Story titles:
-Council launches effort to protect tug escort system
-Fishing Vessel Training
-Feds OK Alyeska plans to overhaul tanker terminal
-Citizen oil-spill oversight is approved for Washington state
-Committee head steps down after nine years as chair
-Council is recertified by Coast Guard
-Stephens returns to top board office
-Seattle newspaper series on problems at ConocoPhillips tanker unit is available online
-Summer’s coming – let’s relax and enjoy the Sound!
-New Hire
-Spring exercises train fishing vessel crews to be ready
–A ‘Rescue’ at Sea
–Removing Spilled Oil from the Environment
-FONSI is first step in long process of terminal reconfiguration
-Governor looks back on Valdez spill
-Council participates in Cordova meeting of water resources group
-Ruling could limit ballast-water dumping
-Council, regulators, want answers on snow removal problems
-Youth Area Watch lets Valdez students work with scientists
Topics: tug escort system; tanker fleet; SERVS F/V; strategic reconfiguration; Citizens’ Advisory Council; recertification; board changes; staff changes; drills and exercises; finding of no significant impact; ballast water treatment facility (BWTF); NPDES; preparation and response; invasive species; Green Crab Watch; outreach