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Board of Directors: Meeting materials now available

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The Council’s May 1-2, 2025 Board of Directors meeting will be held in-person at the Valdez Convention & Civic Center in Valdez, Alaska. The meeting will also be available virtually and telephonically for those unable to travel.

Join the meeting: Meeting audio and video, including presentations, will be available streaming online via Zoom (available starting May 1 by 8:15 a.m.) or by calling 1-888-788-0099, reference meeting ID 891 9616 4358.

A complete meeting packet will be available for download HERE, on or before April 25, 2025.

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1 00 Draft Agenda May 1 2, 2025 PWSRCAC Board Meeting
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1 01 Draft January minutes of January 23 24, 2024
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1 02 Draft minutes of March 19, 2025
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2 01 List of Commonly Used Acronyms
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2 02 March 25, 2025 Budget Status Report
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2 03 Director Attendance Record
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2 04 Committee Member Attendance Record
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2 05 List of Board Committee Members
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2 06 One Page Strategic Plan
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2 07 List of Recent Board and Exeuctive Committee Actions
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2 08 PWSRCAC Organizational Chart
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3 01 Approval of Resolution Designating PWSRCAC Check Signers
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3 02 Approval of FY2026 Contingency Plan Contractor Pool
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3 03 FY2026 LTEMP Contract Authorization
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3 04 FY2026 Marine Bird Fall and Early Winter Surveys Contract Authorization
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3 05 Annual Technical Committee Member Appointments
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4 01 PWSRCAC Director Appointments
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4 02 Report Acceptance Maintaining the Secondary Containment Liner
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4 03 Report Acceptance Marine Bird Fall and Early Winter Survey
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4 04 Report Acceptance Vessel Biofouling
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4 05 Report Acceptance 2022 VMT Crude Oil Storage Tank Vent Incident
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4 06 Federal and State Government Affairs Update
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4 07 Community Outreach Annual Report
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4 08 Addressing Risks and Safety Culture at the VMT
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4 09 Report Acceptance Peer Listener Manual Distribution Plan
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4 10 Report Acceptance 2024 Annual Drill Monitoring Report
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4 11 Annual Board Committee Appointments
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5 01 Program and Project Status Report
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CompleteMeetingPacketMay2025
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Board meetings are open to the public, and an opportunity for the public to provide comments is provided at the beginning of each meeting.

 

Funds available for educational projects related to our mission

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The Council works to educate Exxon Valdez region youth about the environmentally safe operation of the Alyeska terminal and associated tankers. Working with area youth is vital to fight complacency that can arise if new generations of citizens are not continually reminded of the need for ongoing oil spill prevention.

To support this effort, the Council invites proposals for facilitating learning experiences with Exxon Valdez oil spill region youth. Youth in this case can include students from K-12 formal education, homeschool students, informal education programs, and either formal or informal college-level education. In the past, the PWSRCAC has also sponsored projects for teachers that benefit area youth.

Now accepting proposals

We are currently accepting proposals for projects taking place during the 2025-2026 school year.

Submittal Deadline: 11:59 p.m. on May 9, 2025
Award Announcement on or before July 31, 2025

Projects should result in better understanding of such topics as: citizens’ oversight, environmental impacts of the operation of the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company oil terminal in Valdez and the oil tankers that call there, oil spill prevention and response planning and operation, and/or other topics related to the Council’s mission.

Past and ongoing projects have included:

  • youth stewardship expeditions into the marine environment via sea kayak and other vessels
  • youth monitoring for aquatic invasive species
  • public oil spill science discovery labs
  • oil spill science and technology outreach
  • oil spill education website development
  • K-12 oil spill curriculum writing and testing
  • travel funding for youth presenting oil spill projects at conferences
  • oral history projects related to the Exxon Valdez oil spill
  • other marine stewardship programs for students with an oil spill connection
  • more information about past projects

Download RFP: Youth Involvement 2025-2026 School Year

Questions?

Please contact Outreach Coordinator Maia Draper-Reich at education@pwsrcac.org.

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Future funding opportunities

There are two deadlines each year to submit proposals for educational project funding. You may subscribe to our email list for new Requests for Proposals to receive notifications when these are issued by the Council.

Anchorage meeting and events, January 23-24

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The Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council will held a Board meeting in Anchorage Thursday and Friday, January 23-24, 2025.

The Council conducted regular business during the meeting, including updates from Council ex officio members, staff and committees. Other topics included on the agenda were:

  • An activity report by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company on the Valdez Marine Terminal and Ship Escort Response Vessel System operations, including a presentation on their Risk and Safety Culture Assessment Management Action Plan Closeout Report.
  • An update from Council staff on the renewal of the Valdez Marine Terminal contingency plan and subsequent request for informal review relating to concerns about analysis of the East Tank Farm secondary containment system liners.
  • A presentation on volatile organic compound and hazardous air pollutant emissions from the 2022 crude oil storage tank vent incident at the terminal.
  • A report on additional information requested by Alyeska related to the Council’s 2023 “Crude Oil Storage Tank Vent Damage” report, which outlines concerns related to worker safety in the aftermath of the 2022 tank vent damage incident.
  • Reports on the results from the Council’s Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Program 2024 sampling for hydrocarbons and a pilot study to analyze 23 metals in sediments collected adjacent to the Valdez Marine Terminal and Gold Creek reference site.

Council Board meetings are routinely recorded and may be disseminated to the public by the Council or by the news media.

Science Night 2024

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Science Night 2024 Science Night is an annual event hosted by the Prince William Regional Citizens Advisory Council. Topics focus on research related to the safe transportation of oil through Prince William Sound. The event is hosted in Anchorage in late November/early December. NEW IN 2024!! Several partner organizations hosted watch parties in some of … Read more

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