The council’s board of directors held a meeting at the AVTEC Culinary Institute in Seward, Alaska on Thursday and Friday, September 19 and 20, 2013.
Topics on the agenda included:
- A review of the best available technology for escort tugs
- Presentation on a project to identify, track and observe resolution of system integrity issues at the terminal
- A review of the inspectability of crude oil piping at the Valdez Marine Terminal
- Update on Prince William Sound’s oil spill contingency plan renewal for tankers and the renewal process for the terminal’s contingency plan
- A presentation on the council’s recent oil spill simulants workshop
- Update on the status of remote control of the Valdez Marine Terminal
- A review of the past year’s oil spill drill activities in Prince William Sound
The next meeting of the council’s board of directors will be held January 2014 in Anchorage.