CNN CNN Special Report March 26, 2014 05:21:00
Major spill. he was the pointman from the alaska department of environmental conservation, assigned to monitor aleyska. >> it became obvious that the plan was not being implemented properly or it was inadequate or both. >> july, 1982. in this memo to a state official, he writes that aleyska's oil skimmers are not capable of working in any conditions beyond windless and glassy seas. >> windless and glassy seas occur a little bit of the time in alaska. 95% of the time it's not that way. the conditions are much worse. >> may 1984. he alerts his bosses that aleyska's oil spill recovery equipment i...