WASHINGTON — U.S. and Alaskan authorities have ended their efforts to seek additional damages from Exxon Mobil Corp. over the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and the subsequent settlement, the Department of Justice said Thursday.
The department said in a statement that it is “bringing to a close the federal and state judicial actions” against the company and opting not to recover more damages under the reopener provision of the 1991 settlement following the spill.
Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards said in the statement that although officials were not pursuing the additional damages, authorities will consider alternatives for dealing with lingering oil sites.