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KF5JRV > TODAY    24.03.19 12:56z 31 Lines 1592 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Today in History - Mar 24
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Sent: 190324/1256Z 33299@KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA BPQ6.0.18

One of the worst oil spills in U.S. territory begins when the
supertanker Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by the Exxon Corporation,
runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska. An
estimated 11 million gallons of oil eventually spilled into the water.
Attempts to contain the massive spill were unsuccessful, and wind and
currents spread the oil more than 100 miles from its source, eventually
polluting more than 700 miles of coastline. Hundreds of thousands of
birds and animals were adversely affected by the environmental disaster.

It was later revealed that Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Valdez,
was drinking at the time of the accident and allowed an uncertified
officer to steer the massive vessel. In March 1990, Hazelwood was
convicted of misdemeanor negligence, fined $50,000, and ordered to
perform 1,000 hours of community service. In July 1992, an Alaska court
overturned Hazelwood’s conviction, citing a federal statute that grants
freedom from prosecution to those who report an oil spill.

Exxon itself was condemned by the National Transportation Safety Board
and in early 1991 agreed under pressure from environmental groups to pay
a penalty of $100 million and provide $1 billion over a 10-year period
for the cost of the cleanup. However, later in the year, both Alaska and
Exxon rejected the agreement, and in October 1991 the oil giant settled
the matter by paying $25 million, less than 4 percent of the cleanup aid
promised by Exxon earlier that year.

73 de Scott KF5JRV

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