major spill. he was the pointman from the alaska department of environmental conservation, assigned to monitor aleyska. it became obvious that the plan was not being implemented properly or it was inadequate or both. july, 1982. in this memo to a state official, he writes that aleyska s oil skimmers are not capable of working in any conditions beyond windless and glassy seas. windless and glassy seas occur a little bit of the time in alaska. 95% of the time it s not that way. the conditions are much worse. may 1984. he alerts his bosses that aleyska s oil spill recovery equipment is becoming outdated. there were better skimmers available. they weren t using them. there were a lot bigger skimmers available that they needed that they didn t have. seven months later, he warns they need realistic data on aleyska response times. and issue because aleyska s
windless and glassy seas occur a little bit of the time in alaska. 95% of the time it s not that way. the conditions are much worse. may 1984. he alerts his bosses that aleyska s oil spill recovery equipment is becoming outdated. there were better skimmers available. they weren t using them. there were a lot bigger skimmers available that they needed that they didn t have. seven months later, he warns they need realistic data on aleyska response times. and issue because aleyska s barge for use in an oil spill is outfitted and ready in the summer, he says. but all equipment is stored in winter. some of the equipment was in the storage room. most of it was outside in a field covered in snow. in a statement to cnn,