Exxon Valdez
The spill affected approximately 1,300 miles of coastline, with 200 miles heavily oiled.
- Date/Time Frame
- March 24, 1989
- Statute
- CERCLA
- State
- Alaska
- Substances
- crude oil
- Injury
- Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Mammals, Other Wildlife, Sediment, Surface Water, Vegetation, Wetlands
Consent Decrees:
1991.10.09
- Federal Trustees:
- Department of the Interior (DOI), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- State Trustees:
- Alaska AG, Alaska Departments of-Environmental Conservation and Fish and Game
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- Exxon
1991.08.29
- Federal Trustees:
- Department of the Interior (DOI), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- State Trustees:
- Alaska AG, Alaska Departments of-Environmental Conservation and Fish and Game
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- Exxon