The 49-foot Aleutian Isle sank on Saturday near Sunset Point on the west side of San Juan Island, just north of Lime Kiln Point State Park, after hitting rocks. All five people aboard were rescued before the boat sank to a depth of 100 feet.
Now the cleanup effort is underway by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Washington State Department of Ecology, and other partners to stop the boat’s fuel from polluting the Puget Sound.Ty Keltner, communications manager for the Department of Ecology’s Spills Program, said the fishing boat was carrying 2,500 gallons of diesel fuel, along with 100 gallons of other types of oil. Some of this leaked out when the boat sank, creating a 2-mile-long sheen on the water.
On Monday, contracted divers went down to try to recover as much of the onboard fuel as they could. Keltner said in the early afternoon on Monday that the plan was for the divers to “dive down and tap those tanks, remove the remaining fuel onboard.”Boaters should be aware that as long as this work is going on, there is aAs for recovering the oil that spilled on the surface, Keltner said because of the strong current, it was hard to collect the oil at the time it spilled.
A Coast Guard cutter remains on scene to enforce safety zones and oversee contractors. Yesterday a contracted vessel spent 9 hours deploying and collecting absorbent booming to capture surface oil. Approximately 2100 feet of booming has been placed which includes…
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