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A semblance of pristine

...my lifetime and probably my grand-children's lifetimes, the sound will never be as healthy as it was before that oil spill.I try to convince myself that the worst has already happened, that nothing as bad as a tanker going aground can ever...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-05-09/a-semblance-of-pristine
Outdoors
Refuge notebook: Local partnership working to ensure healthy fish habitat

...riparian areas, and warming climate as top concerns in the freshwater environment and the potential for catastrophic oil spills and shoreline development as top concerns in the marine environment. The science team identified several strategies...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-04-11/refuge-notebook-local-partnershi
Outdoors
Valdez spill lawsuit archiving project under scrutiny

...project to archive records related to the Exxon Valdez oil spill is continuing after the state sought to address concerns...federal governments, stemming from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, led to a $900 million settlement and a consent decree...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-06/valdez-spill-lawsuit-archiving-proje
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Endeavour gets shipping certificate; spill plan delayed

...fender repair project on the Deep Water Dock. However, consideration of Buccaneer Energy Alaska's application for its Oil Spill Contingency Plan, or C-Plan, has been suspended and delayed after the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-07/endeavour-gets-shipping-certificate-
News
Time to wake up to threat of non-indigenous species

...Service Company. The council's 19 member organizations are communities in the region affected by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, as well as aquaculture, commercial fishing, environmental, Native, recreation, and tourism groups.

http://peninsulaclarion.com/opinion/2013-03-06/time-to-wake-up-to-threat-of-non-
Opinion
Team finds options to reduce marine oil spills

...Advisory Team recently identified eight oil spill risk reduction options they feel...reduce the chances of accidental oil spills, or to reduce the impact of spills...regulations for what happens during an oil spill response have been combined into...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-10/team-finds-options-to-reduce-marine-
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CIE files paperwork for trans-Foreland pipe

...recommended Hilcorp replace use of Drift River and its tanker system with a trans-Foreland pipeline to reduce the risk of an oil spill at the terminal location. Concerns about Drift River's safety stem from its proximity to Mount Redoubt, an active...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-12-05/cie-files-paperwork-for-trans-forela
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Gas supplies tight; producers to rescue?

...shallow well to test the gas formation and then later drill deeper into the oil formation once an amendment to Buccaneer's oil spill contingency plan is approved by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, Buccaneer vice president Mark Landt...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-12-15/southcentral-gas-supplies-tight-prod
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Coming Clean: 'Delays, lack of cooperation and low priority'

...reaching a fish hatchery during the Exxon Valdez oil spill. "He is one of the best people in the country at oil-spill cleanup," an oil spill consultant said. Several email records indicate Kegler...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-12-19/coming-clean-delays-lack-of-cooperat
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Cook Inlet spill tool used during Kulluk grounding

...A recently released, web-based oil spill response tool developed specifically...preparing for, or responding to an oil spill.The CIRT allows spill responders...prepare, she said."Imagine an oil spill happened in the middle of the night...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-01-09/cook-inlet-spill-tool-used-during-ku
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