Spills of nonfloating oils : risk and response / Committee on Marine Transportation of Heavy Oils, Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council, Committee on Marine Structures, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Marine Transportation of Heavy Oils.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental engineering.

Oil spills--Risk assessment.

Oil spills.

Heavy oil--Environmental aspects.

Heavy oil.

Oil pollution of water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (87 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) was directed to assess the risk of spills for oils that may sink or be negatively buoyant, to examine and evaluate existing cleanup technologies, and to identify and appraise technological and financial barriers that could impede a prompt response to such spills. The USCG requested that the National Research Council (NRC) perform these tasks. In response to this request, the NRC established the Committee on the Marine Transportation of Heavy Oils.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Transportation of Heavy Oils and the Risk of Spills""; ""2 Behavioral Models and the Resources at Risk""; ""3 Technologies and Techniques""; ""4 Barriers to Effective Response""; ""5 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""APPENDIX B Participants in the Workshop and Meetings""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-52015-0

0-585-15534-8

OCLC:

70770648