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	Exxon Valdez oil spill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Exxon Valdez oil spill was the most devastating domestic oil spill in the United States.
		A trial burn was conducted during the early stages of the spill, in a region of the spill isolated from the rest by a fire-resistant boom.
		The Exxon Valdez damages assessment is also important in that it was the first which assessed the existence value of the environmental resource in question, an assessment which was done through the use of contingent valuation techniques.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill (1389 words)

	Valdez oil terminal -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The terminal was the point of departure for the (additional info and facts about Exxon Valdez) Exxon Valdez just prior to the (additional info and facts about Exxon Valdez oil spill) Exxon Valdez oil spill.
		There are 18 holding tanks at the terminal, and an average of three or four (A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk) oil tankers depart from the terminal each day.
		Since the pipeline became operational in 1977, more than 15,000 tankers of (A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water) oil have left the terminal.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/va/valdez_oil_terminal.htm (147 words)

	Exxon Valdez oil spill - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		On March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez departed from the Valdez oil terminal in Valdez, Alaska (on its 28th voyage), heading south through Prince William Sound, with a full load of oil.
		In the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez incident Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, including a clause banning the Exxon Valdez from Alaskan waters.
		The animals also were exposed to oil when they dug up their prey in tainted soil Researchers said some shoreline habitats, such as contaminated mussel beds, could take up to 30 years to recover.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill (1226 words)

	Prestige Oil Spill -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The cargo oil was contained in 12 tanks, with between 3.200 and 12.000 m³ capacity.
		Oil means oil of any kind or in any form and includes crude oil, oil refuse, petroleum-related products or by-products, oil mixed in waste, oily ballast, and oily bilge water.
		Studies of the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill have shown that the environmental damage caused by oil spills is greater than was previously thought.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/121/prestige-oil-spill.html (1054 words)

	Exxon Valdez oil spill Article, ExxonValdezoilspill Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Exxon Valdez oil spill was an oil spill, involving the Exxon Valdez, on March24, 1989.
		The Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker, wasdeparting from the Valdez oil terminal (on its 28th voyage)and heading south, through Prince William Sound, with afull load of oil.
		According to reports from the Survivors of the Valdez Oil Spill, Exxon has earned approximately 800 million dollars ayear on the money set aside to pay the punitive damages fine, which as of 2001, equalled $6billion dollars, more than enough to pay the damage award without impacting the financial standing of the company.
	www.anoca.org /million/damages/exxon_valdez_oil_spill.html (1107 words)

	Exxon Valdez oil spill
		The Exxon Valdez oil spill was an oil spill, involving the Exxon Valdez, on March 24 1989.
		The Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker, was departing from the Valdez oil terminal (on its 28th voyage) and heading south, through Prince William Sound, with a full load of oil.
		The ship was banned from Valdez by a new regulation that prohibited vessels that had caused oil spills of more than 1 million gallons (3,800 m³).
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/e/ex/exxon_valdez_oil_spill.html (1140 words)

	Valdez, Alaska > History > The Trans-Alaska Pipeline
		Oil entered the pipeline at Pump Station One, at Prudhoe Bay, on June 20, 1977, and reached Valdez on July 28.
		Throughout much of the life of the pipeline, crude oil was moved down the line by a series of ten operating pump stations.
		Oil from the pipeline is first stored, then loaded aboard tankers at the terminal in Valdez.
	www.valdezalaska.org /history/transAlaskaPipeline.html (1048 words)

	Exxon Valdez, Oil Program, US EPA
		Alyeska, the association that represents seven oil companies who operate in Valdez, including Exxon, first assumed responsibility for the cleanup, in accordance with the area's contingency planning.
		Because there was not enough wave action to mix the dispersant with the oil in the water, the Coast Guard representatives at the site concluded that the dispersants were not working and so their use was discontinued.
		In the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez incident, Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which required the Coast Guard to strengthen its regulations on oil tank vessels and oil tank owners and operators.
	www.epa.gov /oilspill/exxon.htm (823 words)

	CNN.com - Alaska oil transfers resume after temporary security shutdown - Jan. 2, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The transfer of oil onto tankers at Alaska's port of Valdez resumed Thursday after a temporary shutdown which the U.S. Coast Guard attributed to the nation's elevated threat level, a spokesman told CNN.
		The port of Valdez serves as the port of entry and the southern terminal for the trans-Alaska pipeline from Prudhoe Bay.
		Valdez is the northernmost ice-free port in North America, according to Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, which runs the trans-Alaska pipeline.
	www.cnn.com /2004/US/West/01/01/alaska.oil.shipments (590 words)

