Board: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
Board identification number: 174
Department: FISH & GAME
Authority: Exxon Valdez Oil Settlement
Status: Active
Sunset date:
Requirements: No Legislative Confirmation or Financial Disclosure required
Prohibitions: None
Term: No defined term
Chair: Alternates between federal and state
Description: Trustees include 3 State of Alaska trustees: commissioners of the Departments of Fish and Game, Environmental Conservation, and Law; and 3 Federal trustees: Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, and the Administrator for NOAA. A Trustee Council is set up by the Trustees to include same state members, plus Alaska designee of Federal members. An Executive Director and core staff are employed as ADF&G employees for administrative purposes only. They work for all 6 trustees. Public Advisory Council: Provisions in Settlement’s Memorandum of Agreement say Trustees ‘shall establish a public advisory group.’ Trustee Council has set it up to include 17 members, 12 of whom represent principal interests, and 5 public at-large seats; in addition, there are 2 ad hoc legislative seats, appointed by the house and senate. The Trustee Council submits recommendations to the Secretary of Interior, who appoints. As a federal advisory commission, it is appointed officially by the Secretary of Interior.
Function: To serve as trustees of funds received in Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Settlement.
Special facts: The council chair alternates between federal and state.
Compensation: Standard Travel and Per Diem
Meetings:
For further information and to reach individual members, contact:
EVOSTC; 441 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 500
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 278-8012
Fax: (907) 276-7178
