EFFECTS OF OPA 90 RESPONSE PLANNING ON REPORTED SPILLS

Autor:	Gary Yoshioka, Dana Stalcup, Brad Kaiman, Adam Hall
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	Engineering Government Emergency response business.industry Environmental protection Preparedness Oil spill Environmental engineering Notification system business Oil pollution
Zdroj:	International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings. 1997:761-764
ISSN:	2169-3358 2169-3366
Popis:	In the years following the passage of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), government agencies and regulated parties in the United States have begun to implement spill prevention and preparedness programs. For this analysis, 7 years of oil spill data collected in the Emergency Response Notification System were used to measure the impact that OPA 90 has had on preventing large spills. Furthermore, relationships among the types, sources, and location of spilled oil are characterized. A comparison of the number of reported 10,000-gallon oil spills for the years 1992-1995 to that number for the years 1989-1991 indicates a decline, not only for vessels but also for pipelines and fixed facilities. The decline in large oil spills to water from various sources appears to indicate that the efforts of government and industry have had a measurable impact on environmental protection.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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