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1995 International Oil Spill Conference

Section I: Evolving Technologies

Session M1A: Remote Sensing

TRACKING BUOYS FOR OIL SPILLS

Ron H. Goodman; Debra Simecek-Beatty; Don Hodgins

AIRBORNE DETECTION, IMAGING AND TELEMETRY OF OIL AND OTHER SPECTRAL FEATURES ON THE OCEAN SURFACE

Charles P. Giammona; F. Rainer Engelhardt; Kandace S. Binkley

OIL THICKNESS DETECTION USING WIDEBAND RADIOMETRY

O. B. McMahon; E. R. Brown; G. D. Daniels; T. J. Murphy; G. L. Hover

ADVANCED AERIAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF MARINE POLLUTION AND INTERNATIONAL AERIAL SURVEILLANCE COOPERATION IN THE NORTH AND BALTIC SEAS

Capt. Klaus Schroh

Session T4C: Mechanical Containment and Recovery

COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLEANUP OF MARINE OIL SPILLS

John Harper; Ann Godon; Alan A. Allen

FULL SCALE OIL CONTAINMENT BOOM TESTING AT SEA

Atle Nordvik; Paul Hankins; Ken Bitting; Larry Hannon; Robert Urban

TEXAS MARSH BURN: REMOVING OIL FROM A SALT MARSH USING IN SITU BURNING

Manuel F. Gonzalez; Gabriel A. Lugo

EVALUATION AND LIMITS OF PROTECTIVE BOOM PLANS FOR HIGH TIDAL RANGE AND STRONG CURRENT AREAS

Daniel Fauvre

Session W1C: Spill Simulation

A MULTICOMPONENT OIL SPILL MODEL FOR DISSOLVED AROMATIC CONCENTRATIONS

Henrik Rye

THE USE OF KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOFTWARE TO IDENTIFY SHORELINE TREATMENT OPTIONS

Alain Lamarche; Chrystel Black; Anna-Paula Varanda; Edward H. Owens

A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OIL AND CHEMICAL SPILL MODEL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Mark Reed; Henrik Rye

STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNIQUES IN OIL SPILL MODELING

H. M. Cekirge; M. Koch; C. Long; C. P. Giammona; K. Binkley; R. Engelhardt; R. Jamail

Session W2C: Geographic Information Systems

AN INTEGRATED PROGRAM FOR SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENT MAPPING

Robert Pavia; Jacqueline Michel; Jill Petersen; Lt. Stacy Birk-Risheim

SENSITIVITY MAPPING WORLDWIDE: HARMONIZATION AND THE NEEDS OF DIFFERENT USER GROUPS

Jenifer M. Baker; Mark Spalding; Jon Moore

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) FOR IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ECOLOGICALLY SOUND MEASURES, AND DOCUMENTATION OF OIL SPILLS

Gustav Törling; Jonas Fejes

Session W3B: Bioremediation

OIL SPILL BIOREMEDIATION AGENTS—CANADIAN EFFICACY TEST PROTOCOLS

Sandra Blenkinsopp; Gary Sergy; Zhendi Wang; Mervin F. Fingas; Julia Foght; Donald W. S. Westlake

THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOREMEDIATION FOR OIL SPILL CLEANUP IN COASTAL WETLANDS: PRODUCT IMPACTS AND BIOREMEDIATION POTENTIAL

Irving A. Mendelssohn; Qianxin Lin; Karolien Debusschere; S. Penland; Charles B. Henry, Jr.; Edward B. Overton; Ralph J. Portier; Maude M. Walsh; Nancy N. Rabalais

DISPERSION AND BIODEGRADATION OF OIL SPILLS ON WATER

R. Varadaraj; M. L. Robbins; J. Bock; S. Pace; D. MacDonald

BIOREMEDIATION OF OILED BEACH SEDIMENTS: ASSESSMENT OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC FERTILIZERS

Kenneth Lee; Gilles H. Tremblay; Susan E. Cobanli

Session W4C: In-Situ Burning

STUDIES OF IN SITU BURNING OF EMULSIONS IN NORWAY

Chantal C. Guénette; Per Sveum; Cathe M. Bech; Ian A. Buist

THE NEWFOUNDLAND OFFSHORE BURN EXPERIMENT—NOBE

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND RECOVERY OF A HIGH MARSH PIPELINE OIL SPILL AND BURN SITE, UPPER COPANO BAY, TEXAS

John W. Tunnell, Jr.; Beau Hardegree; David W. Hicks

IN SITU BURNING OF ALASKA NORTH SLOPE EMULSIONS

Ian A. Buist; Nick Glover

Session Th1B: Chemical Countermeasures I

DISPERSANT EFFECTIVENESS AT SEA

T. Lunel

WEATHERING AND CHEMICAL DISPERSION OF OIL AT SEA

Alun Lewis; Per S. Daling; Tove Strøm-Kristiansen; Atle B. Nordvik; Robert J. Fiocco

IMPROVED LABORATORY DEMULSIFICATION TESTS FOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE

Robert J. Fiocco; Kenneth W. Becker; Marjorie A. Walsh; Jorunn N. Hokstad; Per S. Daling; Alun Lewis

Session Th2B: Alternative Response Technology

A NEW CLEANING PRODUCT FOR OILED BIRDS AND AN INTEGRATED AUTOMATED PROCESS

Anne Basseres; Bruno Verschuere; Gerard Holtzinger; Jean-Pierre Jacques; Bernard Tramier

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS MONITORING DURING AN OPERATIONAL APPLICATION OF COREXIT 9580

Gary Shigenaka; Vance P. Vicente; M. Angela McGehee; Charles B. Henry, Jr.

