COAST GUARD ROLE IN POLLUTION INCIDENT RESPONSE

A review of the various laws on which the Coast Guard bases much of its authority for oil and hazardous material pollution control and response activity. It also analyzes the contingency organization available for rapid industry--government response to pollution incidents under the National Oil and Hazardous Materials Pollution Contingency Plan and the use of the 35 million dollars special fund to underwrite the cost of cleanup in certain cases.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report from 16th Annual Tanker Conference, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Petroleum Institute

  1220 L Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20005-4070
• Authors:
  • Taylor, A J
• Conference:
  • Report from 16th Annual Tanker Conference, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
• Publication Date: 1971-5-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 127-131

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contingency planning; Pollution; Pollution control; Regulation; State of the art; Water pollution; Water quality management
• Old TRIS Terms: Pollution contingency plans
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00034793
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 29 1974 12:00AM