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Hazardous Materials Shipments
"The Office of Hazardous Materials Safety presently estimates the number of hazardous materials shipments in the United States at more than 800,000 per day. Approximately 500,000 daily shipments involve chemical and allied products (SIC 28); about 300,000 involve petroleum products; and at least 10,000 other shipments involve waste hazardous materials, medical wastes and various other hazardous materials. Shipments are defined as equivalent to deliveries, and in most instances may be distinguished from the number of movements, trip segments, or other measures."
United States. Department of Transportation
1998-10
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Maritime Security Report [October 1998]
The purpose of this Maritime Security Report is to serve as a concept paper toward development of such a subsidiary strategy, one specifically tailored to address international crime's impact on port and cargo security. The elements of a subsidiary strategy proposed in this report include a goal to substantially improve port and cargo security in the international maritime trade corridors. The goal has three objectives: (1) Facilitate the flow of international maritime commerce unimpeded by the direct or indirect consequences of transnational criminal activity; (2) Maximize the engagement of the commercial maritime industry in a multinational cooperative effort with government; and (3) Maintain secure maritime trade corridors using tools for systemic reevaluation, accountability, and effective response. Supporting the goal and objectives are basic principles, four approaches, and examples of best practices for accomplishing a strategy.
United States. Department of Transportation
1998-10
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Incident Management: Detection, Verification, and Traffic Management
"Traffic incidents are obstructions or restrictions to traffic flow, such as stalled vehicles, accidents, construction and maintenance activities, adverse weather conditions, or special events. Experts estimate that 65 percent of traffic congestion is caused by incidents. Incident detection, verification, and traffic management is the process of identifying, verifying, responding to, and clearing the incident and then restoring normal traffic flow. This report summarizes and interprets recent findings from Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Field Operational Test (FOT) projects in the field of incident management. [...]The findings summarized from these projects can help ITS professionals move rapidly to develop and deploy state-of-the-art incident detection, verification, and traffic management systems. This report highlights the successes and problems these tests encountered while attempting to develop the technologies and systems to support incident management."
United States. Department of Transportation
1998-09
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Port Risk Management & Insurance Guidebook
"The overall objective of the Guidebook is to provide ports with the basic skills and information needed to establish and maintain appropriate and cost-effective insurance and risk management programs. It is designed to serve as a proactively 'how-to' manual and educational reference text. While it is written from a port's point of view and geared toward the basics of insurance and risk management, experienced port risk managers and other organizations in the industry should find it valuable also."
United States. Department of Transportation
1998-09
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Intelligent Transportation System Field Operational Test Cross-Cutting Study: Hazardous Material Incident Response
"Hazardous Materials Incident Response Cross-Cutting report summarizes and interprets the results of three Field Operational Tests (FOTs) that are evaluating systems for improving the accuracy and availability of HazMat information provided to emergency response personnel. The FOTs considered in this report are: Tranzit Express Systems, Tranzit Express Systems II and Operation Response. The report findings are organized in the categories of impact, user response, technical lessons learned, institutional challenges and resolutions, and cost to implement. The FOTs from which this report was drawn did not specifically address technical performance issues. The focus was on anecdotal evidence. The tests revealed several institutional challenges in the areas of motor carrier participation, privacy and enforcement, and jurisdictional concerns. This report highlights the successes and challenges that these tests encountered while attempting to develop the technologies appropriate for responding to HazMat incidents."
United States. Department of Transportation
Millar, David B.; Belella, Paul
1998-09
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Research and Special Programs Administration: Strategic Plan
This strategic plan is The Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) commitment to the American people to make their lives better. The plan targets safety and environmental dangers through risk-based management and by building incentive programs to promote compliance with our regulations. RSPA also pledges an advanced strategy to ensure that science and technology support the achievement of the nation's transportation goals. With the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center's distinct system-wide perspective, the plan addresses the many national transportation challenges.