FAST SOURCE-FINGERPRINTING ANALYSIS FOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE

Paulene O. Roberts; Charles B. Henry; Ursula Ehrmann; Edward B. Overton

EFFECT OF STOKES’ LAW SETTLING ON MEASURING OIL DISPERSION EFFECTIVENESS

M. L. Robbins; R. Varadaraj; J. Bock; S. J. Pace

Session Th3C: Chemical Countermeasures II

TESTING AND USE OF SHORELINE CLEANING AGENTS DURING THE MORRIS J. BERMAN OIL SPILL

Jacqueline Michel; Bradford L. Benggio

REMOVING OIL AND SAVING OILED MARSH GRASS USING A SHORELINE CLEANER

S. R. Pezeshki; R. D. DeLaune; J. A. Nyman; R. R. Lessard; G. P. Canevari

CHEMICAL TREATING AGENTS: RESPONSE NICHES AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS

Ann Hayward Walker; Janet H. Kucklick; Jacqueline Michel; Debra K. Scholz; Timothy Reilly

SHORELINE CLEANSING BY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OIL AND FINE MINERAL PARTICLES

James R. Bragg; Edward H. Owens

Section II: Marine Transportation

Session M1B: Salvage

LIGHTERING AND SALVAGE OF THE TANK BARGE OCEAN 255 IN AFTERMATH OF A COLLISION, EXPLOSION, AND FIRE IN TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA, AUGUST 1993

Jerzy J. Kichner

RESPONDER IMMUNITY AND SALVAGE

William L. Peck; Allan F. Elmore

ENHANCING THE CAPABILITIES OF SALVAGE-BASED POLLUTION DEFENSE

John Arnold Witte, Sr.

Session T1A: Financial Liabilities

CERTIFICATES OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: CAN THE TRAIN WRECK BE AVERTED?

David Bovet

LIABILITY INCENTIVES FOR REDUCING THE COSTS OF OIL SPILLS

Bobbie Lively-Diebold; Paul Ameer; Gary Yoshioka; Justin Anand

VESSEL LIABILITY AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE U.S. COASTAL STATES

Amy M. Stolls

OPA 90 AND THE INTERNATIONAL REGIMES CONCERNING OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION: ARE THEY SO FAR APART, MUST THEY REMAIN SO?

Daniel F. Sheehan

Session W1B: Tanker Routing

APPLICATION OF OIL SPILL SIMULATIONS TO TANKER ROUTING OFF THE U.S. COAST

Robert P. LaBelle; Charles M. Marshall

TANKER ROUTING, A PRIVATE COMPANY'S PERSPECTIVE

Gary A. Reiter

TUG USAGE FOR ESCORT AND RESCUE TOWING IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, ALASKA

David L. Gray; Johan H. de Jong

WORLD-CLASS OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE FOR THE ALASKAN: TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE SYSTEM TANKER TRADE

Sharon O. Hillman; James E. McHale; Steve D. Hood; Richard C. Long; John C. Klepper; Gary P. Bader

Session W2B: Inspection and Maintenance

USING INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING PROGRAMS TO HELP PREVENT SPILL INCIDENTS

David A. Davidson; Thomas L. Wills

EVALUATION OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD'S TANKER INSPECTION PROGRAM: TANKER INSPECTION IMPACTS

Christine S. Meers; Paul Ameer

PORT STATE CONTROL IN LATIN AMERICA

Francisco Pizarro

SAFETY MANAGEMENT FOR THE MARITIME INDUSTRY: THE INTERNATIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT CODE

William H. Moore; Karlene H. Roberts

Session W4B: Prevention

OPERATIONAL POLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR LOADED TANKERS TRANSITING COASTAL WATERS

N. Robin Lee

SALVAGE OR PREVENTIVE MEASURE? A PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE

John M. Noble

PROTECTING THE GREAT BARRIER REEF FROM AN OIL SPILL

Wendy Craik

Section III: Fate and Effects in Aquatic Environments

Session M1C: NRDA Implementation Issues

A COOPERATIVE APPROACH FOR MEASURING DIRECT-USE DAMAGES: THE 1992 AVILA BEACH (CALIFORNIA) OIL SPILL

Richard W. Dunford; Kristy E. Mathews; H. Spencer Banzhaf

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OF THE PRESIDENTE RIVERA OIL SPILL, DELAWARE RIVER

Douglas Helton; Donna Lawson; Martin McHugh

COMPUTER MODELS FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT: ESTIMATES OF USE AND RESULTS

James F. Bennett; Bruce E. Peacock; Timothy R. Goodspeed

INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM AND NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT: MULTIPLE ROLES FACING NATURAL RESOURCE TRUSTEE AGENCIES

Pierre H. duVair

Session T2A: NRDA State Perspectives, Case Studies

INNOVATIVE PROCEDURES FOR NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT

Ingrid K. Hansen

A COOPERATIVE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT: LESSONS FROM THE GREENHILL SPILL

J. Heather Warner Finley; James G. Hanifen; Pasquale F. Roscigno; Karolien Debusschere; Maura J. Newell; Brian E. Julius; Johannes von Beek

