Resources & Materials from Workshops
Since the inception of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), stakeholders have been working to establish independent oversight mechanisms to ensure oil stays in the pipe. In 2009 and 2010, stakeholders gathered at two workshops in the Copper River watershed to share resources and information to better understand current oversight efforts and how independent oversight can work, and to develop an action plan for how to establish independent citizen oversight for TAPS.
Since the inception of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), stakeholders have been working to establish independent oversight mechanisms to ensure oil stays in the pipe. In 2009 and 2010, stakeholders gathered at two workshops in the Copper River watershed to share resources and information to better understand current oversight efforts and how independent oversight can work, and to develop an action plan for how to establish independent citizen oversight for TAPS.
The following is information from these workshops, as well as other resources on TAPS, citizen oversight and the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Please let us know if you have any questions, desire further information, or have additional information we can post here for sharing with others.
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Resources
Stakeholder Activities
Resources
TAPS materials:
- "Risk Assessment of Alaska Oil Infrastructure Called Flawed"- (website) Anchorage Daily News article on Alaska Risk Assessment, a state-led effort to assess risks associated with Alaska's oil and gas infrastructure.
- Peer Review report of Alaska Risk Assessment
conducted by the Transportation research Board of The National
Academies--download
a copy here. Click here to
link to project site for Alaska Risk Assessment.
- Fineberg Research --this website includes the comprehensive work of Richard Fineberg, including in-depth reporting on TAPS.
- Opinion
Paper on TAPS by James Brady, North Cape Fisheries
Consulting--expert opinion on likely impacts of a spill into the Copper
River.
- "Oil & Water"--(website) Anchorage Press coverage of Cordovans' challenge to TAPS oil spill contingency plan.
Citizen Oversight Materials:
- Comparison table of Citizen Oversight Models
- Oil Pollution Act of 1990--link to a website that includes OPA90, the federal legislation resulting in citizen oversight.
- Prince William Sound Regional Citizen's Advisory Council white paper on citizen oversight
- Copper River Watershed Project's white paper on citizen oversight.
- Models of Public Oversight of Government and Industry--article by Richard Steiner
- Outreach Poster in support of TAPS Citizen Oversight. This poster is designed to be printed 36 x 42 inches. For a high resolution file of this poster, please contact Kate at CRWP.
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Materials:
- Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council--website that outlines the
restoration and research funded by the Council since the 1989 oil
spill. Also includes information about the history of the Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill.
- The Whole Truth--website highlighting economic impacts to commercial fisherman as a result of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Also includes information about the history of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.
Stakeholder activities
2009 Stakeholder Workshop
CRWP worked with Cascadia Wildlands to host a kick-off workshop in Valdez, March 10-11, 2009, at the Valdez Civic & Convention Center.
Workshop participants met over the course of two days to develop a list of stakeholder concerns regarding TAPS, strategies for engaging citizens in TAPS oversight, and a list of ACTION steps to be taken to engage citizens in the oversight of TAPS.
The following presentations were also included in the workshop:
- Gabe Scott, Cascadia Wildlands Project, review of Alyeska Contingency Plan provisions for the Copper River drainage;
- Dan
Gilson, Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council, review
of successes of PWS RCAC;
- Richard Fineberg, Fineberg
Research, review of maintenance and safety concerns for TAPS;
- Peter VanTuyn, Legal framework for citizen oversight.
Recordings of these presentations are available by contacting Kate Alexander at the Copper River Watershed Project office. We hope to make recordings available on this website in the future.
Following you will find notes from the workshop, as well as background materials on TAPS and Citizen Oversight. Click on the name of the documents you want to download to your computer and downloading should automatically begin.
Workshop Materials:
- Scoping document for 2009 TAPS Stakeholder Workshop
- March,
2009 TAPS Stakeholder Workshop Press Release
- Updated
Meeting Goals and Agenda
- Workshop notes
2010 Stakeholder Workshop
In May, 2010, CRWP convened a gathering of stakeholders and representatives from Alyeska and oversight agencies from the Joint Pipeline Office. The purpose of this workshops was to facilitate the exchange of information among stakeholders along the TAPS corridor, continue a dialogue on citizen concerns, and identify opportunities for engaging citizens in monitoring safe pipeline operations. Below are PDFs of the presentations, as well as the agenda and workshop notes. We hope to make recordings of these presentations available soon.
Workshop Materials
Presentations
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Matt Carle, Alyeska
- Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Jerry Brossia, Joint Pipeline Office (JPO)
- Copper River Area Oil Spill Risk and Preparedness, Bonnie Friedman, BLM, JPO
- Congress Passes Acts Executive Agencies Administer Regulations, Mike Wrabetz, BLM, JPO
- Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration, Bill Flanders
- State Pipeline Coordinator's Office, Anne Browne
- Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Dennis Gnath, Division of Habitat, Joint Pipeline Office
- TAPS Legal Framework: Strengths and Weaknesses, Lois Epstein, LNE Engineering and Policy,
- TAPS Today: Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Operations and Management Issues and their Economic Drivers, Richard Fineberg, Fineberg Research
