Improving Mechanical Oil Spill Response Equipment Standards
In response to the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident, Congress enacted the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which established regulations for United States oil spill prevention, preparedness, response framework, and vessel and facility response plans. The Coast Guard and other members of the oil spill response community worked to quantify the effective daily recovery capacity (EDRC) needed to respond to various categories of oil spills. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 challenged the accuracy of the EDRC measuring system. Since then, the Coast Guard and other agencies have worked on a revision of EDRC to improve oil spill preparedness, looking to improve planning standards and methodology while emphasizing response time.
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Authors:
- Casey, Drew
- Publication Date: 2013
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Photos; References;
- Pagination: pp 26-29
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Serial:
- Coast Guard Journal of Safety & Security at Sea, Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council
- Volume: 70
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: U.S. Coast Guard
- Serial URL: http://www.uscg.mil/proceedings/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Emergency response time; Measuring methods; Oil spill cleanup; Policy; Regulations
- Identifier Terms: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, 2010; Exxon Valdez (Tanker); Oil Pollution Act of 1990; United States Coast Guard
- Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Security and Emergencies; I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01525887
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 28 2014 3:22PM