GRP: |
San Juan Islands and North Puget Sound
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Strategy Area: |
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Strategy Number: |
NPS-18
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Checked By: |
Lummi Nation and MSRC
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Date: |
10/23/2013
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Type: |
Field Test
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Latitude: |
48.772182
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Longitude: |
-122.600837
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Location: |
NPS-18 is located in Kwina Slough on the Lummi Indian Reservation.
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Response Strategy: |
Boom was deployed as both a deflection and collection strategy. It was first anchored to the shore at the access point located at the end of the unpaved road immediately south of Native American Shellfish Company (3622 Lummi Shore Rd.) and was then set at
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Feet/Type of Boom: |
300 feet of Elastec/American Marine Special Simplex Boom with 8” float diameter, 12” skirt, 22 oz/ sq.yd PVC fabric, and universal connectors.
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Strategy Implementation: |
The boom trailer was backed-up to the beach at the access point at the end of the unpaved road immediately south of Native American Shellfish Company (3622 Lummi Shore Rd.). The two Lummi Nation boats were launched at the Native American Shellfish Company
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Staging Area: |
Gear was collected at the Tribal Administration Building (2665 Kwina Rd.) and boom was deployed and collected from the trailer at the beach access site at the end of the unpaved road immediately south of Native American Shellfish Company (3622 Lummi Shore
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Site Access: |
Site access to the shore anchor point was via the unpaved access road immediately south of Native American Shellfish Company (3622 Lummi Shore Rd.). Permission of the Lummi Nation is required to access the tribal tidelands – call (360) 410-1706 for permis
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Resources Requiring Protection: |
This GRP is intended to prevent oil moving downstream from entering Bellingham Bay.
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Comments: |
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