The Council met in Whittier on September 17 & 18, 2026.
On the agenda
- An activity report by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company on the Valdez Marine Terminal and Ship Escort Response Vessel System operations, as well as an update on Alyeska’s Trans Alaska Pipeline System Right-of-Way Renewal Process.
- A presentation focused on an ongoing Council project to examine miscommunication in maritime contexts.
- An update on Alyeska’s hydro-testing in the Valdez Marine Terminal East Tank Farm to evaluate the integrity of the secondary containment liners.
- A presentation on the Gulf-Alaska Knowledge Exchange, a three-part workshop series hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2024 and 2025, to share ideas and bring together people with connections to the Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon oil spills.
- A report summarizing a broadscale survey for non-indigenous marine species (NIS) across Kachemak Bay conducted by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in summer 2025.
- A summary of data analyzed from the Council’s weather buoys located near the Valdez Marine Terminal and Valdez Duck Flats.
Final reports will be available in the Resource Library on this website.