| GRP: |
San Juan Islands and North Puget Sound
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| Strategy Area: |
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| Strategy Number: |
Not numbered – Replaced NPS-21 and NPS-22 from 200
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| Checked By: |
Lummi Nation and MSRC
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| Date: |
11/5/2013
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| Type: |
Field Test
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| Latitude: |
48.730266
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| Longitude: |
-122.632570
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| Location: |
Portage Bay Boom Deployment strategy is located in Portage Bay just north of Brant Island on the Lummi Indian Reservation.
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| Response Strategy: |
The drill called for open-water entrapment and recovery of spilled product, requiring a “U-shaped” boom strategy for product entrapment and a “donut-shaped” boom strategy for product recovery. This strategy is not listed in the current Geographic Response
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| Feet/Type of Boom: |
The drill called for open-water entrapment and recovery of spilled product, requiring a “U-shaped” boom strategy for product entrapment and a “donut-shaped” boom strategy for product recovery. This strategy is not listed in the current Geographic Response
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| Strategy Implementation: |
To access Portage Bay, two boats were launched at Boat Access Point (BAP) 11 located on Lummi View Drive at the southern end of the Lummi Peninsula. The boom trailer was parked at BAP 11 for boom unloading, but was parked near 2411 Lummi Shore Rd. for boo
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| Staging Area: |
Gear was collected at the Tribal Administration Building (2665 Kwina Rd.). Boom was unloaded at BAP 11 and collected near 2411 Lummi Shore Rd.
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| Site Access: |
Site access to Portage Bay was via BAP 11 and from Lummi Shore Rd. just south of 2411 Lummi Shore Rd. Permission of the Lummi Nation is required to access the tribal tidelands – call (360) 410-1706 for permission.
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| Resources Requiring Protection: |
This GRP is intended to prevent oil moving from Bellingham Bay into the shellfish beds in Portage Bay.
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