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- Sep. 24, 1990: American Notes:Alaska
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Sep. 24, 1990 Under The Gun
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- NATION, Page 57
- American Notes
- ALASKA
- A Job for Mother Nature
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- <p> In the 18 months since the Exxon Valdez spewed 11 million
- gal. of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound,
- controversy has dogged the cleanup efforts. The debate
- continued last week, as Exxon ended a second summer of mopping
- up and declared the cleanup over unless its survey next spring
- proves a need for more. The tab so far: $2 billion plus.
- Alaskan officials were not quite so upbeat. Insisting that
- "substantial oil remains," outgoing Governor Steve Cowper said,
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- <p> The state asserts that some four miles of coastline remain
- heavily oiled (1,100 miles were initially affected). Exxon
- counters that water-quality reports have been positive and that
- the sound yielded record catches of pink salmon (43.4 million)
- and herring (8,300 tons) this year.
- </p>
- <p> The Coast Guard, which has been the federal watchdog on the
- cleanup, has largely agreed with Exxon. The state says it will
- continue its own cleanup efforts and press for Exxon to return
- to the task. By spring, however, winter storms may have
- completed the job, according to experts.
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