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US Department of Justice will not pursue extra $92 million from Exxon for Valdez spill


US and Alaska state officials will no longer seek an additional $92 million from Exxon Mobil to pay for environmental cleanup and restoration stemming from the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill 26 years ago.
 
In court documents filed on Wednesday, the state of Alaska and US Department of Justice said they were dropping remaining judicial action and would no longer seek the additional money from Exxon due to the recovery of several species, including ducks and sea otters, living in Alaska’s Prince William Sound.
 
“Although we will not be pursuing Exxon for additional damages, our decision today does not close the book on lingering oil,” Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards said in a statement.
 
The tanker Valdez ran aground in March, 1989, dumping about 11 million gallons, or 260,000 barrels, of crude oil into the icy waters off the southern coast of Alaska. The spill was at the time the largest ever in US waters, and one of the worst human-caused environmental disasters.