USCG holds oil spill awareness seminar

The U.S. Coast Guard will hold the first of what are planned as annual seminars on Alaska oil spill awareness Sept. 29 at the Valdez Civic Center, the Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Valdez said June 30.

USCG said the seminar is designed to provide key leaders, community stakeholders, industry representatives and journalists with an advanced understanding of oil spill response activities.

Topics include oil chemistry; multiagency cooperative plans; control and containment; response-recovery options; and protection of sensitive areas.

The Marine Safety Unit Valdez said it will partner in the presentations and discussions with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the federal Environmental Protection Agency, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.’s Ship Escort Response Vessel System, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Spiltec, SeaRiver Marine, Chadux, Tesoro and the Law Office of Kevin Beauchamp Smith.

For more information contact Lt. Matthew York at 907-835-7214 or by e-mail at [email protected].

—Petroleum News