that is why we went to remote pump station number nine. a few years ago it was manned, workers were here to ensure it worked properly. but company cost cutters replaced them with new monitors and cameras. in late may, it stopped when both the power and emergency power failed. 5,000 barrels of oil overflowed into a spillway. the company has yet to say what exactly went wrong. mike joyner is the vice president of operations for the alaska pipeline. is that a good idea to have remotely operated pump stations? that s the industry standard. most of the standards i have to stop you, because we heard industry standards before. we heard about blowout protecters in the gulf that were industry standards. i guess what i want to ask you is that the safest route to go, or is that the most economically viable route to go? we believe it s the safest route to go, because a mass majority of incidents occurred due to human error.
no, there is a set of laws that says they have to meet them standards. provided there is an inspector there. if there s no inspector there, they just fake it? yes, sir. that s correct. you ve gone public before, nationally and alaska locally with these allegations about the practices in the industry regarding the blowout protecters. i assume, senator murkowski has been working diligently to address your claims on behalf of the natural pristine environment in your state? not that i can see, no. no. so is anybody interested in doing anything about this? the government? either in alaska or representatives nationally from alaska? no. i believe that the commissions, the regulations commissions up here are in the oil field s back pocket. they don t have the strength to follow through with the regulations, and pretty much they let the oil fields write the procedures in the first
provided there is an inspector there. if there s no inspector there, they just fake it? yes, sir. that s correct. you ve gone public before, nationally and alaska locally with these allegations about the practices in the industry regarding the blowout protecters. i assume, senator murkowski has been working diligently to address your claims on behalf of the natural pristine environment in your state? not that i can see, no. no. so is anybody interested in doing anything about this? the government? either in alaska or representatives nationally from alaska? no. i believe that the commissions, the regulations commissions up here are in the oil field s back pocket. they don t have the strength to follow through with the regulations, and pretty much they let the oil fields write the procedures in the first
is there a loophole that big? no. there is a set of laws that says they have to meet the standards. provided that there s an inspector there. if there s no inspector there they just fake it? yes, sir. that s correct. you ve gone public before, nationally and alaska locally, with these allegations about the practices in the industry regarding the blowout protecters. i assume, senator from your state, senator murkowski, has been working diligently to address your claims on behalf of the natural pristine environment in your state? not that i can see, no. no. so is anybody interested in doing anything about this in the government? either in alaska or representatives nationally from alaska? no. i believe that commissions, regulation commissions up here are in oil field pack pocket. they don t have the strength to follow through with regulations