THE GREAT POM-POM CAPER: WASHINGTON'S FIRST COMPENSATION SCHEDULE APPLICATION

Paul Heimowitz

Session T3C: Fresh Water Concerns, Planning

IDENTIFYING AND MAPPING SENSITIVE RESOURCES FOR INLAND AREA PLANNING

Miles O. Hayes; Jacqueline Michel; Jeffrey A. Dahlin; Kenneth Barton

OIL SPILL CHEMICALS IN FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS: TECHNICAL ISSUES

Ann Hayward Walker; Janet H. Kucklick; Alexis E. Steen; David Fritz

AQUATIC RESOURCE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE UPPER OHIO RIVER BASIN USING A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

John Arway; Douglas Nieman; Thomas Proch; Jerry Shulte

THE GREAT LAKES SPILL PROTECTION INITIATIVE: A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

William J. Trumbull

Session Th1A: Fresh Water Fate and Effects

A SCREENING-LEVEL EVALUATION OF IMPACTS TO A MONTANA LOTIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY FROM A FUEL OIL SPILL

William D. Van Derveer; Royal J. Nadeau; Georgia L. Case

FATE AND EFFECTS OF CRUDE OIL IN A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STREAM DRAINAGE

Eugene R. Mancini; Dilworth W. Chamberlain; Mark A. Lowe; Marion Fischel; Eric J. Greenwood; Susan Rankin

AN OIL SPILL IN AN ILLINOIS LAKE: ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT

Ted Sauer; Jerry Neff; Lawrence Reitsema

AN OIL SPILL IN AN ILLINOIS LAKE: ECOLOGICAL AND HUMAN HEALTH ASSESSMENT

Jerry Neff; Ted Sauer; Lewis Osborn; Pamela Tazik; Lawrence Reitsema

Session Th2A: Fate and Effects in Aquatic Environments

OILING OF MANGROVE KEYS IN THE 1993 TAMPA BAY OIL SPILL

Sally C. Levings; Stephen D. Garrity

MITIGATION STRATEGIES AT AN ESTUARINE MANGROVE AREA AFFECTED BY AN OIL SPILL

Antonio Quilici; Carmen Infante; Jorge Rodríguez-Grau; José A. LaSchiazza; Henry Briceño; Néstor Pereira

WEATHERING EXPERIMENT ON SPILLED CRUDE OILS USING A CIRCULATING WATER CHANNEL

Tsutomu Tsukihara

DISTRIBUTION AND WEATHERING OF OIL FROM THE IRAQ-KUWAIT CONFLICT OIL SPILL WITHIN INTERTIDAL HABITATS—TWO YEARS LATER

Miles O. Hayes; Jacqueline Michel; Todd M. Montello; Don V. Aurand; Theodor C. Sauer; Ahmed Al-Mansi; Abdul Halim Al-Momen

Session Th3D: Fresh Water Cleanup, Case Studies

RESPONSE TO A MAJOR GASOLINE RELEASE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Jane M. Hartley; Donald F. Hamera

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CRUDE OIL SPILL INTO A FRESHWATER STREAM: A CASE STUDY

Mark A. Lowe; Eugene R. Mancini; Dilworth W. Chamberlain; Eric Greenwood; Sue Rankin; Marion Fischel

FOLLOW-UP STUDY ON OILED VEGETATION CUTTING ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER

Edwin A. Levine; Jay Pinckney; Todd Montello

THE COLONIAL PIPELINE SPILL: A CASE STUDY

Kevin Koob; Roger Lafferiere; Jennie DeVeaux; Greg DeMarco

Section IV: Spill Management/Mitigation

Session MID: Command and Control

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO CORPORATE PREPAREDNESS

K. Tim Perkins

CONFIRMING RESPONSE EFFECTIVENESS: AN OVERVIEW AND GUIDE TO OPERATIONAL MONITORING

Alan J. Mearns

NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE PIPELINE RUPTURE INTO THE SANTA CLARA RIVER

Thomas P. Leveille; Dan Shane; James Morris

Session TIB: Preparedness Planning I

CHALLENGES OF CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN A SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATE—TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Oswald M. Adams; Kenrick Haynes

CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN CHILE

Francisco Pizarro

INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT, AND REGIONAL EFFORTS IN OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANNING: MALAYSIA'S PERSPECTIVES

Hussein Bin Rahmat; Mohd Radzuan Bin Yusof

Session T3A: Training/Exercises I

EXERCISES AS ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES: A FOCUS ON THE FIX

David McLain

NATIONAL DRILL OF THE VENEZUELAN OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLAN

Carlos Villoria; Elia Gomez; Nelson García Tavel

SHIP ESCORT RESPONSE VESSEL SYSTEM (SERVS) FISHING VESSEL OIL SPILL RESPONSE TRAINING

Dennis A. Ulvestad; N. Vincent Kelly

CANADA'S DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL EXERCISE PROGRAM

Paul Alexander, (Alec); Dave Takata; Cliff Barber Barber

Session T4A: Training/Exercises II

DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF A FACILITY OIL RESPONSE TEAM

Stephen M. Collins; Phillip A. Lebednik

DELIVERING OIL SPILL HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING FOR BEACH CLEANUP: INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT WORK

Paul Penn

LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS FOR RESPONSE EXERCISE PROGRAM

