AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR THE LONG ISLAND SOUND AREA

The report concerns itself with the Federal, States (both New York and Connecticut) and local oil spill contingency plans for the Long Island Sound area. The different contingency plans were investigated for the following items: The legal authority for the establishment of each plan, the geographic area of jurisdiction of each plan, the operational procedures of the plans for dealing with oil spill incidents, and the possible interaction of one contingency plan with another. The prime object of this project is the determination of the possible areas in which the State Legislature can take action to improve the effectiveness of these plans and to minimize unnecessary and costly duplication of effort.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
• Corporate Authors:

  State University of New York, Stony Brook

  Marine Sciences Research Center
  Stony Brook, NY  United States 
• Authors:
  • Low, S T
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 181 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Animals; Contingency planning; Federal government; Habitat (Ecology); Hazardous materials; Industries; Jurisprudence and judicial processes; Legislation; Local government; Measures of effectiveness; Oil spills; Oils; Planning; Plants; Pollution; Pollution control; State government; Water pollution; Water quality management
• Identifier Terms: National Sea Grant Program; U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Geographic Terms: Long Island Sound
• Old TRIS Terms: Contingency plans; Pollution abatement measures; Pollution contingency plans; Sea grant program; Water pollution effects animals; Water pollution effects plants
• Subject Areas: Environment; Law; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00048409
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1973 12:00AM