Oil Pollution Response Planning Guide for Extreme Weather.

Abstract

This Guide is intended to provide the On-Scene Coordinator with information and guidance useful in developing action plans and contingency plans for conducting oil pollution response operations in open water. The Guide considers two general categories of response operations at sea: (1) Prevention of (further) spillage from tanker and other vessel casualties. (2) Oil spill mitigation and cleanup. The following types of information are presented in the guide: (1) Outlines for Action Plans. (2) Planning guidance. (3) Requirements for initial casualty assessment. (4) Roles of ship's master, Salvor, other key personnel. (5) Description of response system and equipment options. (6) Data needs for use in selecting appropriate response approach. (7) Selection criteria for deciding between alternative response approaches. (8) Checklists for various types of the response operations. and (9) Sources for additional information. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 16, 1979
Accession Number
ADA079714

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Bow Thrusters
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change
  • Combustion
  • Engineers
  • Explosives
  • Fuel Oils
  • Ignition
  • Logistics
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Petroleum
  • Sea Water
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Environmental Engineering.