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1987 Oil Spill Conference

Section I: CASE HISTORIES

OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE RESPONSE TO THE ARCO ANCHORAGE OIL SPILL, PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON

Robert A. Levine

OIL POLLUTION CONTROL AND SPILL RESPONSE CAPABILITY IN THE ROPME SEA AREA

P. Bernard Ryan; Derek J. S.

FRENCH KNOW-HOW IN THE PREVENTION AND FIGHT AGAINST ACCIDENTAL OIL SPILLS

Guy Marchand; Gilles Bergot; Marthe Melguen; Georges Peigne

ADAPTING TECHNIQUES TO CONDITIONS: CLEANUP OF A WASTE OIL SPILL

Joseph B. H. Smith

M/V ALVENUS: ANATOMY OF A MAJOR OIL SPILL

Anthony C. Alejandro; Jack L. Buri

THE KAPODISTRIAS GROUNDING AND OIL SPILL CAPE RECIFE, SOUTH AFRICA

Desmond A. Lord; Graham I. H. Kerley; Rodney M. Randall; Jacobus S. V. Reddering; Eckart H. Schumann; William E. Bricknell; Sidney Rowe

CONTAINMENT AND CLEANUP OF A MAJOR OIL WELL BLOWOUT IN TEXAS

Christopher L. Quina; Larry C. Thebeau; Charles C. Bond; Patrick Hammack

ANALYSIS OF SIGNIFICANT OIL SPILL INCIDENTS FROM SHIPS, 1976–1985

Pu Bao-Kang

PROTECTING AN ISLAND'S DRINKING WATER AND DESALINATION PLANT

David J. Kruth; Edward Overton; John Murphy

RESPONSE TO MAJOR OIL SPILL—TANK BARGE ST. THOMAS

Alexander E. Tanos; Tony E. Hart

Section II: CLEANUP OPERATIONS

A MOBILE PLANT PROTOTYPE FOR THE RESTORATION OF POLLUTED BEACHES BY WASHING OILY SAND

Christian Bocard; Jean-Jacques Quinquis; Christian Such

TACID: A COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR ON-SCENE COMMANDERS

R. H. Goodman; C. H. Peabody; A. G. Holoboff

REAL-TIME PROCESSING OF OIL SPILL REMOTE SENSING DATA

Yvon J. F. Le Guen; Marc Brussieux; Rolland Burkhalter

DISPERSANT APPLICATION BY HYDROFOIL: HIGH SPEED CONTROL AND CLEANUP OF LARGE OIL SPILLS

Marcello Vacca-Torelli; Alberto L. Geraci; Antonino Risitano

ATYPICAL MITIGATION OF AN OIL SPILL, SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL FOREST

Warren B. Zehner; James R. Mullins

BEACH AGITATION FOR CRUDE OIL REMOVAL FROM INTERTIDAL BEACH SEDIMENTS

James A. Miller

DEVELOPMENT OF AN OIL SKIMMING SYSTEM TO MEET NAVY SPECIFICATIONS

Joseph B. H. Smith; Charles McLellan; Larry R. Pintler

REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING OIL SLICKS AT SEA—A REVIEW OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Douglas Cormack; Neil Hurford; David Tookey

