Story titles:
-Pending legislation threatens spill prevention, oversight and response
-‘Ice Scouts’ instituted after Overseas Ohio incident
-Volunteer profile: Tom Copeland
-RCAC seats two directors
-Committee recruitment process revamped
-Staff addition
-Replacement barge eases concern over oil spill readiness
-RCAC, Alyeska seek ways to head off conflicts
-Roadmap completed for reviewing contingency plans
-Project would focus on human impacts of oil spills
-Conference scheduled on spill response in dynamic broken ice
-Tracer study on hold; Alyeska evaluates vapor recovery systems
-EPA expected to approve disposal of oily waste
-New discharge permit application under review
-Deck officers identify safety improvements in navigation aids
-Plans underway to study human factors in accidents
-Merger of spill prevention and response teams makes sense for Port Valdez and Prince William Sound
-Surprise drill called in Sound
-RCAC praises McHale
-RCAC recertification application to be available for public review
-Conference to mark five-year anniversary of Exxon Valdez
-Publications, reports available
-Stalemate over selection of environmental group
Topics: HB 238; SB 215; 470 Fund; SERVS; tanker escort; volunteer recruitment; C-Plan; air quality; hydrocarbon emissions; benzene; NPDES; Ballast Water Treatment Facility (BWTF); TOEM; POVTS; OSPR