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- An arm of the Gulf of Alaska east of the Kenai Peninsula. A devastating oil spill occurred here in March 1989.
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Examples
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Exxon Mobil says it does not intend to spend any more money on claims or damages arising from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, according to a federal court document filed Friday.
AlaskaDispatch.com: Exxon Says It's Done Paying for Exxon Valdez Oil Spill AlaskaDispatch.com 2011
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Understanding how these populations are coping with this latest die-off, and with the spill more generally, will take years of research: aerial or boat surveys, to better estimate their numbers; photo-identification work, to track the coastal communities over time; and the kinds of comparative studies that were used after the Exxon Valdez to assess that spill’s impact on sea otter populations in Prince William Sound.
Rocky Kistner: Three Urgent Questions about the Die-Off of Gulf Dolphins Rocky Kistner 2011
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Exxon Mobil says it does not intend to spend any more money on claims or damages arising from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, according to a federal court document filed Friday.
AlaskaDispatch.com: Exxon Says It's Done Paying for Exxon Valdez Oil Spill AlaskaDispatch.com 2011
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In 2006, the U.S. and Alaska governments invoked the "reopener clause" in the settlement and billed Exxon for $92 million to cover the cost of removing larger-than-expected amounts of crude oil that remained on beaches near Valdez in Prince William Sound.
Judge Orders Exxon, Governments to Resolve Valdez Spill Claim Cassandra Sweet 2011
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"If I don't fish, it will bankrupt me," said Mr. Roskind, who has run his boat out of the Prince William Sound village of Whittier since 2006.
Skippers at Sea Over a License to Fish Jim Carlton 2011
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Exxon Mobil says it does not intend to spend any more money on claims or damages arising from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, according to a federal court document filed Friday.
AlaskaDispatch.com: Exxon Says It's Done Paying for Exxon Valdez Oil Spill AlaskaDispatch.com 2011
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Spradlin said the Oil Spill Recovery Institute of Cordova, Alaska, had trouble cleaning up the oil at the bottom of Prince William Sound.
Government contests offer different way to find solutions for problems 2010
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In fact, it spent most of the last 21 years appealing its financial liability related to the Prince William Sound disaster.
Bob Cesca: How Soon Until the Free Market Stops the Oil Spill? 2010
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It's been more than 20 years, and Alaskans are still recovering from the mess that the historic spill left in Prince William Sound.
Bill Meadows: Stopping the Next Oil Spill Before It Happens Bill Meadows 2010
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About 21,000 gallons of oil remain in the Prince William Sound area, as well as lingering oil on the Kenai peninsula and Katmai coast, over 450 miles away, according to the report, and is dissipating at a rate of less than 4 percent a year.
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