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ROTATING DISC SKIMMER

Marios S. Christodoulou; John T. Turner

COMBATING OIL WITH SIDE-FITTED SWEEPING BOOMS

Erling Blomberg

CONVERSION OF A U.S. COAST GUARD SKIMMING BARRIER INTO A SINGLE-VESSEL SKIMMING SYSTEM

Kevin R. McManus

NETTING OF VISCOUS OIL

Gerard A. L. Delvigne

COMPARATIVE COSTS OF OIL SPILL CLEANUP TECHNIQUES

T. H. Moller; H. D. Parker; J. A. Nichols

OPERATIONAL AIR SURVEILLANCE AND EXPERIENCES IN THE NETHERLANDS

R. C. Schriel

SWEDISH COAST GUARD STARTS USING THIRD GENERATION MARITIME SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

Olov Fäst

Section III: CONTINGENCY PLANNING

ALASKA CLEAN SEAS: MEETING RESPONSE NEEDS FOR 1987 AND BEYOND

Richard V. Shafer

FIRST AFRICAN OIL SPILL COOPERATIVE: CLEAN NIGERIA ASSOCIATES

Godwin E. Omene; E. C. Odogwu; Tom E. Allen

THE KUWAIT NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN IN ACTION

Namir A. Al-Nakib

OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN THAILAND

Klavs Bender; Robert Taylor

UNITED KINGDOM MARINE POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLANNING—A REVIEW OF THE LAST TWO YEARS

Michael L. Stacey, C.B.

ROYAL NAVY OIL SPILL RESPONSE POSTURE—DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE MID 1970s

Geoffrey Teasdale, RN (Retd.)

CANADIAN-U.S. SPILL RESPONSE COOPERATION ALONG THE GREAT LAKES

Ted Kaiser; Wilma Godon; Ron Whitehorne; Erich R. Gundlach; Bart J. Baca

OIL POLLUTION RESPONSE ARRANGEMENTS IN AUSTRALIA: THE GOVERNMENT VIEW (INCLUDING AN UPDATE ON DISPERSANT TESTING)

Donald Brodie

A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF OIL DISPERSANT GUIDELINES FOR ALASKA

Michael A. Conway

OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANNING AT NAVY SHORE ACTIVITIES

Rebecca L. Biggers

INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ON COOPERATION IN COMBATING MARINE POLLUTION,

David T. Edwards

Section IV: DISPERSANTS

METHOD FOR MAKING DISPERSANT-USE DECISIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT CONSIDERATIONS

B. K. Trudel; S. L. Ross

EMULSION INHIBITORS: A NEW CONCEPT IN OIL SPILL TREATMENT

I. A. Buist; S. L. Ross

PRELIMINARY MORTALITY EFFECTS OF SEVEN DISPERSANTS ON SUBTROPICAL/TROPICAL SEAGRASSES

Anitra Thorhaug; Jeffry H. Marcus

THE EFFICIENCY OF ELASTOMERS IN OIL SPILL CLEANUP

Paul Waters; Albert F. Hadermann

TOXICITY OF DISPERSED AND UNDISPERSED PRUDHOE BAY CRUDE OIL FRACTIONS TO SHRIMP AND FISH

Jack W. Anderson; Robert Riley; Steve Kiesser; James Gurtisen

LABORATORY STUDIES ON THE CHEMICAL AND NATURAL DISPERSABILITY OF OIL

Mervin F. Fingas; Mark A. Bobra; Ronald K. Velicogna

OIL SPILL INCIDENTS AND DISPERSANT APPLICATIONS IN KUWAIT

Salah M. Al-Mazidi; Omar Samhan

THE EFFECTS OF OIL AND CHEMICALLY DISPERSED OIL ON NATURAL PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES

M. Scholten; J. Kuiper

EVALUATION AND CALIBRATION OF A DISPERSANT APPLICATION SYSTEM

J. S. Shum; J. H. Nash

EFFECTIVENESS OF A TYPE III DISPERSANT ON LOW-ENERGY SHORELINES

D. I. Little; D. L. Scales

A COMPUTERIZED TOOL FOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE DECISION MAKING

L. Michael Flaherty; John E. Riley; Allen G. Hansen

ORGANISM EXPOSURE TO VOLATILE/SOLUBLE HYDROCARBONS FROM CRUDE OIL SPILLS—A FIELD AND LABORATORY COMPARISON

Clayton D. McAuliffe

MARINE DISPERSANT PROGRAM FOR LICENSING AND RESEARCH IN SAO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL

Rosalina P. de A. Araujo; Katia Momo; Elenita Gherardi-Goldstein; Marion Grosze Nipper; Peter G. Wells

