Less oil visible as rough weather breaks up slick
VALDEZ, Alaska <AP) - Aerial
surveys showed “significantly less
oil visible on the water” after two
days of high winds and rough seas
broke up much of the Exxon Valdez
oil spill, the Coast Guard said
Wednesday.
Off the coast outside Prince Wil
liam Sound, where the tanker ran
aground on Bligh Reef and lost more
than 10 million gallons, observation
flights found little more than patches
of light sheen and spots of thick crude
mousse, said Coast Guard spokes
man Brad Smith.
But state officials disputed that
account.
An ovcrtlighi they conducted
Tuesday in poor visibility spotted a
medium sheen of oil around Chugach
Islands and Barren Islands on ihe
edge of the Cook Inlet, which leads to
Homer, Kodiak Island and Anchor
age.
“If it keeps moving in the general
direction it’s going to gel there,” said
Dan Lawn, a Deparunent of Environ
mental Conservation official in
charge of tracking the oil.
Smith said only small amounts of
sheen and frothy mousse were ob
served in various areas of the south
ern part of the sound, but some is
lands and bays remained heavily
oiled.
Cleanup operations continued on
oil-covered areas like Naked Island,
where workers used absorbent pads
to scour the coastline, according to
the Coast Guard, which assumed
management of the cleanup under
President Bush’s order last week.
However, w inds began to shilt to
the southeast, the National Weather
Service said, meaning they could
blow oil from the nation s w/orst-cvcr
spill back toward Prince William
Sound.
‘‘It doesn’t appear to be a threat,”
Smith said. ‘ ‘ ft seems the front line of
the oil hasn't been advancing and has
been breaking up.”
Fishing towns along the coast
have spent three tense days waiting
for the oil to hit land. Officials note
that until all oil has broken up and
swept to sea, changes in the weather
could still throw crude ashore.
“I don’t want to say it s over
because something may change, but
the oil is breaking up very rapidly,”
said John Whitney, an official with
the National Oceanic and Atmos
pheric Administration.
“The combination of winds and
waves is taking care of it nicely.”
In other developments:
• Adm. Paul Yost, commandant
of the Coast Guard, was scheduled to
arrive from Washington at Elmen
dorf Air Force Base in Anchorage,
Alaska, on Wednesday and fly over
the spill area Thursday.
• The How of oil from the North
Slope has returned to normal, the
operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline
said. It also said it has complied with
a state order for more tanker safely
measures and a full-time „m
spill response learn. merBcncy
. •I" Washington, the H0USCi„,
rior Committee voted to use S!r
nas if necessary to gather infoS*
in its investigation of the JS'™
Rep. George Miller, 0 Caijr d<f
made the proposal, said he fei,^
important to “send a strong mc *“
to the interested parties that we e
peel all panics lo cooperate.”
ton state oftoa^sannounccd^l^
Booth Gardner said the first test k,'
prevent the Exxon Valdez front ^
luting more coastal waters ana
beaches cn route to Portland Ore
for repairs. ’ ’
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Senators say bill is in right direction’
PLASTIC From Page 1
Nebraska should not go this far be
cause no other state has done so yet.
Calling the problem a “time
bomb,” Sen. Chris Abboud ol
Omaha said he would be proud if
Nebraska becomes the first stale to go
this far.
Sen. Arlene Nelson of Grand Is
land agreed.
“Why nol be the lirst slate lhal
lakes a step forward?" she asked.
Wesely said his five-month-old
baby has made him the current expert
on diapers. He said he does not want
to return to the days before dispos
able diapers but said using them
makes him feel guilty.
Wesely said he does nol want dia
pers to continue cluttering the
landfills. Il is “unappropriate and
irresponsible,” he said.
Senators said the bill could even
help raise com prices. Com starch is
the product added to plastics to help
them dissolve in five to 10 years
instead of hundreds of years. Accord
ing to Hefner, it has been estimated
that 300 million bushels of com
would be used in this industry.
Speaker: Current job market needs immigrants]
By David G. Young
Staff Reporter
The United Stales cannot
achieve economic growth in the
future without allowing illegal
immigrants into the work force,
said Jorge Buslamentc, president
of El Colegio de la Frontcra Norte
in Tijuana, Mexico.
Bustamcntc spoke to about 250
people in Love Library Audito
rium Wednesday night as part ot
the Center for Great Plains Studies
Symposium.
The conditions which encour
age undocumented immigrants to
enter the United Slates arc not
entirely due to poverty and over
population in Mexico, he said.
Immigration also is a result of
conditions in the United States,
Bustamentc said.
“The phenomenon would not
exist if it were not for one impor
tant factor, which is an inexhaust
ible demand for cheap labor in the
U.S.," he said.
High rates of immigration arc a
result of the failure of the United
States to enforce its immigration
laws, he said.
“If the U.S. economy goes into
a recession, then what you will see
is a full (enforcement) of the law,”
Bustamente said. “If the U.S. is in
a slate of economic growth then
you will see the law not being fully
implemented.”
Bustamente told the story of a
San Francisco mushroom process
ing plant that was forced to fire its
illegal immigrant employees by
the Immigration and Naturaliza
tion Service. The INS made the
owner replace the workers with
people on welfare, he said, but the
new workers all quit within a
week. A few days later, the illegal
immigrants were back on the job,
he said.
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PEACE From Page 1
Eckcrslcy said ihc Department of Energy
has hired mercenary soldiers to guard the test
site and arrest those who practice civil disobe
dience. The soldiers turn over the arrested
protesters to sheriffs who take them to jails in
surrounding towns.
7 think my presence is
a strong enough mes
sage without breaking
the law.1
-Sorrell
This year s peace lest has been going on
since April 6, Eckcrsley said, but the main day
of protest will be April 15. On the main day last
year, she said, 2,(XX) protestors were arrested.
When a large number of arrests occur, she
said, it is almost impossible for authorities to
hold the arrested for long because they refuse
to give their names. This is called jail solidar
ity, she said.
This only works if there arc many people
arrested, she said. Everyday people are cross
ing the line onto the test site and arc arrested
she said. *
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The least form of civil disobedience would
- be to cross the I ine onto the site, Eckcrslcy said.
Some cross the line and try to make it to
Mercury, a former town within the test site
which is now a settlement for test-site workers
and an operating base for the Department of
Energy. This is called deep-woods action, she
said. Authorities use helicopters and dunebug
gies to catch those who attempt to reach Mer
cury, she said.
“These people are really out to get us,”
Eckcrslcy said.
Trespassers who arc arrested are subject toa
$150 fine, which can be paid off by spending
six days in jail at $25 a day. Protestors also can
be arrested for being a public nuisance and
resisting arrest.
Eckcrslcy said she is not sure how many in
the group plan on practicing civil disobedi
ence. The group has rented a van, she said, and
many students cannot afford to miss more
school, so they can’t stay longer than planned.
Sorrell said he doesn’t know how construc
tive it would be to practice civil disobedience
and gel arrested.
“I think my presence is a strong enough
message without breaking the law,’’ Sorrell
said. h
Eckcrslcy said one of the main goals ol the
trip is to meet others who share their interests
and to “get a good network going” of people
opposed to nuclear testing.
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