Coast Guard Capabilities for Oilspill Cleanup: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, August 26, 1982U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 - 42 pages |
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Page 4 - Energy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, the Department of State, the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and representatives of State governments.
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Page 4 - NRT may consider matters referred to it for advice or resolution by an RRT. (b) The RRT provides the appropriate regional mechanism for planning and preparedness activities before a response action is taken and for coordination and advice during such response actions. The two principal components of the RRT mechanism are a standing team, which consists of designated representatives from each participating Federal agency, State governments, and local governments (as agreed upon by the States), and...
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Page 2 - I would now like to yield to my good friend and colleague, the ranking minority member of the subcommittee, Congressman Walker of Pennsylvania.
Page 5 - ... Committee on Government Operations (August 26, 1982). response and take over actual management of the cleanup. Commercial contractors are used whenever possible, since it is the Coast Guard's policy not to compete with private industry. However, the Coast Guard has developed a modest inventory of equipment for use where commercial sources are either not available or do not have the necessary amount or type of equipment. Much of the Coast Guard's equipment is for use to combat open water spills...
Page 15 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. BURTON. Mr. Evans? Mr. EVANS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Page 8 - ... In the event of an offshore spill, the Coast Guard provides an On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) (the Captain of the Port within a specific area of the coastal zone). The OSC coordinates or directs the Federal response to actual or potential pollution incidents. If the OSC decides that cleanup is indequate or cannot find anyone to immediately assume responsibility for directing an action which is considered necessary, he or she will declare a Federal "Coast Guard Capabilities for Oilspill Cleanup, Hearing...
Page 40 - ... consisting of trained, prepared, and available operating personnel; an oil spill response coordinator; a response operations center and reliable communications system for coordinating the response; and provisions for disposal of recovered spill materials. The Coast Guard reviews and advises the MMS as to the adequacy of industry oil spill contingency plans submitted to MMS. Criteria for evaluating plans have been defined jointly by the two agencies. The Coast Guard and MMS consider: 1) the adequacy...
Page 34 - Mr. BURTON. Mr. Evans? Mr. EVANS. I have no questions, Mr. Chairman. Mr. BURTON.