W. Michael Kurgan; Karen Laney

SWEDISH COAST GUARD RESPONSE TRAINING PROGRAM

Dan Thorell; Thomas Fago

Session W1A: Low API Gravity Oils, Response to Oils that Sink

RECOVERY OF SUBMERGED OIL AT SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 1994

George H. Burns, III; C.A. “Ben” Benson; Tom Eason; Jacqueline Michel; Steve Kelly; Bradford Benggio; Mark Ploen

GROUP V FUEL OILS: SOURCE, BEHAVIOR, AND RESPONSE ISSUES

Jacqueline Michel; Debra Scholz; Charles B. Henry; Bradford L. Benggio

HEAVY OIL SPILLS: OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND

Robert W. Castle; Fred Wehrenberg; Jeremy Bartlett; Jason Nuckols

CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH FLOATING SLICKS CAN SINK IN MARINE SETTINGS

Jacqueline Michel; J. A. Gait

Session W2A: Preparedness/Response

BURIAL AND BREAKDOWN OF OIL IN COASTAL DUNE SYSTEMS

Roger E. Daniels; Anthony F. Harrison; John A. Parkinson; Graham Hall

RESPONSE OPERATIONS TO THE AEGEAN SEA ACCIDENT

Fernando Pardo

HANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF OILY WASTE FROM OIL SPILLS AT SEA

Madeleine McDonagh; John Abbott; Richard Swannell; Erich Gundlach; Atle Nordvik

Session W3C: Response Considerations I

SCIENTIFIC CRITERIA TO OPTIMIZE OIL SPILL CLEANUP

David Sell; Lucy Conway; Tracy Clark; Gordon B. Picken; Jenifer M. Baker; George M. Dunnet; Alasdair D. McIntyre; Robert B. Clark

NET ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE

Jenifer M. Baker

EVALUATING OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY AND PREVENTION PLANS USING MEASURES OF QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY

Faisal Abordaif; John R. Harrald; Thomas A. Mazzuchi

Session W3D: The 1993 Tampa Bay Oil Spill

TAMPA BAY SPILL: COMMAND AND CONTROL ISSUES

Richard W. Harbert

BEACH CLEANING AND THE ROLE OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN THE 1993 TAMPA BAY SPILL

Edward H. Owens; Jacqueline Michel; Richard A. Davis, Jr.; Kay Stritzke

RESPONSE TO OILED WILDLIFE IN TAMPA BAY

Lynne Frink; Glenn Gauvry

Session W4A: Preparedness Planning II

OIL SPILL CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR FIXED FACILITIES

Jeffrey R. James

JUST MAKE IT HAPPEN: LOGISTICS CONCEPTS, PROCESSES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN MAJOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE

John R. Ives

DYNAMIC CONTINGENCY PLANNING WITHIN A COMMAND AND CONTROL FRAMEWORK

Jeff Simmerman

TO IMPROVE THE RESPONSE TIME: A COMMUNITY DECISION

Marc Patry; Claude Rivet

Session W4D: Response Considerations II

EFFECTIVELY MANAGING LEVEL OF EFFORT IN OIL SPILL CLEANUP: RESOLVING THE “HOW CLEAN IS CLEAN” ISSUE

Peter A. Tebeau

THE PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH AND THE IMO

Sally Ann Lentz

PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS IN ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY COOPERATION

José Manuel Rolón

THE M/C HAVEN OIL SPILL: ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE PATHWAYS AND RESOURCE INJURY

Massimo Martinelli; Anna Luise; Elisabetta Tromellini; Theodor C. Sauer; Jerry M. Neff; Gregory S. Douglas

Session Th3B: The Morris J. Berman Spill

SPILL RESPONSE MANAGEMENT AND THE MORRIS J. BERMAN SPILL: THE FOSC'S PERSPECTIVE

Robert G. Ross

MANAGING HERITAGE RESOURCE PROTECTION: A CASE STUDY FROM THE BERMAN SPILL RESPONSE

Audrey A. McKinley; Agamemnon Gus Pantel

THE MORRIS J. BERMAN SPILL—MSRC'S OFFSHORE OPERATIONS

James L. McDonald

OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS—TANK BARGE MORRIS J. BERMAN SPILL

Edwin M. Stanton

Section V: Sustainable Global Preparedness

Session T2B: International Conventions on Funding and Intervention

OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990: CURE, CATALYST, OR CATASTROPHE

Mary G. Holt; Lindy S. Johnson

FRANCE AND THE RIGHT OF INTERVENTION ON THE HIGH SEAS

Jean-François Levy

THE BRAER: LEGAL ASPECTS OF A MAJOR OIL SPILL

Måns Jacobsson

Session T3D: Industry/Government Cooperation in Planning and Response I

RESEARCH ON MARINE POLLUTION, PREVENTION, AND RESPONSE IN SHENZHEN, CHINA

Pu Baokang; Zhang Xiuzhi; Qiao Bing

NORWEGIAN POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY WORK ON SHIPWRECKS

Kathrine Idaas

PREPAREDNESS PLANS VERSUS ACTUAL RESPONSE: THE INCIDENT SPECIFIC PREPAREDNESS REVIEW OF THE T/B MORRIS J. BERMAN MAJOR OIL SPILL

Richard C. Vlaun; Kenneth Bradford; Phillip Biedenbender; John White

PARTNERSHIPS IN SPILL RESPONSE: A POLICY ALTERNATIVE—THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE

Suzanne Shirreff; Michel Berthiaume

Session T4D: Industry/Government Cooperation in Planning and Response II

MAJOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE PROGRAM OF THE PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN

