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An action plan with instructions for the oil pollution prevention team. This is a list of duties the crewmembers have to fulfil in case of an oil spill. General information about the ship; Procedures to contain the discharge of the oil into the sea in accordance to MARPOL regulations (regulation 37 of annex I) Drawings of fuel/oil lines
Offshore oil spill prevention and response is the study and practice of reducing the number of offshore incidents that release oil or hazardous substances into the environment and limiting the amount released during those incidents.
The first National Contingency Plan was developed and published in 1968, in response to a massive oil spill from the oil tanker Torrey Canyon, off the coast of England a year earlier. More than 37 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the water and caused massive environmental damage. To avoid the problems faced by response officials ...
Moller, T. H. Santner, R. S. Oil spill preparedness and response–the role of industry. ITOPF. 1997 International Oil Spill Conference. [permanent dead link ] Nelson, P. Australia's National Plan to combat pollution of the sea by oil and other noxious and hazardous substances-Overview and current issues. Spill Science & Technology Bulletin ...
Typical BMPs include operator training, maintenance practices, and spill control procedures for treatment chemicals. [9] There are also many BMPs available which are specific to particular industrial processes, for example: source reduction practices in metal finishing industries (e.g. substituting less toxic solvents or using water-based ...
The oil spill framework in the U.S. employs a multilateral system of governance where the federal authorities, NGO's and private parties are all actively involved in response and cleanup procedures. Although the U.S. government plays an important role in regulating oil spills, it does not entirely command and control every aspect of the process.
Two years following the Torrey Canyon spill, an oil platform eruption in the Santa Barbara Channel made national headlines and thrust oil pollution into the public spot light. As a result Congress placed oil pollution under the authority of the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970 [ 5 ] (later amended by the Clean Water Act in 1972).
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE / ˈ b ɛ s i / "Bessie") is an agency under the United States Department of the Interior. [1] Established in 2011, BSEE is an agency responsible for improving safety and ensuring environmental protection in the offshore energy industry, mainly natural gas and oil, on the United States Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). [2]