More than 25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster, federal litigation revolving around part of the original 1991 billion-dollar settlement with Exxon continues to drag on. Documents posted on Nov. 10 by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility show that the US Justice Department and state of Alaska are once again asking for more […]
Seattle-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has settled with UniSea, Inc., an Alaska seafood processor, for alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act Risk Management Program. On July 21, 2010, EPA inspected the UniSea seafood processing facility located at 88 Salmon Way, Dutch Harbor, Alaska. At the time of the inspection, UniSea had greater […]
(Anchorage, Alaska) – June 27, 2014 – After years of negotiations, today the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) has reached a historic settlement with the U.S. Indian Health Service (IHS) for the payment of 14 years of overdue contract support costs for providing health care services for more than 143,000 Alaska Native and American […]
A settlement has been made between the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and the U.S. Department of Agriculture after USDA accused UAF in mid-April of possible Animal Welfare Act violations and a failure to provide adequate veterinary care in the starvation deaths of 12 musk oxen at the large-animal research station. The animals either died or were […]