Lina Island Grounding

Last updated on April 5, 2023

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Incident Description

Incident Date September 9, 2018
Name Lina Island Grounding
Source Accommodation Barge
Nearest Community Village of Queen Charlotte (VQC)
Spilled Content Oily sheen on water
Who is involved? Canadian Coast Guard, B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, VQC, Council of Haida Nation, and HaiCo

 


Response Phase Detail

The responsible person or spiller is legally required to clean-up or manage the clean-up of a spill. In incidents where the responsible person is unknown, unable or unwilling to manage the clean up, the Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy (ENV) may assume the role. The updates below reflect the Ministry’s oversight of the spillers’ actions; details describe the spill response phase, only, and not the complete lifecycle of the spill. See More Information for other related reports. 

Updates are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent at the top. Industry-specific language may be explained in the Glossary of Terms (PDF).

Most Recent Update

September 28, 2018 - 9:25 am

The lightering process (transferring hazardous waste and other materials off of the barge) was successful. The hazardous material aboard the vessel was removed and Unified Command has determined there is minimal risk of pollution at this time. 

The vessel is scheduled to be removed between October 8 - October 10, 2018, when the tides are higher and conditions are more favourable. 

Additional waste management and vessel salvage options continue to be developed. Operations to stabilize the vessel and prepare it for removal are ongoing as well.

B.C. Ministry of Environment will continue to monitor this incident, but no further updates are anticipated. 

 

 

Incident Location

Very near to Queen Charlotte Village. Click the image to go to the map..

Lina Island near Queen Charlotte Village

 

Contact information

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