Project Information

Title: Shoreline Oiling Assessment of EVOS 93038

Project Year and Number: 1993: 93038

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: None

Principal Investigator (PI): Jim Gibeaut (Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies)

Managing Agency: ADEC

Assisting Personnel: Ernest Piper

Research Location: PWS/KEN

Restoration Category: General Restoration

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract: On June 13, 1992, the federal and state on scene coordinators declared the EVOS response complete. The final response survey and remediation program of 1992 documented the remaining known areas of persistent oiling. In 1993, the Exxon Valdez Trustee Council directed the Alaska Department of Environment Conservation to continue shoreline surveys of the affected area. The 1993 survey is being conducted for the purposes of restoration, not for containment and cleanup. Survey teams will monitor shorelines to “ensure recovery is proceeding at an acceptable rate and that winter storms have not brought subsurface oil to the surface. Shorelines treated in 1992, and other potentially oiled sites, need to be evaluated to determine if shorelines responded to treatment, or if additional treatment is required to restore resources and service.” The 1993 survey will provide information that will help trustee agencies design other restoration projects. The project team may also conduct limited remediation of shorelines.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Final Report: View (6,130 KB)

Publications from this Project: None Available

Datasets:
EVOSTC Data Archive: The data describes the oil's visual properties and extent. Comparisons of consistently measured areas through the years provide estimates of oil reduction. A more detailed site by site presentation of oiling conditions at more than 50 shoreline sites in Prince William Sound and Gulf of Alaska including photographs is available in the 1993 Shoreline Assessment Data Report Volumes One through Five. Hard copy of final report and hard copy 1993 Shoreline Assessment Data Report Volumes One through Five. Availability: Contact Ernie Piper or Jim Gibeaut at the above numbers. The five volume data report may be obtained from the Oil Spill Public Information Center in Anchorage, Alaska (645 G Street, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK 99501; 278-8008, toll free in Alaska 800-283-7745, outside Alaska 800-478-7745.