Coast Guard's response to spilled oil. [Detectors, sensors, recovery systems]

Journal Article · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1976 · Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es60114a608· OSTI ID:7291974

Ard, Jr, R W

The Coast Guard's responsibilities for oil spill control within and outside the territorial limits of the United States are defined. An extensive remote sensing program, using in-situ and airborne sensors, of the Coast Guard's Office of R and D detects oil spills. Five types of each in-situ and airborne sensors are described. After a spill has been detected, the next step involves containing and recovering the oil. Several different systems used by the Coast Guard include: air deployable anti-pollution transfer system, high seas oil containment system, rotating-disc-drum-high-seas-oil-recovery system, and fast-current-oil-recovery devices. After the spill has been detected and recovered, the next problem is to determine the violator so that he may be required to reimburse the Coast Guard's oil spill cleanup revolving fund. The Coast Guard R and D Center is developing a system for determining the source of the spill with sufficient confidence that violators can be prosecuted. (GMC)

• Research Organization: US Coast Guard Reserve, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 7291974
• Journal Information: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 10:3; ISSN ESTHA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AERIAL MONITORING
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CLEANING
COASTAL WATERS
MONITORING
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POLLUTION
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RECOVERY
REMOTE SENSING
SURFACE WATERS
WATER POLLUTION