Nobutaka Miyazoe; Yoshihiro Hashizume

ESTABLISHING OPTIMAL RESPONSE STRATEGIES USING REAL-TIME CURRENT OBSERVATIONS: A LOCAL, COOPERATIVE APPROACH

John Salvesen; Beatrice A. Stong; David G. Byers; Austin G. Smith; Richard Arnhart; Scott Gaudet; Thomas G. Tomblin; Kelly M. Teichman

TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO STATE HAS GONE BEFORE

William Boland; Pete Bontadelli

OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLANNING IN EASTERN EUROPE: A BULGARIAN CASE STUDY

Hilary Hoagland-Grey; David Archer

Session W3A: International Legal Framework

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON OIL POLLUTION PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND COOPERATION—AN OVERVIEW

Ashok Mahapatra

IMO-OPRC INFORMATION SYSTEM

Kiyoshi Ohne

DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE NATIONAL RESPONSE SYSTEMS

Edmond P. Thompson

IMO'S STRATEGY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPRC CONVENTION

David T. Edwards

Session Th3A: Bilateral Regional Agreements

OIL SPILL REGULATORY SYSTEMS IN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES

David Lopez; Alicia Watts Hosmer; Timothy Adams; Elisabeth Morgan

TRANSBOUNDARY RESPONSE OPERATIONS: A LOOK TO THE NORTH

Laurie L. Crick; R. Adm. Sidney A. Wallace

IMPEDIMENTS TO CROSS-BOUNDARY OIL SPILL RESPONSE ALONG UNITED STATES BORDERS

Jonathan K. Waldron

MODERNIZING THE COPENHAGEN AGREEMENT

Dan Thorell

Section VI: THE BRAER INCIDENT

Session T3B: Part I

THE BRAER INCIDENT: SHETLAND ISLANDS, JANUARY 1993

Chris Harris

Session T4B: Part II

THE DONALDSON REPORT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY

Chris Horrocks

Section VII: POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Session T2–Chairman

TECHNICAL CORRECTION OF THE PAINT FILTER LIQUIDS TEST

Ed Schrader; A. Mulvihill

WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS: HOW THEY ARE FORMED AND BROKEN

Merv Fingas; Ben Fieldhouse; Joe Mullin

EVALUATION OF DISPERSANT TOXICITY USING A STANDARDIZED MODELED-EXPOSURE APPROACH

Lisa Weetman; Ina Lee; Michael Singer; Saji George; Susan Jacobson; Ronald Tjeerdema; Michael L. Sowby

ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY AND PROTECTION FOR THE NORTHEAST CASPIAN SEA

Bernhard H. Metzger; Edgue Zholdasov; David I. Little; Erich R. Gundlach

MAKING SENSE OF MULTIPLE RESPONSE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS

Bobbie Lively-Diebold; Gregory DeMarco; Elisabeth Morgan; Philip Rizzi

TRACE METALS AND BIOMARKERS IN OIL: A TOOL FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SPILLS

Ranu Gadi; S. Kapoor; H. S. Rawat; K. Chandra

THE EFFECTS OF IN SITU BURNING OF OIL ON FIRE BOOM

Richard Lazes

JOINT CHINA-NOAA PORT AREA CONTINGENCY PLANNING PROJECT

Edwin A. Levine; Debra Payton; Robert Pavia; Caryn Houck; Shuying Chen

TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE OIL SPILL GIS AND TRAJECTORY MODELING

Robert D. Martin; Mehrdad M. Moosavi; Lee A. Smith

MECHANICAL PROTECTION GUIDELINES

Frank Whipple; Sharon Christopherson; Jacqueline Michel

TRENDS IN OIL SPILL RATES FOR FOUR HIGH-TRAFFIC AREAS

Gail Thomas; Gary Yoshioka; Brad Kaiman

MSRC SHUTTLE BARGE SYSTEM FOR SHALLOW-WATER OIL SPILL CLEANUP

George W. Dowell; Tom Coudon

OBTAINING THE FEDERAL RESPONDER IMMUNITY STANDARD IN THE UNITED STATES

David N. Lakin

SIMULATION-BASED OIL SPILL RESPONSE MANAGEMENT TRAINING

David C. Barry; John J. Gallagher

EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITIES AT CEDRE

Roger Kantin; Michel Albrecht; Joseph Blanc; Claudine Le Mut Tiercelin

MMS GULF REGION GIS DATABASE FOR OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANNING

Shea Penland; Lynda Wayne; Norm Froomer

Session T3–Chairman

PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AGAINST OIL SPILLS BY BOOM ARRANGEMENTS

Kau-Fui Vincent Wong; Diego Guerrero

ELECTRONIC DESKTOP MAPPING: ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY ATLASES OF THE GREAT LAKES

Philip Baker; Christine Rowe

A NEW TOOL FOR LARGE-SCALE OIL COMBAT

M. R. Ouwerkerk; P. R. H. Verbeek; T. Schut

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN TO QUANTIFY CHEMICALLY DISPERSED CRUDE BIOAVAILABILITY TO PHYTOPLANKTON

Christopher O. Younghans-Haug; Martha F. Wolfe; Ronald S. Tjeerdema; Michael L. Sowby

