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M/V Selendang Ayu aground and broken in two

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'M/V Selendang Ayu aground and broken in two on the shore of Unalaska Island, December 11, 2004. An estimated 354,218 gallons of oil was released into the environment. This incident is an example of the Federal cases involving damage to and restoration of natural resources under Federal trusteeship available on the Damage Assessment and Restoration Tracking System (DARTS) Web site.

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Case Description
U.S. Department of Interior's Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Web site with case documentation of the the 738-foot cargo vessel M/V Selendang Ayu that ran aground on December 8, 2004, and broke in half off Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. Please contact the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation for infromation on the rights to this photo.

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