Story titles:
-Risk assessment pinpoints ways to make oil transportation safer
-Shippers announce plans, changes
-Volunteer profile: Dick Tremaine
-Hyce takes new slot as Valdez Deputy Director
-Valdez, Soldotna residents appointed to RCAC committees
-Measures suggested to improve fire response
-Chevron praised for tabletop drill exercise
-Fate of oil spill barge in Seldovia unknown
-Sticky state standard almost pinned down
-Update: Appeals on tanker contingency plans drag on
-SERVS, RCAC talking about concerns
-Air permit enforcement questioned
-Risk Assessment: So what’s the big deal?
-Valdez oil spill symposium gets good reviews
-RCAC picks up ball on non-indigenous species
-Prince William Sound provisions dropped from act
-RCAC board meetings set
-Consultants selected
-Publications, reports available
Topics: tug escort systems; risk assessment; tanker fleet; staff changes; marine firefighting; nearshore response; best available technology (BAT); c-plan; air quality; invasive species; aquatic nuisance; ballast water treatment facility (BWTF); dispersants; in-situ burning