OIL SPILL RESPONSE CAPABILITIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA

The oil spill response capabilities of a unique area in the United States, the South Florida region, are examined and assessed. A literature search was conducted and a questionnaire on oil spill cleanup response capability was sent to relevant agencies and contractors. From the data gathered through literature and the questionnaire, a computerized data base was developed with a manual that would enable users to quickly retrieve needed information to plan and assemble manpower and equipment necessary to contain and clean up a major oil spill. A major oil spill would be more disastrous to an unprepared Florida than the Exxon Valdez accident was to Alaska. Growing tanker traffic in Florida waters, shortage of cleanup equipment, types of currents, shallow reefs, and vulneralbe coastline all contribute to greater potential damage from an oil spill. The few oil cleanup contractors and specialized companies in the state are confined to large cities. It would be almost impossible for these operators to reach a remote oil spill disaster area quickly. Oil spill cleanup contractors are equipped to handle only minor spills and financially they are unable to purchase expensive equipment geared for major spills. The computerized data base should assist the oil spill task force agencies and industry to assemble quickly in response to a major oil spill.

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• Authors:
  • Najafi, Fazil T
  • Baran, Murat
  • Fu, Xiaoyu
  • Prasad, Ananth
  • Esfandiar, Salimi T
  • Ducher, Jean
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 13-20
• Monograph Title: Marine and intermodal transportation: freight movement and environmental issues
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1333
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coastwise shipping; Databases; Disasters and emergency operations; Guides to the literature; Literature reviews; Oil spills; Questionnaires
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency response
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Old TRIS Terms: Coastal waterways; Oil spill containment plans; Oil spillage
• Subject Areas: Highways; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00624757
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030905172X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 3 1993 12:00AM