State moves to update its petroleum spill guidelines

A crew works on a Gastineau Channel beach on Thursday to clean up heating oil spilled from a vandalized tank at the Prospector Hotel in 2014 in Juneau. (Photo by Matt Miller, KTOO – Juneau)Alaska’s petroleum-based economy means there are many opportunities for toxic petroleum-based spills.
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At least 80 percent of the contaminated sites that the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation deals with have petroleum products in them.
Now, the Department is making mo