SEABIRD RESTORATION: A REVIEW OF NEEDS AND OPTIONS

George J. Divoky; Craig Harrison

WILDLIFE RESPONSE: COLONIAL PIPELINE SPILL

Lynne Frink; Curtiss J. Clumpner

BEACH RESTORATION PROCEDURES

Robert W. Castle; Frederick Wehrenberg; Harris W. Martin

BIOAVAILABILITY OF SEDIMENT OIL RESIDUES FOUR YEARS FOLLOWING THE MARTINEZ SPILL

Paul D. Boehm; Helder J. Costa

RESOLVING THE TOW SPEED THAT CAUSES BOOM OIL LOSS

David S. DeVitis; Larry Hannon

REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM PREAPPROVAL OF IN-SITU BURNING FOR OPERATIONAL USE

Gus Stacy, III

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: KEY TO ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING OIL SPILL PREPAREDNESS

Andrew Tyler; Mike Walker

DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMAL OIL BOOM IN WAVES

Il-Hyoung Cho; Byung-W. Cho

EMERGENCY WEATHER STATION SYSTEM SUPPORT TO OIL SPILL RESPONSE

Evelyn E. Wilson

INTEGRATED OIL CONTAINMENT AND RECOVERY SYSTEM

Jan Allers; Stu Penny

THE BRAER OIL SPILL

Robin Perry

PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT FOR SORBENT CONTAINMENT BOOMS

David Cooper; Atle Nordvik

NEW TECHNIQUE FOR OIL RECOVERY ALONG SHORES (FLOATING AND GROUNDED)

Jean Bronnec

EFFECT OF WAVES ON CONTAINMENT BOOM RESPONSE

Robert L. Van Dyck; Michael S. Bruno

TEFLON NETS: A NOVEL APPROACH TO THIN FILM OIL SAMPLING

Dean Greimann; April Zohn; Kristy Plourde; Thomas Reilly

COAST GUARD VOSS/NOFI/FIOCS/SEA SLUG AT-SEA EVALUATION

D. A. Furey; K. C. Eisenberg; J. F. Etxegoien

Session T4–Chairman

THE NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN PRODUCT SCHEDULE DATABASE

Gail F. Thomas; Gary N. Moore; Linda Tyrance-Strickland

BIOREMEDIATION STUDY OF SPILLED CRUDE OIL ON FOWLER BEACH, DELAWARE

Albert D. Venosa; John R. Haines; Brian A. Wrenn; Kevin L. Strohmeier; B. Loye Eberhart; Miryam Kadkhodayan; Edith Holder; Makram T. Suidan; Dennis King; Benjamin Anderson

BIOTREATMENT OF PETROLEUM CONTAMINATION IN OPEN SYSTEMS

Eugene Rosenberg; Rachel Legmann; Eliora Z. Ron; W. Michael Griffin; A. Thomas Merski

UNIFIED COMMAND: THE MECHANISM FOR ENSURING A COMPREHENSIVE, COORDINATED RESPONSE

Thomas G. McCloskey

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE AEGEAN SEA OIL SPILL

Pierre Daniel

NUTRIENT RETENTION IN THE BIOREMEDIATION ZONE OF A SANDY BEACH

Brian A. Wrenn; Makram T. Suidan; Kevin L. Strohmeier; B. Loye Eberhardt; Gregory J. Wilson; Albert D. Venosa

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN OIL SPILL MODELS: CASE STUDY USING ADIOS

Roy Overstreet; Andrzej Lewandowski; William Lehr; Robert Jones; Debra Simecek-Beatty; Donna Calhoun

A PROTOCOL FOR EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENTS OF BIOREMEDIATION STRATEGIES ON SHORELINES

Kenneth Lee; Richard P.J. Swannell; Per Sveum; Michel Guillerme; François-Xavier Merlin; Tim Reilly; Jean Oudot; Jean Ducreux; Christian Chaumery

USCG RESPONSE EQUIPMENT INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SYSTEM

Christine Burk; Joseph Stahovec; David Vaught

CASE STUDIES OF STANDARDIZED TECHNIQUES TO DOCUMENT SHORELINE OILING CONDITIONS

Edward H. Owens; Gary A. Sergy; Jacqueline Michel

OIL SPILL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE VENEZUELAN OIL INDUSTRY

Carlos Villoria; Rosa Pérez

A GENERAL MIGRATION MODEL FOR BIOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Keith Downing

ROLE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA EMERGENCY OFFICERS IN OIL SPILL RESPONSE MANAGEMENT

Caroline Ladanowski

IN SITU BIOREMEDIATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATED SOIL AND GROUND WATER

Douglas E. Jerger; Patrick M. Woodhull

IMMOBILIZATION TECHNIQUE FOR IN SITU BIODEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL

Asha Juwarkar; Aradhana Amin; Bharati Oke; P. Khanna

INTEGRATED HYDRODYNAMIC-OIL SPILL MODELING IN COASTAL WATERWAYS USING SPILLSIM

Donald, O. Hodgins; Ruben Solis; Robert Martin

BIOREMEDIATION: RESULTS OF THE FIELD TRIALS OF LANDEVENNEC (FRANCE)

François-Xavier Merlin; Philippe Pinvidic; Christian Chaumery; Jean Oudot; Richard P. J. Swannell; Anne Basseres; Christine Dalmazzone; Jean Ducreux; Kenneth Lee; Tim Reilly

