Month: July 2013

The Observer Newsletter – July 2013

Articles from the July issue of The Observer newsletter are now online.

A fishing vessel pulls oil spill boom during a recent drill.
A fishing vessel pulls oil spill boom during a recent drill.

1. Industry and council test spill response plans during drill
On June 12 and 13, an oil spill drill conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard and hosted by Alyeska tested oil spill contingency plans for the Valdez Marine Terminal. During the drill, the council put aspects of its own internal spill readiness plan to the test.
Read more: Industry and council test spill response plans during drill

2. Citizens’ advisory council for Gulf of Mexico holds first meeting
Representatives from U.S. states bordering the Gulf of Mexico met May 30 in New Orleans to “move forward with the establishment of a Gulf of Mexico Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council,” according to a press release from the group.
Read more: Citizens’ advisory council for Gulf of Mexico holds first meeting

3. Council staffer Linda Robinson retires after 23 years with the council
Linda Robinson retired from the council in June, after 23 years of dedication to the council and its mission. Read more from Linda in her final Community Corner column.
Read more: Council staffer Linda Robinson retires after 23 years with the council

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Citizens’ advisory council for Gulf of Mexico holds first meeting

Representatives from U.S. states bordering the Gulf of Mexico met May 30 in New Orleans to “move forward with the establishment of a Gulf of Mexico Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council,” according to a press release from the group.

The group says they are modeling themselves after the councils in Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet, formed after the Exxon Valdez oil disaster in 1989.

Similar to the Valdez spill, oil industry and government complacency has been cited as underlying causes of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.

“Our goal is to learn from lessons of the past and prepare for the future,” said Drew Landry, a native of Louisiana and one of the coordinators of the meeting.

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Community Corner: Looking back at a productive 23 years at the council

By LINDA ROBINSON Former Outreach Coordinator In August of 1990, shortly after moving to Anchorage from Dillingham in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, I was hired part time to assist the one employee that worked for then Executive Director, Sheila Gottehrer. My duties were mainly administrative tasks, such as answering the phone, organizing meetings … Read more

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