	EVOS-Oil Spill Facts-Q & A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Exxon Valdez was repaired and renamed the Sea River Mediterranean and is used to haul oil across the Atlantic.
		The oil would be trapped within several layers of boom and either be scooped up, sucked up or absorbed using special oil-absorbent materials.
		The oil is a poison that causes death.
	www.evostc.state.ak.us /facts/qanda.html (1290 words)

	08/23/93 - TANKER BLOCKADE ENDS[BABBITT PRESSES EXXON TO MEET WITH SOUND FISHERMEN EV405]
		The three-day blockade ended as seven tankers waited offshore to dock at the oil terminal, where storage tanks were rapidly reaching capacity.
		Babbitt and oil company officials agreed to urge Exxon to meet with the fishermen, who blame the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound for this year's sharp drop in pink salmon and herring runs.
		Oil flow in the pipeline was not slowed during the blockade.
	www.adn.com /evos/stories/EV405.html (1253 words)

	Alyeska resumes loading oil in Valdez
		The oil tanker terminal had been closed at the request of the Coast Guard on Tuesday night.
		Oil continued to flow south from the North Slope into storage tanks at the terminal.
		Tankers load Prudhoe Bay oil destined for the Lower 48 at Valdez, the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline, which carries 17 percent of the nation's domestic oil supply.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/155031_terminal02.html (317 words)

	Exxon valdez oil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Proceedings of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Symposium edited by SD Rice, RB Spies, DA Wolfe and BA Wright.
		The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council’s next meeting is a joint meeting with the Public Advisory Committee on Saturday, June 11, 2005 at 10:00 am at...
		The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill was one of the biggest environmental and public...
	www.totalsandwich.com /exxon+valdez+oil.html (1074 words)

	Oil Spill Prevention and Response (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Field drills are conducted to evaluate preparedness to react to an oil spill.
		Includes comprehensive prevention plan outlining all spill prevention measures taken at the terminal as well as response section describing land and water response for spills originating from Terminal facilities.
		A spill from a tanker not at berth or transiting Port Valdez is covered under the Prince William Sound Tanker Spill Prevention and Response Plan.
	www.alyeska-pipe.com /Pipelinefacts/OilSpillPreventionAndResponse.html (728 words)

	Ten Years After But Who Was To Blame? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Their chief of operations at the Valdez terminal, Theo Polasek, warned at the meeting that it was 'not possible' to contain an oil spill in the centre of the Prince William Sound - exactly where the Exxon Valdez grounded.
		When it comes to oil spills, the name of the game is 'containment' because, radar or not, some day, some tanker somewhere will hit the rocks.
		In September 1984, independent oil shipper Charles Hamel of Washington DC, shaken by evidence he received from Alyeska employees, hopped on the first available Concorde at his own expense to warn BP executives in London about scandalous goings-on at Valdez.
	www.gregpalast.com /printerfriendly.cfm?artid=12 (1308 words)

	Steve Quayle News Alerts
		Some Valdez residents were on edge as word spread through the Prince William Sound community of almost 4,200 people.
		However remote the possibility of a terror attack, the unsettling report prompted Valdez officials to review the town's emergency plan and Mayor Bert Cottle to prepare a late-afternoon statement for local broadcast stations, explaining the elevation in the nation's terror threat level.
		In a November 2001 confidential report obtained by The Associated Press, then-Adjutant General Phillip Oates noted the Valdez oil terminal, the Port of Anchorage and Nikiski Terminals in Cook Inlet could also be potential international targets.
	www.stevequayle.com /News.alert/03_Terror/031226.AK.takes.threat.html (588 words)

	Traveler's Guide to Valdez, Alaska
		Valdez is located on the north shore of Port Valdez, a deepwater fjord in Prince William Sound.
		It is the southern terminus of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline.
		Valdez soon became the supply center of its own gold mining region, and incorporated as a City in 1901.
	alaskagold.com /valdez (260 words)

