02/03/1998 10:05 AM House O&G

       HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                  
                  February 3, 1998                                             
                     10:05 a.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
CONTINUATION REVIEW OF DUTCH HARBOR OIL SPILL AND NON-CONTINGENCY              
PLAN CARRIERS                                                                  
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
98-6, SIDE(S) A & B                                                            
98-7, SIDE(S) A                                                                
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Hodgins, Chairman, convened the House Special                   
Committee on Oil and Gas meeting at 10:05 a.m.                                 
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Hodgins and Ogan.  Representative(s) Kemplen, Ryan and Rokeberg                
arrived as the meeting was in progress.                                        
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
KURT FREDRICKSSON, Director, Division of Spill Prevention and                  
Response, Department of Environmental Conservation, testified                  
regarding the Kuroshima oil spill near Dutch Harbor, last November.            
Discussion ranged from a description of how the incident command               
was implemented to how the 470 funds are to be used.  These                    
discussions involved the implementing regulatory authority and the             
discretion of the Department of Environmental Conservation.  Agency            
accountability and the lack of cost recovery incentive was also                
discussed.                                                                     
                                                                               
LINDA FREED, Kodiak Island Borough, gave testimony on Kodiak's                 
recent efforts to implement a regional response plan.  She                     
suggested that the committee view a video tape of a recent "near               
spill" close to the island of Kodiak.  Ms. Freed discussed the                 
resources that have been received from the state and recent effort             
to formulate an equipment list.                                                
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting adjourned at 12:02 p.m.                                            
                                                                               
NOTE:                                                                          
                                                                               
The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.  A              
copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by contacting the            
House Records Office at 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                  
Alaska  99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the               
second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the               
Legislative Reference Library.