BASIC STUDY REVEALS HOW DIFFERENT CRUDE OILS INFLUENCE DISPERSANT PERFORMANCE

Gerard P. Canevari

USE OF HIGH-PRESSURE WATER MIXING FOR SHIP-BASED OIL SPILL DISPERSING

R. Belore

DATA ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF DISPERSANT EFFECTIVENESS IN COLD WATER

N. M. To; H. M. Brown; R. H. Goodman

WHERE HAS ALL THE OIL GONE? DISPERSED OIL DETECTION IN A WAVE BASIN AND AT SEA

H. M. Brown; R. H. Goodman; Gerard P. Canevari

DISPERSANT SPRAYING GUN

Gerard Barbouteau; Michel Angles; Yves Le Gal La Salle

STRATEGY FOR MONITORING THE SHORT-TERM DISTRIBUTION OF DISPERSED OILS

Steven F. Railsback; Gordon A. Robilliard; Jack R. Mortenson

MEASUREMENT AND PREDICTION OF DEPOSITIONAL ACCURACY IN DISPERSANT SPRAYING FROM LARGE AIRPLANES

Gordon P. Lindblom

ADVANCE PLANNING FOR DISPERSANT USE

June Lindstedt-Siva

INJECTION OF OIL SPILL CHEMICALS INTO A BLOWING WELL

Tore Audunson; Øistein Johansen; Johnny Koines

CONSIDERATIONS FOR DISPERSANT USE: TANK VESSEL PUERTO RICAN INCIDENT

David Zawadzki; Jeffrey D. Stieb; Stewart McGee, Jr.

Section V: EXTREME WEATHER

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OIL SPILL CONTROL DEVICES FOR USE IN COLD CLIMATES IN JAPAN

Isao Suzuki; Kenjiro Miki

A PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY STUDY OF IN-SITU BURNING OF SPREADING OIL SLICKS

I. A. Buist

THE LASER IGNITION DEVICE AND ITS APPLICATION TO OIL SPILLS

Michael D. Waterworth

EXPERIMENTAL SPILLS OF CRUDE OIL IN PACK ICE

I. A. Buist; D. F. Dickins

IN-PLACE BURNING OF CRUDE OILS IN BROKEN ICE

Nelline K. Smith; Anibal Diaz

LASER IGNITION OF OIL SPILLS

Harry Whittaker

A TECHNIQUE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF UNDER-ICE ROUGHNESS TO DETERMINE OIL STORAGE VOLUMES

R. H. Goodman; A. G. Holoboff; T. W. Daley; P. Waddell; L. D. Murdock; M. Fingas

Section VI: FATE AND EFFECTS

AN OIL SPILL AFFECTING CORAL REEFS AND MANGROVES ON THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF PANAMA

John D. Cubit; Charles D. Getter; Jeremy B. C. Jackson; Stephen D. Garrity; Hugh M. Caffey; Ricardo C. Thompson; Ernesto Weil; Michael J. Marshall

ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE ARCO ANCHORAGE OIL SPILL, PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON

June Lindstedt-Siva; Dilworth W. Chamberlain; Eugene R. Mancini

ENHANCED BIODEGRADATION OF A LIGHT CRUDE OIL IN SANDY BEACHES

Kenneth Lee; Eric M. Levy

DEAD ENDANGERED SPECIES IN A CALIFORNIA OIL SPILL

Edward A. Simons; Morgan Akin

OILED SEDIMENTS IN THE HUMBER ESTUARY FOLLOWING THE SIVAND INCIDENT

D. I. Little

EFFECT OF INFAUNAL BURROW STRUCTURE ON OIL PENETRATION INTO SEDIMENTS

S. Howard; D. I. Little

THE PERSISTENCE OF OIL STRANDED ON SEDIMENT SHORELINES

D. I. Little; D. L. Scales

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LOW-PRESSURE SEAWATER FLUSHING OF OILED SEDIMENTS

S. Howard; D. I. Little

RELATIONSHIP OF SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA GROWTH TO SEDIMENT OIL CONTENT FOLLOWING AN OIL SPILL

Steve K. Alexander; James W. Webb, Jr.

