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management
company first
assumed
responsibility for the
cleanup, in
accordance with the
area's contingency
planning.
Preparedness must
be strengthened.
Exxon was not
prepared for a spill of
this magnitude--nor
were Alyeska
Gradually the
oil spread
further and
further from
the accident
site.
Within a week
the oil had
spread 90 miles
down the coast
A trial burn took place during the early stages of the oil spill.
Two ships attached a fire-resistant boom between them and
moved slowly through the spill until the boom was full of oil.
The two ships then towed it a safe distance from the spill
and the oil was lit. Therefore the ensuing fire did not
endanger the Exxon Valdez or the oil spill, however,
because of continuing unfavourable weather no further
burning was attempted.
and coordinating
scientific activities
during the response