Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on Topics Concerning the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Into the Prince William Sound of Alaska, April 6, 1989 |
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... approval of contingency oil spill plans . Alyeska had a contingency plan , but you were not required to , in any way , review or approve that plan , is that correct ? Admiral Yost . The Alyeska contingency plan was a requirement placed ...
... approval of contingency oil spill plans . Alyeska had a contingency plan , but you were not required to , in any way , review or approve that plan , is that correct ? Admiral Yost . The Alyeska contingency plan was a requirement placed ...
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... approve , write , sign off on those local facilities for each dock and loading facility , and fueling facility . So we do that . Where you have a problem is when you have a high - seas spill , or a spill in a large body of water , that ...
... approve , write , sign off on those local facilities for each dock and loading facility , and fueling facility . So we do that . Where you have a problem is when you have a high - seas spill , or a spill in a large body of water , that ...
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... approval , as the Admiral in- dicated , for zone one utilization of dispersants . In my meeting with Mr. Iarossi , I asked the question , " Why haven't dispersants been used heretofore ? " And remember , we are talking late Sunday night ...
... approval , as the Admiral in- dicated , for zone one utilization of dispersants . In my meeting with Mr. Iarossi , I asked the question , " Why haven't dispersants been used heretofore ? " And remember , we are talking late Sunday night ...
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... approval from , or at least agreement from the State environmental people . But then a discussion started as to - you know - we are not sure you can use that detergent , or the wind is not right , or you are going to kill fish , et ...
... approval from , or at least agreement from the State environmental people . But then a discussion started as to - you know - we are not sure you can use that detergent , or the wind is not right , or you are going to kill fish , et ...
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... approval to use it on Friday . We asked again Saturday and had several conversations . We finally got approval at 6:45 p.m. on Sunday , and the weather turned pretty bad on us , as you know . A 70 - mile gust blew the roof off a hangar ...
... approval to use it on Friday . We asked again Saturday and had several conversations . We finally got approval at 6:45 p.m. on Sunday , and the weather turned pretty bad on us , as you know . A 70 - mile gust blew the roof off a hangar ...
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$14 million Administrator Admiral Yost agencies Alaska Alaska Pipeline Alyeska Anchorage April areas assess barrels BAYTOWN birds Bligh Reef Board boom Borgen cargo Center Chairman claimant claims Clean Clean Water Act cleanup Commander McCall Committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY contingency plan coordination Cordova damages dispersants double bottoms effects environment equipment EXXON BATON ROUGE EXXON SAN FRANCISCO Exxon Shipping Company EXXON VALDEZ Exxon Valdez oil Federal fish FISHERIES fishermen going Iarossi impact incident Island ISLEIB LIBRARY OF CONGRESS lightering March 24 marine National Response natural resources NOAA oil spill on-scene Owner or Operator personnel pilot pollution port Prince William Sound problem pumps Rassinier RAWL Response Team salmon sea otters Secretary SKINNER shoreline skimmers spray statement Strict liability Strike Team Subcommittee tanker TAPS oil TAUZIN Thank Trans-Alaska Pipeline Transportation Trustees U.S. Coast Guard U.S. REPRESENTATIVE Valdez airport Valdez oil spill vessel Owner Wildlife Zone
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