Systems for Arctic Spill Response. Volume II. Appendices.

• Main Authors: Schultz,L A, Deslauriers,P C, DeBord,F W, Voelker,R P
• Other Authors: ARCTEC INC COLUMBIA MD
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1978
• Subjects: Civil Engineering; *OIL SPILLS; *ARCTIC REGIONS; TEMPERATURE; RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COLD WEATHER OPERATIONS; ALASKA; RESPONSE; PLANNING; OIL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OIL POLLUTION CONTAINMENT; Arctic; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Navarin; Norton Sound; Arctic pollution; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Subarctic; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA058783; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA058783

This final report summarizes the work accomplished under Phase I of the program entitled 'Study to Define Arctic Pollution Response Systems and Develop Arctic Oil Pollution Response Project Plans.' The objective of Phase I of the program was to determine the most cost effective, environmentally compatible, and technically feasible Coast Guard arctic pollution response system that can be used in projected oil spill scenarios to recover and dispose of spilled oil. The optimum arctic pollution response system was determined by establishing the cost and effectiveness of response for sixteen oil spill response situations, and developing six alternative Coast Guard arctic pollution response systems based on these situations. The optimum system was then identified as the result of a cost effectiveness analysis. The six arctic oil spill scenarios consisted of a gathering pipeline rupture in the nearshore Beaufort Sea, an oil well blowout from a very large reservoir in the nearshore Chukchi Sea, crude oil tanker casualties in Norton Sound and in the Navarin Basin region of the Bering Sea, an oil well blowout from an average sized reservoir in Bristol Bay, and a fuel oil spill resulting from the collision of a fuel oil barge in Unimak Pass. The optimum system provides for a 25% response level for the Norton Sound, Navarin Basin, Bristol Bay, and Unimak Pass scenarios, and a 50% response level for the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea scenarios. Modifications in the optimum system required to extend its capability to subarctic applications in the Great Lakes, the northern rivers, and the northern coastal region were also identified. (Author) See also Volume 1, AD-058 782.