OIL-HOLDING CAPACITIES AND REMOVAL COEFFICIENTS FOR DIFFERENT SHORELINE TYPES TO COMPUTER SIMULATE SPILLS IN COASTAL WATERS

Erich R. Gundlach

RECOVERY OF BRITTANY COASTAL MARSHES IN THE EIGHT YEARS FOLLOWING THE AMOCO CADIZ INCIDENT

Bart J. Baca; Thomas E. Lankford; Erich R. Gundlach

THE MANAGEMENT OF OILED PENGUINS

Graham I. H. Kerley; Theuns Erasmus

FUEL OIL EFFECTS ON MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY IN SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA ROOTS

Fitzgerald Booker

THE FATE OF STRANDED OIL FOUR YEARS AFTER AN EXPERIMENTAL SPILL ON A SHELTERED GRAVEL BEACH

Edward H. Owens; Blair Humphrey; Dave Hope; Wishart Robson; John R. Harper

AN OVERVIEW: REHABILITATION OF OIL CONTAMINATED BIRDS

Lynne Frink

CLEANUP AND EFFECTS OF CRUDE OIL AND FUEL OIL SPILLS IN OSITO CANYON: A COMPARISON

Jack A. Kemerer; Terrence McGuigan; Douglas Campbell

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF AN OIL SPILL ON A LOUISIANA MARSH

Marion Fischel

THE ROLE OF JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS IN CLEANUP OF OIL-POLLUTED SEDIMENTS

Julia S. Lytle; Thomas F. Lytle

THE IMPORTANCE OF USING APPROPRIATE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS IN OIL SPILL IMPACT STUDIES: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE AMOCO CADIZ OIL SPILL IMPACT ZONE

Edward S. Gilfillan; David S. Page; Barbara Griffin; Sherry A. Hanson; Judith C. Foster

Section VII: MODELING

ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE STUDIES FOR OIL POLLUTION CONTROL IN NIGERIA

Jerry N. Nwankwo; Jacqueline Michel; Maylo Murday

AN EVALUATION OF EPA SHEEN TESTS FOR DRILLING FLUID DISCHARGE

Maurice Jones; Gordon H. Otto

DOOSIM—A NEW SIMULATION MODEL FOR OIL SPILL MANAGEMENT

Øistein Johansen

COMPARISON OF FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OF A MAJOR OIL SPILL, ISLAND PARK, NEW YORK

Gary L. Ott

THE NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR COASTAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS (NRDAM/CME)

Thomas A. Grigalunas; James J. Opaluch; Deborah French; Mark Reed

ESTIMATING MORTALITY OF SEABIRDS FROM OIL SPILLS

R. Glenn Ford; Gary W. Page; Harry R. Carter

Section VIII: LEGAL/ECONOMIC

THE NOTION OF “POLLUTION DAMAGE,” WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO DAMAGE TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Måns Jacobsson

UNITED STATES PROGRESS TOWARD ENACTMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE OIL SPILL LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION LEGISLATION

Charles R. Corbett

Section IX: TRAINING

OIL SPILL TRAINING: THE NEED CONTINUES

Robert J. Meyers; J. Larry Payne; Clyde B. Strong

OIL SPILL TRAINING—AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH

Wayne Wiebe

POLLUTION PREVENTION AT THE PORT OF MARSEILLE AUTHORITY

P. Jointe

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CANADIAN OIL SPILL TRAINING PROGRAM

S. G. Potter; S. L. Ross; L. C. Oddy

ON-SCENE COORDINATORS CAN EFFECTIVELY INFORM THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE NEWS MEDIA

Richard M. Meidt

POLLUTION FIGHTING: TRAINING IN FRANCE

M. Melguen; J. F. Levy

Section X: UNDERGROUND SPILLS

THE UNDERGROUND OIL SPILL AT KOTZEBUE, ALASKA: UNKNOWN CAUSE, ELUSIVE CURE

John H. Janssen; Douglas L. Kane

A MODEL FOR MANAGING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS

Anne E. Smith; David Cohan; Frank Selker

A COMPARISON OF SOIL-GAS SAMPLING METHODS USED AT TWO HARBOR SITES

Victor H. Owens; Walter J. Sexton; Jacqueline Michel

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK CORRECTIVE ACTION TECHNOLOGIES

