Administrator Bill Reilly at the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup site, August 1989

Press Releases and Reports

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• The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: A Report to the President
  [National Response Team - May 1989]

• Bioremediation of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
  [EPA press release - July 31, 1989]

• Reilly Press Conference in Anchorage about Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Cleanup
  [EPA press release - August 2, 1989]

• Exxon to Pay Record One Billion Dollars in Criminal Fines and Civil Damages in Connection with Alaskan Oil Spill
  [EPA press release - March 13, 1991]

Other Resources

• Spill Profile: Exxon Valdez
  EPA Oil Spill Program

• Information about the Exxon Valdez Spill (NOAA)