![]() He said the monthly surcharge was put in place to encourage people to get insurance, though it is still currently not a requirement by the city. That was the case for the Tagish, which was suspected to have sunk because of a burst pipe due to cold weather.Ĭreswell said after this incident the city will likely look into possibly changing the regulations so that large events like this do not occur again, though he said it is a frequent occurrence for smaller boats. According to Creswell, a resident can choose to not insure their boat, however, the city still requires a monthly payment surcharge of 25 cents per foot of the uninsured boat. The dock the Tagish was berthed and sunk at is city-owned and Etheridge was a stall holder. “Things get cold, things freeze, things break.” “This just proves that things can happen,” he said. Matt Creswell, CBJ harbormaster, said he was monitoring the situation as the recovery progressed, but noted this effort is a Coast Guard operation and the city does not have a significant role in the recovery. “I am fairly confident, but let’s just say I haven’t been sleeping at night,” he said. Gubala said he can’t say how likely it is that something might happen, but noted that boat is extremely heavy - he estimated it to be around 300 tons - and said the possibility can’t be ruled out. He said the city has been aware and closely monitoring the pipeline for weeks, and currently has a dive team and ROV camera on standby if something were to happen. If broken, Gubala said all that wastewater would start flowing directly into the harbor and would likely do so for days until an underwater operation would be able to fix the damaged line. Gubala explained that all the wastewater that comes from the downtown Juneau and Douglas area runs through the pipeline that transmits the waste to the city’s treatment plant. “Wastewater would back up in Juneau within about two hours and pose a severe human health threat,” he said. Rachael Krajewski, Southeast region environmental programs manager Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, said she has been working with the vessel owner and Coast Guard since the vessel sank and the DEC has been supplementing the pollution mitigation efforts with absorbent materials along with providing input for planning of the recovery.Īfter the vessel is removed, she said the DEC will continue to monitor the are and manage any additional signs of pollution that might arise.Ĭhad Gubala, the treatment and production manager for CBJ, said the city’s utilities division is also monitoring the situation as there is a sewage pipe directly below the boat, which if impacted could cause major issues. He said once the oil sheen disappears and any other contaminants appear cleared, that is when the Coast Guard will remove the containment booms and place the clean-up material on the barge to also be sent to the hazmat disposal site. Nystrom said after the vessel is out of the water, additional absorbent pads will be used to soak the remaining oil along with running a sweep in the area - essentially an oil-soaking blanket. ![]() Absorbent pads lined the shore near the vessel, and a sheen of oil glimmered above the calm water in the area surrounded by containment booms. “I’ll try to figure out what we’re gonna do from there.”Īs the effort was underway Thursday morning, the low rumble of heavy machinery rang loud and clouded conversations as divers splashed in the cold dark water to prepare the recovery slings. “I don’t know what the bill is gonna be,” he said. TSA’s explosives specialists arrived and the NYPD Bomb Squad was brought in at their recommendation.According to Etheridge, he is still waiting to see how much the effort will cost in total, and he is unsure of how he is going to find the funds to pay for it. Officials from the Port Authority initially said they received a report of the suspicious package during the baggage screening process.Ī passenger’s checked bag triggered an alarm in the checked-baggage screening room at Terminal D, the TSA said at the time. Terminal D was repopulated and travelers were allowed to return shortly after the bag was cleared, officials said. after it was determined the substance inside was not dangerous, the TSA said. ![]() The NYPD Bomb Squad cleared the contents of the bag at about 9 a.m. QUEENS - After being temporarily evacuated Thursday morning, LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal D was reopened after a travelers bag was cleared after being investigated as “suspicious,” according to the Transportation Security Administration. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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