DECONTAMINATION FOR THE T/B MORRIS J. BERMAN INCIDENT

Joseph B. H. Smith; Barry McFarland

A COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO OIL SPILL PLANNING

William Gorham; Martin Cramer

Session Wl–Chairman

THE U.S. EPA 1994 NATIONAL SURVEY OF OIL STORAGE FACILITIES

Janet LaFiandra Weiner; Jennie DeVeaux; Paul Brown

CALIFORNIA'S AREA CONTINGENCY PLANS: A SUCCESSFUL STATE/FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP

Adam Sutkus

VESSEL RESPONSE PLANS: A TILE IN THE MOSAIC OF THE NATIONAL RESPONSE SYSTEM

Duane Michael Smith

CONSENSUS-BASED, CONSOLIDATED CONTINGENCY PLAN

Roger D. Mowery; Bill Edgar

PRINCIPLES OF WAR APPLIED TO OIL SPILL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

John Giesen

CISPRI TECHNICAL MANUAL—A DIFFERENT APPROACH

Victoria Askin

CLEAN COASTAL WATERS COST PARTICIPATION FORMULA

J. Michael Sartor; Christopher L. Gregory

GETTING A “GRP:” THE GEOGRAPHIC RESPONSE PLANNING EFFORT IN WASHINGTON STATE

Paul Heimowitz

MAJOR OIL SPILL INCIDENTS: LESSONS FOR RESPONSE PLANNING

Dana Stalcup; Gary Yoshioka; Brad Kaiman; Lora Siegmann; Kate Masters

DECISION SUPPORT FOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE CONFIGURATION PLANNING

Roberto Desimone; John Mark Agosta

SPILL RESPONSE PLANNING FOR SEASONAL VARIABILITY OF RIVER CURRENTS

Paul Slyman; Eric Heinitz

ESTIMATING THE VOLUME OF OIL LEAKING FROM ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS

Kevin Mould; Steve Watson; Mike Renga; Lora Siegmann

DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION GUIDELINES FOR ALASKA'S ON-SCENE COORDINATORS

Pamela Bergmann

COSS: A MESOSCALE TEST BED FOR NEARSHORE SPILL RESEARCH

Timothy J. Reilly; William R. Wise; Nicholas C. Kraus; Robin Jamail

AREA CONTINGENCY PLANS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE EVER-EVOLVING

Carolyn M. White; Patricia Donahue

WORKER SAFETY AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Jonathan K. Waldron

ON-SCENE COORDINATOR AREA RESPONSE SYSTEM

Donald P. Smith

CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE

Mark B. Garcia

Session W2–Chairman

SAFETY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION IN A LARGE OIL SPILL RESPONSE ORGANIZATION

Steven Magasis; John Redden; Dan LeBlanc

FISHING INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Richard C. Long

OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANNING CRITERIA FOR INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASINS

Elia Gómez Figueroa

THE BRAER SPILL: OIL FATE GOVERNED BY DISPERSION

T. Lunel

NEW OIL SPILL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND CONTINGENCY PLAN REQUIREMENTS—ARGENTINA

Erich R. Gundlach; Hugo A. Rizzato; Enrique Nastri; Aldo Murut

REMEDIATION OF OIL-CONTAMINATED DEBRIS USING A ROTARY KILN COMBUSTOR

Laura Ouellette; Vladimir Razbin

MEXUSPAC: MEXICO/U.S. PACIFIC REGIONAL RESPONSE COORDINATION TEAM

Daniel Whiting

FREQUENCY OF OIL SPILLS COMPARED TO EVERYDAY HAZARDS

George Lowden; Gary Yoshioka

OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN THE LATIN AMERICAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

Juan Miguel Moyano; Aldo Héctor Brussoni

PRIVATE SECTOR/GOVERNMENT COOPERATION DURING A BAHRAIN SPILL RESPONSE OPERATION

Derek J. S. Brown

INFORMATION TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS FROM FRESHWATER OIL SPILLS

David E. Fritz; Alexis E. Steen

RISK MANAGEMENT IN OIL PIPELINES AND GAS PIPELINES

Luiz de Lima Buzelin; Anibal José Constantino Alves

ADVANCED CHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING FOR OIL SPILL IDENTIFICATION AND NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS

Paul D. Boehm; Gregory S. Douglas; John S. Brown

Session W3–Chairman

THE VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS: EVALUATING EFFECTS OF OIL DISCHARGES ON THE ENVIRONMENT

Bobbie Lively-Diebold; Susan M. Davis

SHORELINE OIL FROM EXXON VALDEZ: CHANGE FROM 1991 TO 1993

James C. Gibeaut; Ernest Piper

EVALUATION OF HISTORIC SPILL SITES FOR LONG-TERM RECOVERY STUDIES

Erich R. Gundlach; Jerry M. Neff; David I. Little; Don V. Aurand

OIL BOOM LINEAR HAULER LAUNCH AND RECOVERY SYSTEM

Steve Koepenick; LeRoy Maples; David Molsberry

NOAA'S EXXON VALDEZ LONG-TERM SHORELINE ECOSYSTEM MONITORING PROGRAM—1990–1994 TRENDS

Alan J. Mearns

RECOVERY OF SAUDI ARABIAN SHORE BIOTA FOLLOWING THE GULF WAR

David A. Jones; Jaime Plaza; Iain Watt; Mahmoud al Sanei

A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO OIL SPILL AND HURRICANE IMPACTS

