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Panel finds little danger from tsunami debris

...by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, right, on Friday at the University of Alaska Anchorage in Anchorage, Alaska, as Kristin Ryan, center, of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, listens. Officials say tsunami debris crossing...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-02-20/panel-finds-little-danger-tsunami-debri
State
No radioactive threat expected from tsunami debris

...seafood or wild game could be affected."From what we found from the data that is available, the answer is no," said Kristin Ryan, environmental health director for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. "There is no concern to us...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-01-22/no-radioactive-threat-expected-tsunami-
State
Murkowski calls for Japan tsunami debris roundtable

...industry experts."Murkowski's experts are Peter Murphy, Alaska coordinator for the NOAA Marine Debris Program; Kristin Ryan, environmental health director for the state of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and Dave Gaudet...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-01-19/murkowski-calls-japan-tsunami-debris-ro
Local
Regulators propose changes to state's food safety program

...establishments to be inspected one to four times a year, depending on the level of risk associated with them, said Kristin Ryan, director of the Division of Environmental Health. But with just 32 employees and 10,000 restaurants, seafood plants...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091103/bus_regs.shtml
Business
Lawmakers to DEC: Exempt Alaska's small cheese makers

...Republican from Wasilla, said direct sales of raw milk products between the farmer and consumer should be exempt. Kristin Ryan, head of the department's division covering sanitary food, has argued that the new rules are accessible to small...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/031810/reg_592450144.shtml
Regional News
DEC gives Alaska salmon clean bill of health

...salmon, but it's even more good news for Alaskans who like to eat fish," said state epidemiologist John Middaugh. Kristin Ryan, the director of DEC's Division of Environmental Health, said the lower mercury levels in Alaska fish probably are...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092103/sta_decsalmon.shtml
News
Aerial pesticide rules to go into effect

...public hearings on them. A few state lawmakers, mostly Democrats, held their own hearing on the issue in April. Kristin Ryan, director of DEC's environmental health division, said the final regulations take into account some concerns the...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/111403/loc_pest.shtml
News
New rules proposed for state food handlers

...sponsored by Alaska Sen. Kim Elton, D-Juneau. "The (food safety) program received a cut a few years ago," said Kristin Ryan, the department's director of environmental health. "We realized we would never have sufficient funding to inspect...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/012005/sta_20050120006.shtml
News
Geoduck take ends Wednesday

...testing for paralytic shellfish poisoning, the geoducks harvested there must be shipped processed instead of live. Kristin Ryan, director of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Division of Environmental Health, said the new...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051104/bus_geoduck.shtml
Business
AK officials worry about federal food safety law

...without a prior consultation with U.S. Food and Drug Administration. There is only one FDA inspector in Alaska, said Kristin Ryan, who leads the DEC's environmental health division. The bill allow states to petition the U.S. Food and Drug...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030906/sta_20060309030.shtml
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