Good weather conditions aid cleanup of Alaska oil spill
AM HOKAtih
Alaska ( A I’ j
Cleanup of the
largest oil spill in Alaska sint'•
the 1 oho l.uim Valdez disaster
continued Sunday as workers
sui ked up whal they could and
sprayed chernM ill dispersants
long slti k threatening an island
shoreline
A pipeline i arrvmg a mix of
oil and water fro/e and burst
early Saturday, spilling an estl
rnaled ltj.MOO gallons ol i rude
oil into tin- waters ol Cook Inlet
about Ml miles southwest ol
Anchorage
on portions of a several mile
A sink ili.it measured about
;o nuifs long and 300 yartis
wide had spread Into the inlet
liy Sunday. hut the worst eon
imitation of oil vv.is ttins to
lout miles long about two to
threi miles from Kalgin Island
,in<l .it.out 2tt miles sou lit w * si
of when the spill <h i urreil
Uni to favorable tides and
w.itlie: no oil lull) re,k lied
,i:t\ shorelines b\ midd.iv Sim
day, c>(fit nils said
The dispersants, which break
up lie oil while still near the
stirfm e were bet rig used oil .1
heaV v ribls ai of oil Hvo In threi
miles northeast of kulgin Is
! i!:. i J -..mi Joe Salllfler, I ho stale
Di-piirtim nl nf in vironmenlul
(.miM'rviii inn ?> regional oil pro
grain i oordinalor
Wetilhef ss'liu h had i imprr
ail'd in llic spill cleanup Saint
ii.i\ was worsening Sunday
and cleanup workers were hop
ing in kn-p ihe nil from going
ashore onto I he island Sauiner
said
We learned from Ihe l.xxon
Valdez, lhal once you gel i rude
oil onto ihe heal hes, your eflnrl
for I leaning up goes was up,
'the (lifftiuliV goes was up,
S miner said
Tin 1 x son Va Ide/ spil led
nearly 1 ! million gallons of
-ftl: Sj;ji crude into the wa
i':. ■ i e U . Ill,mi Sound i n
Man ii 1 OHO it Wai the nation s
oil '.pill live largest sjiill
in ( ook Inlet was in 1 uH 7,
when tlie tanker (ilai ler [ta\
dumped helween 11,000 and
HTi.OOO gallons
Hv Sunday, skimmers using
• n! absorbent brxims and other
equipment had recovered up to
a quarter of the oil, said Hull
Williams, manager of the Kenui
I’ipnllne ( .o Some also had dis
prrsed or evaporated naturallv.
he said
The p i pe 11 ne i om pans is
cnv nri! bv Aren .inti (ihev
A rupture in tin- heated pres
suri/ed Id -null pipeline was
discovered earl) Saturdav. a mi
(juic kJ\ repaired I'he break
was s ansed bv a healing ele
ment liial fulled, allowing the
pip*- to freeze and lhaw, cans
ing llie break Williams said
The pipeline runs along a
1.200 foot causeway between
the shore and a offshore dock,
he said I he doc k is about 1 1
miles north of Kenai and the
mouth of the Kenai River, a
world renowned king salmon
fishing area
U.N. may send peacekeepers to Yugoslavia if truce lasts
UNI I l-;u NA
TIONS (AH A
U. N n n v o y o 11
Sunday raised expix liitions that
ii [i lu 10.00(1 peacekeepers
(mild lie sen! to Yugoslav la.
kiiv11warring fat turns im s.
i essionist Croatia appear to he
finally lioooitn^ a i rase 11r••
pact
In Zagreb. IMo (apltal of Urn
ati.i. a senior Croat tan i mil
tnunder also was optimtslii
afxmt tin- truce, the lMh In try
to end die six month i tvil war
If it holds for the next two
Weeks, the i hunt es are (good) it
will turn into ii prrm.imrnt
i I'.isc f ire," sii id (Inn I in r .1
Agotir after iwi'lmg with ( nl
Mile (llumai . .1 frdcr.il .irtny
negotiator Thi' two men agreed
In meet again Thursday in I’m v
Hungary. JO miles from the
( .roatian border
UN ofTir nils li.ivc said they
would not send pear ekeepers
until u firm trur e is rear !i in
Oo.itiii when repuhhi fighters
h.isi* Isullled llir Serb led fi-dt-r
•il irniv and ethnit Serbs op
posed In m‘i rsMon I'ti'viims
Inn i *. r olliijisiti almost until'
diuli'ty
Thousands of people hove
tu rn killed, .mil spit ml t \
i:IIVO) < vrtls Villlte s.ltd S.ilur
d*»V inure 111.Ill (.00 OOU refuge.
h uve fled fighting suite Cro.ili.i
dei lured independerii <■ June
V.int e mi l Sund.iv with l N
Set reliirv (lener.il Ilulros (Titill,
arid said (.I1.1I1 will deliver .1 re
juirt Murid.iv on Yugoslavia to
1 In- Security Council, which
h.is authority lo semi .1 petite
keeping tori e
\ alter who returned Iroiti
Y'.lgosl.iviu hist week, did not
disilose del.ills ol the meeting
•>\ iili (>hali ituI i! w iis dear
Vance's report focused on pos
sible deployment of .1 pear e
keeping forte; which officials
said could be as large us 10,000
soldiers
V.iiii 1* said specific details
about .1 possible pern ekeeping
Ion i- would lie addressed in
(■hull s repori 10 the lli-nntion
Sei urilv ( mini il
Asked if he was optimistic
nl«.ul pc.k 1 \ iinc e broke into n
smile 1 urn pleased the 1 ease
fire appears to be holding and I
liojic that this w ill ( nnlmue
(dull also grinned and ap
pc.mil upbeat .is Ivc loft ihc
meeting, hui did no! talk to re
porters
V.im i . a former Secretary o!
Stale s.inl he would try to
reach top Yugoslav officials
and military leaders later Sun
day to rn< ourage them to abide
by the truce, agreed Friday.
Asked yvhen officials would
he confident a i ease fire was
holding, Vance said "I think
that we have to see for more
than a couple of days, three,
four, live days 1 really don't
'van! to put anv countdown.
U have to see
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