Deployment requirements for U. S. Coast Guard pollution response equipment. Volume II. Appendixes. Final report, October 1977-June 1978

Technical Report · Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5708489

Bellantoni, J; Garlitz, J; Kodis, R; O'Brien, A Jr; Passera, A

The volume contains 13 technical appendixes dealing with: The Major Oil Spill Information System (data base); Outflow rates from seven massive tanker oil spills; Distribution of US coastal tanker traffic in 1985; Narratives of 17 selected oil spills, 1967-1978; A list of debarkation ports, with figures, in the U.S.; Load/Range tradeoff curves for the USCG HH3-F and C130 aircraft; An analysis of availability of USCG towing vessels; Maps of USCG installations and DOD air bases; The spill potential data base employed in Volume I; A model for distribution of equipment; An analysis of the probabilities of large and simultaneous spills; A list of non-USCG pollution response capabilities; and A brief review of the behavior of surface oil slicks.

• Research Organization: Department of Transportation, Cambridge, MA (USA). Transportation Systems Center
• OSTI ID: 5708489
• Report Number(s): AD-A-070816
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
02 PETROLEUM
OIL SPILLS
EMERGENCY PLANS
COASTAL REGIONS
OIL POLLUTION CONTAINMENT
OPTIMIZATION
PLANNING
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SITE SELECTION
USA
CONTAINMENT
EQUIPMENT
NORTH AMERICA
SAFETY
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