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Oil Response in Fast Water Currents: A Decision Tool

Authors: Kurt Hansen; Peter Tebeau; COAST GUARD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER GROTON CT
Abstract:
This document provides oil spill response personnel with a job aid for organizing and implementing oil spill containment and cleanup measures in a fast water environment. Fast water refers to any situation where river, harbor or estuary surface current velocities are expected to exceed one knot. Experience and research have shown that special strategies and tactics are warranted in channeling, containing and recovering spilled oil, and safety should be a main concern. This decision tool is a companion document to the more comprehensive report, 'Oil Spill Response in Fast Currents, a Field Guide,' published by the Coast Guard R&D Center in 2002, which is available from the National Technical Information Service in Springfield, VA. This decision tool assumes that the user will have read and understood the material contained in the parent Field Guide. This tool has been limited to essential graphics and tables to refresh the responders memory, allow him/her to quickly assess the situation and formulate an action plan, and communicate this plan to other personnel.

Limitations: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Description: Final rept.
Pages: 28
Report Date: DEC 2002
Report Number: A038514
Keywords relating to this report:
*OIL SPILLS
*WATER POLLUTION
CLEANING
CONTAINMENT_GENERAL_
DECISION MAKING
ESTUARIES
JOBS
OCEAN CURRENTS
WATER FLOW
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