Karolien Debusschere; Dianne Lindstedt; Qiang Tao; Irving A. Mendelssohn; Qianxin Lin

VISUAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND GIS IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT

Stephen R. J. Sheppard; David R. Blatchford

EFFECTIVENESS OF OIL SPILL RECOVERY SYSTEMS

Robert L. Watkins

HARDSHELLED CLAM RECOVERY FROM EXXON VALDEZ OILING AND SHORELINE TREATMENT

J. P. Houghton; R. Gilmour; D. C. Lees; W. B. Driskell

OPTIONS FOR MINIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF FRESHWATER SPILL RESPONSE

Kenneth Barton; Jacqueline Michel; Edward H. Owens; David E. Fritz; Alexis E. Steen

MANGROVE RESTORATION: CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA, COASTAL OIL SPILL CASE STUDY

Mauricio Ibáñez

IS GROUND WATER PROTECTED AGAINST RELEASES FROM ABOVEGROUND STORAGE FACILITIES?

Kevin Mould; Gregory DeMarco; Robert Frederick

IDENTIFYING AND INCORPORATING SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR INLAND RESPONSE/CONTINGENCY PLANNING

Jeffrey L. Underwood; Robert Pavia

PROTECTION OF COASTAL SHORELINES FROM OIL SPILLS USING NATURAL AGENTS

Anne Basseres; Bernard Tramier

VENEZUELAN OIL SPILL NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN: DISPERSANT LABORATORY PROGRAM

Jorge Rodríguez-Grau; José A. La Schiazza; Carlos Villoria; Gustavo Belisario; Iván Galindo; Rosa Pérez; Luis Torres

COST EFFECTIVE OIL SEEP REMEDIATION: SORBENT WASTE MINIMIZATION PILOT PROJECT

John J. Andreasik; John P. Scambos

TEXSONDE '94—RADAR MEASUREMENT OF SURFACE CURRENTS FOR OIL SPILL MODELING

Donald O. Hodgins; Charles Giammona; Robert Martin; Robert LaBelle; Ronald Goodman

COMPARING CRUDE OIL TOXICITY UNDER STANDARD AND ENVIRONMENTALLY REALISTIC EXPOSURES

Charles B. Pace; James R. Clark; Gail E. Bragin

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS METHODS FOR CRUDE OIL

Zhendi Wang; Mervin F. Fingas

OIL SPILL INTELLIGENCE REPORT INTERNATIONAL OIL SPILL DATABASE: RECENT TRENDS

Jeff Welch

Session W4–Chairman

TRAINING AND DOCUMENTATION

Michael D. Cain; Linda C. George

THE DEVELOPMENT OF POTENTIAL PROTECTION STRATEGIES FOR TIDAL INLETS

Miles O. Hayes; Todd M. Montello

REVIEW OF U.K. POLICY ON RESPONSE TO OIL AT SEA

T. Lunel; D. Albone; M. McDonagh; J. Abbott; D. Tookey

LESSONS LEARNED: THE METHODOLOGY OF CONDUCTING OIL SPILL RESPONSE TRAINING

Bernard Bennett

JIN SHIANG FA CASE STUDY: WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE?

William K. Capune

DEVELOPING THE STATE ON-SCENE COORDINATORS' COURSE FOR ALASKA

Harry Young; Larry Dietrick; Arthur Pilot; Geoff Harben; Mark Burger

EVALUATION OF VARIOUS SURFACE OIL DETECTORS APPLIED TO HAZARDOUS ZONES

François Cabioc'h; Jean-Pierre Polard; Catherine Stephan

DEPLOYMENT TEST FOR ALYESKA, GPS-POSITIONED DRIFTER BUOY

Michael Hefer; Brian Burda; Sharon Hillman; Kevin Eldridge

THE PERFORMANCE OF BOOMS IN AN OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENT

James H. Nash; David D. Molsberry

TRAINING FOR SUCCESS: A FUNCTIONAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING SYSTEM FOR RESPONSE ORGANIZATIONS

David C. Stalfort; Gary L. Ott

QUALITY AND THE UNIFIED COMMAND: THE REINVENTION OF SPILL RESPONSE

Gary J. E. Thornton

EVALUATION AND CORRECTION: KEYS TO RESPONSE PREPAREDNESS

Roger W. Mickelson

ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING FOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE

Maureen Moffatt

Santa Monica Bay Prep 94: MAJOR SPILL EXERCISE PLANNING/EXECUTION

Kara M. Satra

AIR CURTAIN INCINERATION FOR EMERGENCY DISPOSAL OF OIL SPILL DEBRIS

Alan J. Kennedy; Robert J. Dallas; Paul Wotherspoon

ON-SCENE COORDINATOR TRAINING: THE CHALLENGE AND THE SOLUTION

Gordon Goff; Michael Norman; Mary Jo Bragan; Arthur Smith

ALASKA NEARSHORE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

Larry Dietrick; Geoff Harben; Mark Burger

DRILLING FOR REALITY

Robert A. Levine

ON SCENE COORDINATOR/COTP EMPLOYMENT OF AN INFRARED SENSOR

Thomas E. Thompson; William R. Marhoffer; Robert F. Melia

Late Poster, Session W1

U.S. COAST GUARD SPILL PLANNING, EXERCISE, AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (SPEARS)

Shane Ishiki; Dexter Chan