State regulators look to update petroleum cleanup guidelines

Alaska officials are working to revise decades-old protocols to be used in the event of petroleum-based spills.
KTOO-FM reports that the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation met in November to discuss an overhaul of the agency’s regulations for cleaning up petroleum spills.
Sally Schlichting, who handles policy and regulation for contaminated sites for the DEC, says the update is long overdue. The last time petroleum guidelines were updates was in 1999.
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