Class: Geography 101
T0rm: Fall 1991
Instructor: Lane Xr
it District
1) Define the follcfjing:
A) Tundra
B) Tropics
C) Topigraphical Mapping
D) Travelogue
E) Turkestan
2) If it
here would
i| 3:15 p.m. in ^lsenada,
what time is it in |anaa?
you find these three regions
Dordogne, Lot Tarn?
4) Compare and cc|Jtrast the Gobi,
the Kalahari,
and the Mojave.
5) You are in yugene, Oregon.
You can ride an LTD bus anywhere.
Anytime.
All term long.
Just show your student I.D.
How does this compare with the other
great transit systems of the^orld?
BONUS
>ufl
6) Take the bu,, „ .
from Amazon Park to Armitage Park.
Describfj the terrain in 500 wordfl or less.
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C 1991 Une Winyt Oiilnc!
Exxon, Alaska
reach second
spill settlement
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) A
second settlement has been
reached in government lawsuits
against Exxon C.orp. over the
nation's largest oil spill, u
spokesman for C,ov Walter |
Hickel said Sunday.
Details of the settlement were
being withheld until a formal
announcement Monday at the
governor's Anchorage office,
spokesman Eric Kehmnnn said.
An earlier settlement, an
nounced in March, fell apart
when u federal judge rejected
the criminal plea bargain and
the Alaska House voted down
(lit? entire agreement
Negotiations between Exxon,
the state and federal govern
ment resumed earlier this
month. The trial of federal
criminal charges against Exxon
over the Exxon Valdez spill is
scheduled to begin Oct. 7 in
Anchorage.
Exxon spokesman Bill Smith
in Irving, Texas, declined to
comment on the new settle
ment. Justice Department
spokesman Doug Krovisky in
Washington said he was un
aware of any settlement or an
nouncement.
Under the previous settle
ment, Exxon and a subsidiary
agreed to plead guilty to four
misdemeanors and pay a record
Slot) million fine. Two felony
pollution charges would have
been dropped
Exxon also would have paid
S900 million over 11 years to
restore damaged natural re
sources. That money would
have settled the state's civil
claims against Exxon and any
future claims by tire federal
government. But it wouldn't
have affected private lawsuits
seeking a total of S59 billion in
damages from the oil giant.
The settlement would have
been the largest of an environ
mental damage case in U S. his
tory. It would have provided
immediate cash to continue the
spill cleanup and avoided years
of lengthy and costly court bat
tles.
Opponents argued the crimi
nal fine was inadequate consid
ering Exxon's wealth and the
damage its tanker caused. The)
also noted the settlement's true
value was far less than SI bil
lion because of the effects of in
flation over the 11-year payout
period.
Pressure has been building
on Exxon to settle the govern
ment litigation. In (hit past two
weeks, fishermen, landowners,
cannery workers, Native Alas
kans and other private interests
agreed to drop their spill law
suits against the state and fed
eral government. That meant a
united front of plaintiffs suing
Exxon.
The tanker Exxon Valdez
spilled nearly 11 million gal
lons of crude oil in Prince Wil
liam Sound when it slammed
into a reef on March 24, 1989
The oil killed countless fish
and thousands of marine birds
and mammals. It also was dev
astating to the region's native
villages, where most residents
still live off the land and sea.
Joseph Hazelwood, the ship's
captain, was accused of drink
ing on shore before the tanker
left Port Valdez, but he was ac
quitted of statu charges that he
operated the ship while intoxi
cated.