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Tuesday, November 20, 1973
PRELIMINARY HEARING ON OIL SPILLAGE
The Commission appointed to enquire into the oil spillage from
the Shell Oil Company's installation at Aplichau will hold a preliminary
hearing at the Legislative Council Chamber next Tuesday (November 27) to
enable persons interested, and who wish to appear at the enquiry, to indicate
their interest.
The hearing proper will commence on December 4 at the Legislative
Council Chamber,
Persons who may be interested may contact Counsel for the Commission,
Mr. A .J. Corrigan, Senior Crown Counsel, at the Legal Department.
The Commission's terms of reference are:
To enquire into the circumstances in which a storage
tank at the Shell Oil Installation at Aplichau fractured during the night of the 8th/9th November, 1973.
To ascertain how oil escaped from that tank into the
sea in spite of the various safety devices provided, and
To make recommendations to the Governor for the prevention
of similar accidents in future.
It is pointed out that, accordingly, the question of pollution caused
by the oil, any damage resulting therefrom, and the steps taken to remove
the spilled oil are outside the terms of reference of the Commission.
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