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T/V Exxon Valdez

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON THE MOST CURRENT DATA PROVIDED TO NOAA. -
Evening Report  9/13/89  VALDEZ: NOTICE:  As of this date, Exxon Valdez Hotline
reports will be entered as the situation warrants.  Situation: Robinson departed
Valdez to attend the Subsistence Toxicology Review meeting to be held in Seattle
tomorrow.  He will return on Friday to brief the Congressional delegation from
the Public Works and Transporation Committee.  Preparation for demobilization
continues in Valdez.  

KODIAK:  (Talbott, Lindsay) Situation: Cleanup operations continue in the Kodiak
zone with one team working on the west coast of Shuyak Island. This team is
operating from the three largest support vessels in the zone and will remain in
the field until field operations are terminated on 9/15. Four USCG
demobilization teams are in the field and the demobilization efforts in the zone
may be completed as early as 9/14.  Lindsay arrived in Kodiak and is currently
in the field with Dames and Moore assisting with the subsistence sampling
program.  Flights/Beach Surveys: Four demobilization teams are working the
Alaska Peninsula in the Cape Douglas and the Chignik/Perryville areas. Dames and
Moore are proceeding with the subsistence sampling program in the Port Lyons and
Ouzinke areas.  Meetings: The Kodiak ISCC met to review agency operations and to
disucss ISCC winter plans for the Kodiak zone. A public meeting was held in the
Kodiak Island Borough chambers. Concern was voiced over the end of the cleanup
efforts but the prevailing mood of the public as well as that of the agencies is
that of acceptance and understanding that it is time to refocus on the proposed
winter programs.  Plans for tomorrow: Lindsay will continue subsistence sampling
program with Dames and Moore in the Karluk area. Talbott will work with the
various agencies on the Kodiak ISCC winter plan and continue work on
documentation of the state of the Kodiak zone beaches at the end of the 1989
cleanup season.  

HOMER: (McGee) Situation: Cleanup of boats at Humpy Cove, with USCG monitors
continue in the Seward zone. CAMEO update of beach treatment information
continue being exchanged between Seward zone and Valdez. Informal meetings
regarding the 'volunteer effort' proposal for Seward continues. Several sites
remain on the demobilization list.  Plans for tomorrow: MAC and R MAC meetings
are planned for tomorrow. Work on tentative 30 day test plan proposal for seiner
boat support of winter operations in the Seward zone.  

Personnel on Scene: Valdez: Gleason, Christopherson, Hammett, Dean, Van Den Berg
 Kodiak: Talbott, Lindsay  Seward: McGee  Departures: Wong, Robinson Arrivals: none