Fish Waste Based Lipopeptide Production and the Potential Application as a Bio-Dispersant for Oil Spill Control

ABSTRACT Development of an effective oil spill control system in Japan was spurred by two marine disasters in 1974 which brought about an organizational and physical reinforcement of the nation's capability to respond to oil spills. This paper describes today's legal structure for oil spill control, the organizational concepts used at various levels to provide joint efforts by government agencies and industry, the role of the Marine Disaster Prevention Center which serves as the nucleus of the necessary control operations, and research and development highlights of ongoing Japanese efforts to prevent, control, and clean up oil spills.

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PLANS FOR INTEGRATING DISPERSANT USE IN CALIFORNIA

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-1985-1-85 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 1985 (1) ◽

pp. 85-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robert Pavia ◽

Lindon A. Onstad

Keyword(s):

Oil Spill ◽

Large Body ◽

The United States ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Contingency Planning ◽

Response Team ◽

Oil Spill Dispersants ◽

Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽

Spill Control ◽

Effective Use

ABSTRACT Since the early 1970s both the effectiveness and efficiency of oil spill dispersants have been improved while the toxicity of these chemicals has been reduced. Although a large body of research has been published in the last five years which supports these claims, there has been little experience with the use of dispersants in the United States. This lack of experience has been created, in part, by a cumbersome dispersant approval process and the reluctance of spill responders to invest in dispersants and related application equipment. The Region IX Regional Response Team has identified four prerequisites for effective use of dispersants: informed decision-makers; a functional decision-making process; coordinated contingency plans; and effective, region-specific application capabilities. This paper explores the approach taken by government and industry to fulfill these prerequisites. The goal of these efforts, which include sponsoring workshops, implementing a dispersant application test program, and requiring specific dispersant contingency planning efforts, is to fully integrate dispersants into the oil spill control efforts of the region.

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ESTIMATING MORTALITY OF SEABIRDS FROM OIL SPILLS

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-1987-1-547 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 1987 (1) ◽

pp. 547-551 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

R. Glenn Ford ◽

Gary W. Page ◽

Harry R. Carter

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Emergency Response ◽

Oil Spill ◽

Potential Application ◽

Damage Assessment ◽

Oil Spills ◽

Central California ◽

Marine Oil ◽

Large Numbers ◽

Using Data

ABSTRACT From an aesthetic and damage assessment standpoint, the loss of seabirds may be one of the more important results of a marine oil spill. Assessment of the actual numbers of seabirds killed is difficult because the bodies of dead or incapacitated seabirds are often never found or recorded. We present a computer methodology that estimates the number of birds that come in contact with an oil spill and partitions these birds among four possible fates: (1) swimming or flying ashore under their own power; (2) carried out to sea by winds and currents; (3) carried inshore, but lost before being beached; and (4) beached by winds and currents. Beached birds are further divided into those that are recovered and those that are not. The accuracy of the methodology is examined using data for two recent spills in central California, each of which resulted in the beachings of large numbers of birds. The methodology also has potential application to real-time emergency response by predicting when and where the greatest numbers of bird beachings will occur.

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Cooperative Oil Spill Training—It's in Your Own Backyard

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-1999-1-367 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 1999 (1) ◽

pp. 367-371

Author(s):

Jim E. Peschel

Keyword(s):

Pacific Northwest ◽

Oil Spill ◽

Puget Sound ◽

Host Community ◽

Management Skills ◽

Incident Command ◽

Training Costs ◽

Actual Equipment ◽

Protection Strategies ◽

Spill Control

ABSTRACT In August 1997 the training and education workgroup of the Northwest Area Committee sponsored an Oil Spill Control Course specifically tailored to responders in the Pacific Northwest. The training provided management skills to supervisory field staff within the Operations Section of the Incident Command System. The course focused on personnel and equipment resources located in the Puget Sound region. The syllabus was designed, coordinated, and developed by a consortium of Federal and State regulatory agencies as well as the primary Oil Spill Removal Organizations in the Northwest region. Each agency participated without expending additional training costs by exchanging services-in-kind for quotas. An added benefit of this cooperation was the opportunity to train alongside responders from other agencies and organizations while using the actual equipment available within the region. The course used lectures and field exercises to focus on the Northwest Area Contingency Plan, Geographic Response Plans, oil product identification, shoreline countermeasures, cleanup techniques, and protection strategies typical within the Puget Sound operating environment. By using local instructors, actual equipment, and realistic scenarios, the local response community can continue to benefit from this type of tailor-made training and focus on the actual needs of the host community.

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