Douglas C. Ammon; S. Robert Cochran

Section XI: ABSTRACTS OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS

PICTORIAL REVIEW OF TWO OIL SPILLS ON THE TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE

Kenneth Hunt

PLANNING FOR THE USE OF DISPERSANTS

Tony E. Hart

DEVELOPMENT OF A GREAT RATE OILY WATER SEPARATING SYSTEM

Yvon Le Guen; A. Bonazzi; Georges Peigne; Christian Lemaitre

LONG-TERM DRIFT IN THE BEAUFORT SEA

J. W. St. Martin

A MAJOR INLAND SPILL CASE HISTORY VIEWED AS A CANDIDATE FOR DISPERSANT USE

Arnold Paddock

THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING IN THE PREPARATION OF OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR COASTAL AREAS

G. Dossena; M. Kanu; L. Ceffa

SURFACE CURRENT MEASUREMENTS FOR VALIDATION OF AN OIL SPILL TRACKING MODEL FOR THE BEAUFORT SEA

Ivan M. Lissauer; Joseph W. St. Martin

CONTAINMENT AND RECOVERY OF OIL FROM MUSKEG AREAS

Wayne Wiebe

BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

Dennis F. Brown; John A. Arway

THE UTILIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY INDEX DATA IN A MICROCOMPUTER-BASED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

Basil Savitsky

OIL SPILL SIMULATION FROM THE MARJAN OFFSHORE OIL FIELD

William J. Lehr; Robin W. Lardner; Robert J. Fraga

PROGRESS IN ENHANCED OIL DEGRADATION

A lain Ladousse; Claude Tallec; Bernard Tramier

THE EFFECTS OF OIL ON INTERACTING SALT MARSH PLANTS

P. Leendertse; M. Scholten

LONG-TERM OIL WEATHERING UNDER SEA ICE IN EXPERIMENTAL MESOSCALE SIMULATOR

E. Pelletier; C. Brochu; J. H. Vandermeulen

BIOINDICATORS AS A TOOL FOR ASSESSMENT OF HYDROCARBON IMPACT AND WEATHERING IN MANGROVE FORESTS

E. Dutrieux; F. Secchi; O. Guelorget

COMPUTER SOFTWARE PACKAGES FOR OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANNING

Mark West; Allister Brown

AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ACCURACY OF VOLUMETRIC LEAK DETECTION METHODS IN UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS

J. Starr; J. Maresca; J. Farlow; R. Field; M. Kalinoski

OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN SOUTH AFRICA

A. Moldan; L. F. Jackson

APPLICATION OF HIGH-RESOLUTION SPACE IMAGERY FOR CONTINGENCY PLANNING

J. Denis; L. Loubersac

REVISED OFFSHORE OIL SPILL OCCURRENCE RATES FOR THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF

Cheryl A. Anderson; Robert P. LaBelle

COMPUTER-BASED CONTINGENCY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM

Gordon A. Robilliard; R. Glenn Ford

ARCTIC OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLANNING GUIDE

Robert J. Meyers; J. Larry Payne; Ivan M. Lissauer

EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS: DIRECTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT

Robert J. Brulle; Clayton W. Evans

EFFECTS OF SOUTH LOUISIANA CRUDE OIL AND DISPERSANTS ON RHIZOPHORA MANGROVES

Howard J. Teas; Eirik O. Duerr; J. Ross Wilcox

ENVIRONMENTAL COAST ATLAS FOR OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANNING

Per J. Tømmeraas

BEAUFORT SEA DISPERSANT TRIAL

J. J. Swiss; N. Vanderkooy; S. D. Gill; R. H. Goodman

FINAL RESULTS OF THE API TROPICS OIL SPILL AND DISPERSANT USE EXPERIMENTS IN PANAMA

Thomas G. Ballou; Steven C. Hess; Charles D. Getter; Anthony Knap; Richard Dodge; Thomas Sleeter