• Corpus ID: 188468277

The EXXON Valdez Oil Spill a Report to the President

@inproceedings{Skinner2010TheEV,
  title={The EXXON Valdez Oil Spill a Report to the President},
  author={Samuel K. Skinner},
  year={2010}
}

• S. Skinner
• Published 29 May 2010
• Environmental Science

Prepared by the National Response Team, this report was requested by the President and undertaken by Secretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner and Environmental Protection Agency Adminstrator William K. Reilly. The report addresses the preparedness for, the response to, and early lessons learned from the Exxon Valdez incident. The President has also asked Secretary Skinner to coordinate the efforts of all federal agencies involved in the cleanup and Adminstrator Reilly to coordinate the long-term recovery of the affected areas of the Alaskan environment. These efforts are ongoing. While it remains too early to draw final conclusions about many spill effects, the report addresses a number of important environmental, energy, economic, and health implications of the incident. The lack of necessary preparedness for oil spills in Prince William Sound and the inadequate response actions that resulted mandate improvements in the way the nation plans for and reacts to oil spills of national significance. This report starts the critical process of documenting these lessons and recommending needed changes to restore public confidence and improve our ability to plan for and respond to oil spills. URI http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/26632 Collections Galveston Bay Bibliography GBIC Materials Available at Jack K. Williams Library DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016 DuraSpace Contact Us | Send Feedback Theme by The Exxon Valdez oil spill: A report to the president   spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. It was the worst oil spill in U.S. history until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Some reports estimated the total economic loss from the Exxon Valdez oil spill to be as much as $2.8 billion. A 2001 study found oil contamination remaining at more than half of the 91 beach sites tested in Prince William Sound. The single-hulled ship could no longer transport oil in U.S. waters, due to the new regulations. The ship began running oil transport routes in Europe, where single-hulled oil tankers were still allowed.