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The Human Factor

Number 22549
Subject Pollution
Source Seattle Post-Intelligencer
State Washington
Year 2005
Publication Date 03/22/05; 03/23/05; 03/24/05; 03/25/05
Summary 16 years after the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill efforts to reduce crew work hours, crack down on alcohol use and improve tug escorts are being evaded or undermined. The industry and regulators are relying on new tankers they say are far less susceptible to trouble. But the investigation revealed that spills have gone unreported, alcohol is still being consumed on the ships and risky behavior is still characteristic in the industry.
Category None
Pages 45
Keywords oil spills;environmental issues;Alaskan waters;petroleum transportation;oil transportation;Prince William Sound;Department of Ecology
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