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Board to meet in Anchorage, January 23-24

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Orcas in Prince William Sound by Cathy Hart.

The Council’s Board of Directors will meet in-person in Anchorage, January 23-24, 2025.

The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites (600 East Benson Blvd) and will also be available virtually and telephonically for those unable to travel. Information to join the meeting will be available here prior to the meeting.

Board meetings are open to the public, and an opportunity for the public to provide comments is provided at the beginning of each meeting.

Meeting Documents:View Document
1 00 Final Agenda PWSRCAC Board of Directors Meeting January 23 24, 2025
1 01 Draft Minutes of September 19 20, 2024
1 02 Draft minutes of November 26, 2024 Special Board Meeting
2 01 List of Commonly Used Acronyms
2 02 Budget Status Report as of December 24, 2025
2 03 Director Attendance Record
2 04 Committee Member Attendance Record
2 05 List of Board Committee Members
2 06 One Page Strategic Plan
2 07 List of Recent Board and Executive Committee Actions
2 08 PWSRCAC Organizational Chart
3 01 Five Year Lease Agreement for Multifunctional Copier Printer
3 02 Approval of FY2025 Budget Modifications
3 03 Approval of Transcriptomics Research Contribution to the USGS
4 01 Update on Request for Informal Review on the VMT C Plan
4 03 Presentation Report Acceptance Calculations Used in Tank Vent Headspace Report
4 03 Report Acceptance Calculations Used in Tank Vent Headspace Report
4 04 Approval of Anchorage Office Lease and Relocation
4 05 Presentation Report Acceptance 2024 LTEMP
4 05 Report Acceptance 2024 LTEMP
4 06 PWSRCAC Annual Long Range Plan and Report Acceptance
4 07 Approval of IRS Form 990
4 07 Community Outreach Annual Report PRESENTATION
5 01 January 2025 Program and Project Status Report
Alyeska and SERVS Activity Report
Alyeska Presentation on Risk and Safety Culture Assessment Management Action Plan Closeout Report
CompleteMeetingPacketJan2025

Science Night 2024

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Science Night 2024 Science Night is an annual event hosted by the Prince William Regional Citizens Advisory Council. Topics focus on research related to the safe transportation of oil through Prince William Sound. The event is hosted in Anchorage in late November/early December. NEW IN 2024!! Several partner organizations hosted watch parties in some of … Read more

Researchers find new non-native species in Prince William Sound

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Last year, researchers from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, or SERC, partnered with the Council to conduct the largest survey of non-native benthic marine invertebrate species in Prince William Sound since 2003.

The work is part of a larger survey being conducted by Dr. Gregory Ruiz and a team of researchers from SERC to document non-native species in ports and bays throughout the United States. The researchers have also recently surveyed in California, southeast Alaska, and other sites along the Pacific coast of the U.S. Researchers anticipate surveying Cook Inlet in 2025.

Gulf-Alaska Knowledge Exchange – Resources from PWSRCAC

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The following list contains links to various PWSRCAC information and resources that were mentioned during the National Academies Workshop 1: Gulf-Alaska Knowledge Exchange: Evaluating Socio-economic Impacts of Oil Spills, Advancing Transformative Recovery, and Enhancing Proactive Preparedness.

Please contact Amanda Johnson if you’d like more information about the Council or any of the resources below.

About the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council (PWSRCAC)

  1. Involving citizens: The 1989 Exxon Valdez experience demonstrated that the oil industry could learn from people who live and work in the region affected by the terminal and tanker operations. A moral imperative also emerged from the Exxon Valdez spill: those people with the most to lose from oil pollution must have a voice in the decisions that put their livelihoods and communities at risk.
    • The Council’s 20 Board members represent 19 member entities. The member entities are Alaska communities and organizations that were affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill, including aquaculture, commercial fishing, environmental groups, Alaska Native communities, recreation, and tourism. Board members are volunteers who are nominated by the member entity to serve two-year terms.
    • The Council has five technical committees made up of volunteers who focus on various aspects of the oil transportation industry in Prince William Sound.
    • Effectiveness Of Citizen Involvement – A 2006 white paper by Linda Robinson summarizing how the Council came to be, our responsibilities, and our programs and committees. “We were formed in a climate of adversity, but we have learned that working together in partnership is better and more productive and that it is important to give praise as well as criticism.” – Linda Robinson, 2006. See also: History of the Council
  2. Funding
    • Contract with Alyeska – This contract guarantees annual funding for the Council and ensures absolute independence from Alyeska (the consortium of oil industry companies who owns the Trans Alaska Pipeline and oil terminal in Valdez). The contract is in effect as long as oil flows through the pipeline.
    • Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) – Through OPA 90, Congress mandated citizens’ councils for Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet as a method to combat complacency.

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