Here is a chronology of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, its cleanup and related developments:
Chronology of the Exxon Valdez oil spill: March 24, the tanker runs aground; March 30, Exxon fires Captain Joseph Hazelwood after determining he was drunk; September 15, Exxon suspends beach clean up for the winter claiming a job well done but Alaskan officials disagree; January 22, Hazelwood goes on trial in Anchorage; February 27, a federal grand jury indicts Exxon and its subsidiary on five criminal counts; March 22, the jury finds Hazelwood guilty of negligent discharge of oil but innocent of more serious charges.