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NATION, Page 59American NotesALASKAThreatening A Shutdown
One ecodisaster in a lifetime is enough for Dennis Kelso,
Alaska's commissioner of the department of environmental
conservation. Unless tankers that use the 800-mile trans-Alaska
pipeline submit individual spill contingency plans by Nov. 13,
Kelso says he will deny them access to the port of Valdez,
effectively shutting down the pipeline. George Bush has warned that
a shutoff of oil would not be in the "national interest." This is
not Alaska's first such threat. After the Exxon Valdez ran aground
in March, Governor Steve Cowper told oil companies to increase
safety measures or he would shut the pipeline. Now Cowper wants
something in writing.