Inland oil spills: Options for minimizing environmental impacts of freshwater spill response
Selecting appropriate protection, response, and cleanup techniques, both before and following an oil spill, affects the ultimate environmental impact and cost resulting from a spill. The American Petroleum Institute (API) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) jointly developed this guide as a tool for contingency planners and field responders to identify response techniques that have minimal ecological impacts and also minimize the impact of the oil. The guide provides information on 29 response methods and classifies their relative environmental impact for combinations of four oil types and twelve freshwater environments and habitats. Spill topics of special concern in freshwater settings are also discussed, including public health, conditions under which oil might sink in freshwater, oil behavior in ice conditions, permafrost, and use of firefighting foams.
- Research Organization:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA (United States). Hazardous Materials Response Branch
- OSTI ID:
- 6683323
- Report Number(s):
- PB-95-142873/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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