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		The plane was kept several hundred feet from the terminal during the questioning.
		The threat of terrorism also prompted the closure Tuesday night of the oil tanker terminal in Valdez, Alaska.
		Tankers load Prudhoe Bay oil destined for the Lower 48 states at Valdez, the end of the 800-mile pipeline, which carries 17 percent of the nation's domestic oil supply.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /news/news-article.aspx?storyid=12790 (627 words)

	Valdez tanker port shut down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Air Force fighter jets, meanwhile, have been flying patrols around Valdez in recent days, and federal authorities have placed restrictions on private planes in a 25-mile radius around the town, home to the sprawling marine terminal at the end of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.
		Valdez was mentioned several days ago as a possible target, not long after the Orange Alert was announced.
		I understand that if the pipeline is shutoff for long the oil begins to congeal, particularly in mid-winter, and it is a major problem to get it reheated and flowing again.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1049997/posts (1710 words)

	Alaska Residents on Edge After Terrorism Warning - www.ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Kathy Nielsen, 48, owner of Rogue's Garden natural food store in Valdez, said the store is at the end of a 300 mile road, and there's only one way in and one way out unless you fly.
		The terrorism warning prompted Valdez Mayor Bert Cottle to prepare a late-afternoon statement for local broadcast, explaining the elevation in the nation's terror threat level.
		However, Valdez officials are reviewing the town's emergency plan and security has been increased at the Port of Valdez, where armed Coast Guard patrols were more visible.
	p080.ezboard.com /fcurrentsfrm52.showMessage?topicID=565.topic (596 words)

	NOAA's Ocean Service Office of Response and Restoration \| Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
		The tanker was carrying approximately 53 million gallons of crude oil.
		Response to the Exxon Valdez Spill Within hours after the tanker Exxon Valdez spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, a team of NOAA OR&R scientists arrived on-scene.
		Summary Points: 10 Years of Intertidal Monitoring After the Exxon Valdez Spill A short summary of the main findings of NOAA biologists studying the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on intertidal shorelines in Prince William Sound.
	response.restoration.noaa.gov /photos/exxon/exxon.html (242 words)

	Living on Earth: March 5, 1999
		CHILD 3: Dear Valdez third graders, we are sorry that the oil spilled in the sea.
		I remember the Greenpeace ad after the Exxon Valdez, with Captain Hazelwood's mug shot and the tag line, "It wasn't his driving that caused the Exxon Valdez oil spill, it was yours." Well, what was true then is truer today.
		The Valdez oil spill's tenth anniversary is an occasion for deep reflection in Alaska, and it's revived bitter feelings that many have toward Exxon.
	www.loe.org /shows/shows.htm?programID=99-P13-00010 (7952 words)

	Exxon Valdez: A Silver Lining?
		Trans-Alaska Pipeline: The 800-mile pipeline carries approximately 50 million gallons of oil per day from Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope, to the Valdez oil tanker terminal in Prince William Sound.
		The oil gave the otters anemia, limiting their blood's ability to carry oxygen, and, she says, making it harder for them to dive for food.
		But because of the oil spill, they saw a reason like, well, this could possibly happen again, we should have the numbers to, you know, compare in case something happens again.
	www.loe.org /series/exxon/silver.htm (1629 words)

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	No oil drilling in Florida [Archive] - IIDB
		That few of the Sugestoon that are left are not so happy with the oil companies-they lived on Prince William Sound near the Valdez oil spill.
		First,in 1969 BP's oil group Alyeska paid them one dollar for the land on which the Valdez oil terminal was built.
		The Valdez struck Bligh Reef not because of a drunken skipper (he was not on the bridge) but because the guidance radar was shut off because it cost too much to run.
	www.iidb.org /vbb/archive/index.php/t-26538.html (2174 words)

	Hydrocarbon Transportation Projects
		The pipeline originates at the Tengiz oil field development in Kazakhstan and runs through Russia to the deepwater terminal at Novorissiysk on the Black Sea.
		This project involves the construction and design of a marine terminal consisting of: a tank farm with five 120,000-cubic-meter tanks; metering facilities; two 42-inch offshore loading pipelines; two single-point moorings; a maintenance base; and a small boat shelter.
		The Valdez Marine Terminal, located in Prince William Sound at Valdez, Alaska, is the southern terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline system and is, by far, the largest crude oil tanker-loading terminal in the United States.
	www.fluor.com /ias/hyd/projects.asp (1103 words)

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