Story titles:
-RCAC wages full-court press on
spill prevention, response regs
-Transfer of responsibility for c-plan raises questions
-RCAC protests omission of Alaska by MSRC
-OPA 90 draws Council attention
-Ballast water treatment program underway
-Air quality focus of TOEM work
-”So who cares anymore?” by Christopher H Gates, President of RCAC
-Port Ops Committee looks at tanker transit
-Vessel traffic to be examined
-Skimmer exercise instructive, observers say
-Committee structure essential by Sheila Gottehrer
-Model for socio-economic impacts to be developed
-Study to examine feasibility of spill school and co-op
-Simmering on the burner
-Annotated bibliography in progress
Topics: Historical organization, cplans, contingency plans, nearshore response workgroup, guidebook, fishing vessel training, project origin, transrec skimmers, vessel traffic system, vts, tanker transit risk study, complacency, BWT, BWTF, OPA90, Marine Spill Response Corporation, HB 567, prevention credits, response planning standards