Silver Bay Seafoods Anhydrous Ammonia
- Location
- The Silver Bay Seafoods processing plant is located on Sawmill Creek Road in Sitka, Alaska.
- Time/Date of Incident
- The release occurred at 8:02 PM on July 21, 2011. The incident was reported to ADEC by Silver Bay Seafoods at 9:28 PM.
- Spill Number
- 11119920202
- Product/Quantity
- Silver Bay Seafoods estimates that approximately 100 pounds of anhydrous ammonia was released. Silver Bay Seafoods will continue to investigate the release to better determine the volume discharged.
- Cause
- The cause of the release is still under investigation. Initial reports from Silver Bay Seafoods indicate that a pressure relief valve may have malfunctioned causing the release.
Situation Reports
- 07/22/2011 (Updated) (PDF 360K)
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