U. S. COAST GUARD OIL POLLUTION INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL SCHOOL: ON-SCENE COORDINATOR'S MANUAL

The report is a handbook for a federal On Scene Coordinator for use in combatting oil and hazardous materials spills. It includes the National, Regional, and Local Contingency Plans, guidelines for the coordinator, and a case study of an oil spill involving the USNS Towle in New York harbor.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also AD-758 510.
• Corporate Authors:

  United States Coast Guard

  Reserve Training Center
  Yorktown, VA  United States 
• Publication Date: 1972-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 272 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cleaning; Contingency planning; Coordination; Crashes; Handbooks; Hazardous materials; Hazards; Laws; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Oils; Policy; Pollution; Prevention; Spills (Pollution); Water pollution; Water quality management
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Cg; Contingency plans; Government policies; Oil spill prevention; Pollution contingency plans; Pollution response center; Response; Usns towle vessel
• Subject Areas: Environment; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046596
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1973 12:00AM