for the recovery of all the known and all the “recoverable” oil from the vessel.
I referred this case to the WA, State, Department of Natural Resources, (DNR), Derelict Vessel Program. DNR is the WA, State agency that has the authority to take possession of the vessel and financial authority to remove the vessel. There are many other vessels ahead of this one. They way you will know the process is underway is when a “posting” sign is on the vessel.
Most of the waterways on the Lower Columbia River are important fish and otherwise natural habitat. That is one of the reasons USCG and Ecology worked to remove the recoverable oil from this vessel. Any oil sheen causes environmental harm.
Ecology no-longer has a role in this vessel and we are off working other oil spill and hazmat incidents. DNR is the agency that will pursue vessel removal and this process takes time. The posting, for example is a complex legal process that takes at least 30-days. After that, DNR typically obtains contractor bids for vessel removal and then it must be scheduled and finances set aside for the removal costs.
I expect that the vessel will be eventually removed by the DNR Derelict Vessel Program.
Ecology’s role will be completed with this incident once I complete my files, notes and report, for example.
Thanks for your interest.
Sincerely;
Curt
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