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Alaska offshore plans should reflect conditions there, panel told

10/11/2010
Concerns raised following the Apr. 20 Macondo well accident and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may not fully apply to activity off Alaska, witnesses told US President Barack Obama's independent oil spill commission. They agreed that conditions are different that far north, but disagreed on whether to go ahead or wait."It was because of the lack of sufficient science in the Arctic and the reality of oil-spill response capabilities caused us to defer sales there," US Interior Sec. Ken Salazar said on Sept. 27, adding that he has tried to take a slow and thoughtful overall approach there."The reality of the Arctic is that you don't have the kind of US Coast Guard r...
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