A new report from the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, examines the current status of the Joint Pipeline Office, or JPO. The JPO is a group of six federal and six state agencies that oversee various parts of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. The office was formed after the Exxon Valdez oil spill by the … Read more
A new Council report contains an estimate of crude oil vapors emitted during an incident at the Valdez Marine Terminal in 2022. Damage from snow and ice during winter 2021-2022 Over the winter of 2021 to 2022, excessive snow and ice built up on top of the vast tanks that store crude oil at the … Read more
How do you detect damage underground? The Council, Alyeska, and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, or ADEC, have been trying to answer that question. The results from a recent pilot test are providing direction to help ensure that oil will not leak through the secondary containment liners under the storage tanks at the Valdez … Read more
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 … Read more