Story titles:
-State backsliding on gains made since ’89
-Stringent air quality regs difficult under new law
-Update: RCAC projects in progress (Disabled tanker towing study, Safety of navigation survey, Socioeconomic impact mitigation, Weather reporting upgrades, Nearshore strike team demonstration project, Ballast water treatment, Air quality in Valdez, Occupational Exposure)
-Council approves policy on dispersants use
-Shippers seek exemption in Gulf of Alaska requirements
-Environmental sampling underway in Sound, Gulf of Alaska
-Stephens heads RCAC
-RCAC, Alyeska reach agreement on funding
-Headquarters office to move
-NWF pulls out of RCAC
-Staff notes
-Publications and reports
-RCAC recertified
-Tesoro, Alyeska perform well in big spill drill
-Alyeska: What’s new at Alyeska by Gary Bader
-VEOC contract out to bid soon
-Industry looking at best response
-USCG takes more comment on escort rules,
RCAC says wait for study findings
-Alyeska requests research assistance
-Response capability, storage capacity emphasized in comments to feds
Topics: HB 238, SB 215, 470 Fund, regulations, HB 167, community impacts planning, worker safety, LTEMP, National Wildlife Federation, Valdez Emergency Operations Center, Tanker escorts, dual escorts, tanker plan, drill monitoring,