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Request for Proposals: Compensation Study

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The Council is inviting proposals for a comprehensive employee compensation study. The final work product of this effort is a report providing recommended base salary or wage ranges for each position in the organization, an evaluation of existing benefits, and validation of the cost of living differential used for Valdez staff.

Submittal Deadline: July 25, 2025
Award Announcement: August 8, 2025

For more information, please download the full RFP: Request for Proposals: Compensation Study

Questions?

If you have questions that are not addressed in the RFP, please contact Ashlee Hamilton and/or Hans Odegard via email.

Anchorage office has relocated

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The Council is excited to announce that our Anchorage office has moved!

MAP to new location: RAM Building at 2525 Gambell Street, Suite 305.

New mailing address:

Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council
2525 Gambell Street, Ste 305
Anchorage, AK 99503

All other contact information for the Anchorage and Valdez offices will remain the same.

Questions? Please call 907-277-7222.

Council held meeting and reception in Valdez, April 30 – May 2

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The Council held several events in Valdez, April 30 – May 2, 2025, including the Council’s annual Board meeting and a public reception.

Public reception: Wednesday, April 30

In conjunction with the meeting, the board of directors for Alaska Tanker Company, Hilcorp and the Council co-sponsored a public reception on Wednesday, April 30.

Board meeting: Thursday and Friday, May 1-2

The meeting was held in the Valdez Civic Center, at 314 Clifton Drive.

Meeting materials and links for teleconference, videoconference, and presentations.

Final agenda

On the agenda

The Council conducted regular business during the meeting, including seating of established directors and committee members, election of new Board officers and updates from Council ex officio members, staff and committees. Other topics included on the agenda were:

  • An activity report by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company on the Valdez Marine Terminal and Ship Escort Response Vessel System operations.
  • A review of a pilot study of methods to evaluate the integrity of the secondary containment liners in the East Tank Farm at the Valdez Marine Terminal.
  • A presentation on marine bird surveys conducted in September and November 2024, in and around the Prince William Sound tanker escort zone and Valdez Marine Terminal.
  • An update on non-indigenous species biofouling risks from vessels arriving in Prince William Sound.
  • An analysis of the preliminary conservative emission estimates from crude oil storage tanks at the terminal during the tank vent damage incident in 2022.
  • An update on recommendations from the Council’s report “Assessment of Risks and Safety Culture at Alyeska’s Valdez Marine Terminal.”
  • A summary of the Council’s monitoring of drills and exercises in 2024.
  • An update on community outreach activities done by the Council over the past year.
  • An overview of plans to further distribute the Council’s “Peer Listener Manual.”
  • A report from the Council’s legislative monitors and staff on political developments and prospects coming out of Washington, D.C. and Juneau.

Council board meetings are routinely recorded and may be disseminated to the public by the Council or by the news media.

Media release: Prince William Sound RCAC board meeting and reception in Valdez, April 30-May 2, 2025

 

Funds available for educational projects related to our mission

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The Council works to educate Exxon Valdez region youth about the environmentally safe operation of the Alyeska terminal and associated tankers. Working with area youth is vital to fight complacency that can arise if new generations of citizens are not continually reminded of the need for ongoing oil spill prevention.

To support this effort, the Council invites proposals for facilitating learning experiences with Exxon Valdez oil spill region youth. Youth in this case can include students from K-12 formal education, homeschool students, informal education programs, and either formal or informal college-level education. In the past, the PWSRCAC has also sponsored projects for teachers that benefit area youth.

Now accepting proposals

We are currently accepting proposals for projects taking place during the 2025-2026 school year.

Submittal Deadline: 11:59 p.m. on May 9, 2025
Award Announcement on or before July 31, 2025

Projects should result in better understanding of such topics as: citizens’ oversight, environmental impacts of the operation of the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company oil terminal in Valdez and the oil tankers that call there, oil spill prevention and response planning and operation, and/or other topics related to the Council’s mission.

Past and ongoing projects have included:

  • youth stewardship expeditions into the marine environment via sea kayak and other vessels
  • youth monitoring for aquatic invasive species
  • public oil spill science discovery labs
  • oil spill science and technology outreach
  • oil spill education website development
  • K-12 oil spill curriculum writing and testing
  • travel funding for youth presenting oil spill projects at conferences
  • oral history projects related to the Exxon Valdez oil spill
  • other marine stewardship programs for students with an oil spill connection
  • more information about past projects

Download RFP: Youth Involvement 2025-2026 School Year

Questions?

Please contact Outreach Coordinator Maia Draper-Reich at education@pwsrcac.org.

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Future funding opportunities

There are two deadlines each year to submit proposals for educational project funding. You may subscribe to our email list for new Requests for Proposals to receive notifications when these are issued by the Council.

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