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Show __ Saturday,March18,2006 ay HERALD Alaska oil spill went undetected for days Pailus Herald Established in 1873 - A LeeNewspaper Newsroom 801-344-2340 Toll free 800-880-8075 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — For five days or more, crude oil FAX 801373489 corrosion hole about the size of a www. heraldextra.com Street address: 1555 N. Freedom Blvd., Provo, UT Send muil to: P.O. Box 717. Provo, UT 84603-0717 News EDITORS Randy Weight 344-2913 nanght@heraldextaccom Joe Pyrah 344-2586 jpytah@heraldertr.com Amie Ruse 344-2530 arose@heraldextra.com Executive Editor Metro Editor City Editor Sports Editor ; Serene Darnell Dickson Gactinue ! Life & Style Editor Editorial Page Editor 348-2555 ddickson@heraldextra.com aaa 3442310, gonghemeon ssaAndrus ald W. Meyers SENIOR MANAGERS Albert). Manzi Kirk Parkinson Karl Wurzbach Cindy Richards Kimberly Reepmeyer Production Manager Larry Hatclt UT. Manager Human Resources a sieekidays 10 oriwéekends, Ven subscrinbens. ae resjans. een de i ‘Rapiiaesbaen Wacnanes more promptly, and they blame cost-pinching practices at BP. which runs the Prudhoe Bay nologyin the largest oil field in the US,, in viewof the fact that aging pipes have been a operation. BP has defendedits problem for yéars and years maintenance spending andin- and years?”he said. “If you had spection practices. a state-of-the-art leak detection BPofficials said they have an aggressive maintenanceprogram, with a corrosion inspec- ardous Materials Safety Administration is investigating and this week ordered BP to inspect the affected pipeline and two ing in Alaska for another 50 years,” said company spokesman Daren Beaudo.“Part of that requires renewed investments in $50“Our million spent in 2004 intention is to be operat- othertransit ines and make “anynecessary repairs. our facilities and pipelines. Also, companyofficials said Upto 267,000 gallons are that after an inspection last fall RETAIL ADVERTISINGFA believed to havespilled ontothe frozen ground from a 34-inch revealed corrosion, they stepped TheDaily Herald (ISSN 08912 USPS 143.060) is published mom tundra about 250 miles above the look this month. uptheir inspection schedule, and diameter pipeline situated inthe ines ings. Sunday Sunday through throughSaturday py Lee Publications. a division of Lee Enerpnses, Inc. 1555 N. had beenplanninga follow-up s oe. Correction Provo, Utah 84604. » Ina March 10 story about tuition increases at Utah universities and colleges, The Associated Press, using information provided by the Utah Board of Regents, erroneously reported tuition changes at Dixie State College. The $498increasefor freshmen and sophomores and the $252 decrease Utah. f ostmaster: Send address changt s to The Daily Herald, PO. Bon 77, Provo, Utah 84603-0717, Winer 4) Day | ; __tion budget for the North Slope this year of $71 million, up from Penod cals postage paid at Provo, “Holiday delivery as i flowing from the North Slope via the 800-mile trans-Alaska Pipelinein the 1970s. The federal Pipeline and Haz- are ee Freedo n Bivd., } } system, you probably would have knownabouta spill on the first day.” + stricter pipeline regulations in Alaska, a state that has grown rich on oil since crude began eereeee ADVERTISING SUBSCRIPTIONS knew — was a corrosion problem with the 30-year-old Se aaneae BP also steadfastly moreeo install a more accurate leak-de- 344-2562 _mbullard@heraldextra.com oa ee *. 4 Former state oil analyst Rich- Ultimatelyit wasn't the pipeline's leakdetection systems Ey avert _ who caught a whiff of the petroleum. 344-2575 buegaskis@heraldexracom 344.2510_jpratt@heraldextra.com Mark Bullard De ard Fineberg, author of a report issued Thursday on the spill by the neues Forum for Environmental 'y, Said BP Nevertheless, state environmental regulators saythe spill Will lead to fines and possibly CORRECTIONS: TheHerald corrects errors of fact appearingin its news and opinion columns. If you have @ correction, call 344-2561. HOMEDELIVERY 375-5103 well as snow pencil eraser, silently spreading underneath the snow in what would become the biggest spill ever on Alaska’s North Slope. 5amanzi@heraldexta com vo 344-2502 _kparkinson@heraldextra.com 344-291 2kewur 344-2957 cichards@heraldestracom 344-2504 _kreepmeyer@heraldextra.com Brian Tregasks JasonPratt Online oozed from a pipeline through a wenn, say ~~. tue system, he seen spil was absolutely preventat “How can you possiblynot and should have been detected have the best available tech- 3442553 candnus@heraldevtracom 344-2544 dmeyers@peraidextsa com President & Publisher VP & Weekly Publisher VP Marketing/Operations Advertising Director Chief Financial Officer Arctic Circle. The arctic-grade carbon-steel pipe, which leads eventually to the trans-Alaska pipeline, les above ground but is covered by a layer of gravel, as Pre Customer Service 375-5103 MEMBER. AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS | for juniors andseniorsis for the year, not per semester. RICK BOWMER/Associated Press Anetwork ofpipelines is seen covered with snownear the PrudhoeBayoil-field spill on Alaska’s North Slope on Monday. Cleaning up thespill estimated at up to 267,000gallonsin the q‘he Daily Herald wantsits newsreports to be fair and accurate. Wedo ourbestto identify andcorrectallerrors. All contents Copyright © 2006. Daily Herald. Any reproduction or Jf you find anerror, pleasereportit to us by calling the Prudhoe Bayoil field has beenslowgoing because workers are appropriate section editorlisted on this page. other useis strictly prohibited with- having to take frequent breaks to protect themselves against out wntten permission, extremeconditions. LOOK WHAT’S NEW TODAY! Call 373-6450 to have your classified ads in this section! Helpa Wanted rt) sos Wanted Bookkeeping/ Accountin Lehi small business needs "experienced person AR/AP, pan for aeraon rr (ors. 3 yrs exp. 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