PWSRCAC events by time and location:
March 24, 2009
8:30 am-6:00pm
9:00—10:30 Anchorage—Dena’ina Center, 600 W. 7th Avenue, K’enakatnu Executive Board Room
Reunion of the Alaska Sea Grant Legal Research Team (Research Team)
The national team was recruited
in 1989 by then-Alaska Sea Grant director, Ronald Dearborn, to study how the State of Alaska
might improve its oversight of oil transport. The legal analysis was provided to the Alaska Oil Spill Commission
(AOSC), which used the information to help craft its 1990 report to Governor Steve Cowper. The
AOSC report subsequently helped guide the Alaska Legislature in formulating new and improved regulations
governing the marine transport of crude oil and other hazardous substances. Walt Parker, then director
of the AOSC, will lead the panel discussion. Panelists will recount the critical role played by the
AOSC, review Alaska's pre-spill regulatory system and how it changed with
the help of Alaska Sea Grant's research, and what might be done today to further
ensure the safe transport of hazardous substances at sea. Three of the
four Research Team members will participate, including Zygmunt Plater,
professor of environmental law, Boston College School of Law; Harry
Bader, former University of Alaska Fairbanks professor of natural resource
policy and Alaska Department of Natural Resources official; and Alison Rieser,
Department of Geography and Graduate Ocean Policy Program, University
of Hawaii: Charlie Cole and John Havelock, both former Attorney Generals
and currently in law practice will participate as well.
10:30—12:00 Dena’ina Center, 600 W. 7th Avenue, K’enakatnu Executive
Board Room
Partners in Prevention and Response Panel
Industry, agency and citizen group representatives will discuss 20 years of
improvements in oil transportation.
Donna Schantz, Acting Executive Director, Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council
Tim Plummer, President, Tesoro Maritime
Anil Mathur, CEO, Alaska Tanker Company
Greg Jones, V.P. Operations, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
Betty Schorr, Industry Preparedness Program Manager,
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
12:00– 1:00 Book signing: “The Spill: Personal Stories of the Exxon
Valdez Disaster” Den'ina Center
1:00-1:45 Herring Restoration Panel (Cordova) Forest Service building
Presented by Cordova’s Prince William Sound Science Center and the Oil
Spill Recovery Institute, scientists will discuss the current status of herring
restoration in Prince William Sound. Nancy Bird, President of the Prince
William Sound Science Center, and Director of the Oil Spill Recovery Institute
in Cordova will moderate the discussion with Dr. Scott Pegau and R.J.
Kopchak.
1:45—2:45 Cordova
Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Using data collected in 2004, Dr. Scott Pegau of the Oil Spill Recovery Institute
will demonstrate the Alaska Ocean Observing System.
When fully developed AOOS will serve as the Alaska regional node for a
national network o
observing systems; deliver real time information and long term trends about
Alaska’s ocean
conditions and marine life; and provide public internet access to data on coastal
conditions.
2:45—3:00 Break
3:00—3:45 Valdez, Civic and Convention Center
Mike Meadors Alyeska/SERVS
3:45—4:45 Seward, UAF Seward Marine Center, 201 Railway, sponsored
by Alaska Sealife Center
Dr. Pam Tuomi who was involved in animal rehabilitation during the spill will
discuss that as well as current state of preparedness.
Darryl Schaefermeyer, who was Seward’s City Manager during the spill will
discuss Seward’s experiences at that time.
4:45—5:30 Kenai , Challenger Learning Center, 9711 Kenai Spur Hwy.
Trent Dobson, Director of Outreach for the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council will give an overview of the council and highlight some of its projects.
Reflections of a Spill: 20 Years Later
Sponsored by the Pratt Museum, 3779 Bartlett St.
This is an art and science collaborative exhibit that encourages Alaskan artists and scientists to reflect on the
impacts of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Reception on March 24th from 5-7 pm followed by a candlelight
procession to the Bunnell Street Art Center.
exhibits@prattmuseum.org
Spill ...20th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Sponsored by the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council and the
Bunnell Street Art Center, 106 W. Bunnell
This show will feature approximately 30 Alaskan artists of all mediums and backgrounds. A reception on
March 24 at 7:30 will include performing artists and writers. This show will be available for travel.
www.bunnellstreetgallery.com
Barnes and Noble Exhibit
Please stop by at 200 E. Northern Lights.
For the month of March Barnes and Noble in Anchorage will feature books on the oil spill as well as the region
afftected by the spill.
Images of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Kodiak Island
Sponsored by Toby Sullivan , Kodiak Maritime Museum.
March 20 5:00 pm-6:00 pm, Kodiak College.
Oral History book signing
Sponsored by the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge on March 21st, 10:00 am-2:00 pm, National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center.
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