By Teddy Molina
PAGUDPUD, Ilocos Norte -- Areas affected by the recent oil spill along the shoreline of this tourist town is dissipating as personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard’s Marine Environmental Protection Command clean up the area manually.
Captain George Ursabia, commander of the Coast Guard Northern Luzon District, said MEPCOM personnel continue to spray chemical dispersants along portions of the spill.
“So far it is only more or less one kilometer. Thanks to the diligent efforts of MEPCOM personnel we dispatched in the area”, Ursabia said.
A total of 50 Marine Environmental Protection Command personnel divided into three teams were currently in the spill area and conducting “guerilla type” or manual style of cleaning to the prevent the Industrial Diesel Oil and few volumes of bunker oil from spreading in the area.
“We’ve already located the source of the leak and we made some temporary remedy from 200 liters per hour, the spill rate is only around five liters every hour,” Ursabia said.
Ursabia added they are waiting for the weather to improve in the area in the next few days so that the company can resume its oil siphoning operations.
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