Sorbent boom was deployed near the cooling pond prior to nightfall to prevent the additional migration of product into Eyak Lake. By October 20, it s estimated that 250 gallons of waste oil had migrated into the cooling pond and 200 gallons had been recovered using the City vac-truck. The remaining waste oil on the cooling pond will be corralled with sorbent boom and recovered with the vac-truck. Cleanup efforts have also involved the removal of pooled oil on land. Sorbent pads were placed in puddles to collect residual product.
Field reports indicate that very little oil penetrated the soil of the roadway.
A majority of the spilled product remains within the containment area where the waste oil tank is located. Recovery efforts within the containment area will include the use of the vac-truck. Approximately 150-200 yards of shoreline was impacted. The lake level had decreased by 2-feet overnight. The oil on the lakeshore had primarily adhered to vegetative debris along the upper waterline of Eyak Lake, in front of the electric plant.