Horseshoe Lake Mystery Sheen

Location: The release occurred approximately four hundred and fifty (450) meters up gradient of Horseshoe Lake at the Alderwood Townhouses in Kodiak, Alaska.
Time/Date: On January 20, 2005 at 4:25 PM the Department received an anonymous complaint of an oil sheen flowing from a storm drain outflow into Horseshoe Lake in Kodiak, Alaska.
Spill Id: 05249902001
Product/ Quantity: Heating oil. The actual amount released is unknown. A small flow of oil sheen was discharging from the storm drain outflow into Horseshoe Lake during times of heavy rainfall. The discharge has been stopped.
Cause: A leaking underground heating oil tank at the Alderwood Townhouse building.