United States. Department of Transportation
1998-08
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Event Recorders for Rail Rapid Transit Systems
"The Federal Transit Administration, stimulated in part by a recommendation of the National Transportation Safety Board, is exploring the effectiveness and efficiency of using event recorders on rapid rail cars in recognition of NTSB's strong emphasis on the value of data derived from event recorders in rail accident investigations. This study presents and analyzes data, defines various aspects of using accident/incident event recorders, performs a cost, feasibility and benefit analysis, and identifies the technical requirements for these devices in rapid rail transit. Data from actual experience is used where available. Event recorders, defined in the broadest sense, are valuable for monitoring and diagnosis of equipment and system problems, for engineering and administrative management of system operations and system performance, as well as for accident and incident analysis. Several usable technologies are available. Costs of installing event recorders are likely to be different for older transit cars compared with those recently built. The lowest cost and least difficulty is incurred when these systems are installed during the construction of new cars. The assessment concludes that the greatest value accrues from a combination of recorder functions for operations, maintenance and diagnostics integrated with those needed for accident/incident investigation. The safety record in transit operations is good when compared to most other transportation modes, and it can be argued that accident investigation is often simpler for transit than, for example, for aviation and maritime applications. At the same time, the capture of complete, timely and accurate information for investigations, which recorders can provide, is highly beneficial."
United States. Department of Transportation
1998-06
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Identification of Factors for Selecting Modes and Routes for Shipping High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel
"Section 15 of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990 (see 49 U.S.C. Section 5 lO5 (d) (l994)) requires the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct a study: 'To decide which safety factors, if any, shippers and carriers should consider when selecting routes and modes that would enhance overall public safety related to the transportation of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.' The Act also requires that DOT evaluate the degree to which each factor affects overall public safety in the transport of these materials. This report documents the results of the study."
United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration
1998-04
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Guidelines for Public Sector Hazardous Materials Training: March 1998
"The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), as modified by the Hazardous Materials Uniform Safety Act (HMTUSA) of 1990, Section 117 A, authorized the Department of Transportation (DOT) to make grants available to States, Territories, and Indian Tribes to conduct training of public sector employees who respond to emergencies (responders). [...]. HMTUSA, Section 117 A, also authorized DOT to develop a curriculum to accompany the training grant program that (1) functions as a tool for State self-assessment that courses funded comply with curriculum, (2) supports State self-determination of a national 'list of courses,' and (3) ensures that public sector employees can safely and efficiently respond to hazardous materials emergencies. Based on extensive interagency analysis and discussion, the curriculum referred to in HMTUSA, Section 117 A, has been interpreted as a coordinated program that will improve the quality and comprehensiveness of hazardous materials training. The fundamental principle of this approach is that manaqement and quality control of training are the responsibility and authority of localities as well as States, Territories, and Indian Tribes. [...]. The HMEP curriculum effort includes (1) the development and maintenance of guidelines against which courses can be assessed by State, Tribal, Territory and local training managers and (2) the implementation and maintenance of support systems to help State, Tribal, Territory and local training offices improve key elements that affect the quality of training, such as needs assessment, training plan development, testing, and assimilation of existing courses and materials from other jurisdictions."
United States. Department of Transportation; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1998-03
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Maritime Administration: Draft Strategic Plan 1998-2002
The Maritime Administration's 1998-2002 Strategic Plan sets forth the mission, goals and specific actions that the Agency will pursue in implementing statutory mandates, which are to ensure the availability of: efficient water transportation service to American shippers and consumers; an adequate shipbuilding and repair base; efficient ports; effective intermodal water and land transportation connections; and sufficient intermodal shipping capacity for use by the Department of Defense in time of national emergency. This Strategic Plan provides direction into the challenges and changes facing the maritime industry, the Federal Government, and the economic and national security of the Nation. The massive increase in commercial waterborne commerce and passenger traffic projected for the future, as well as the increasing reliance of the U.S. military on commercial transportation systems, demands that the Department of Transportation (DOT) plan wisely now for these requirements.
United States. Department of Transportation
1997-12
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Radioactive Material Regulations Review
"This review provides the reader with information for use in advanced-level radioactive material transportation training. Since the beginning of the atomic energy industry over 50 years ago, there has been an excellent record of safety in the transportation of nuclear materials. It is estimated that over four million packages containing radioactive material are transported in commerce annually within the U.S. To date, there have been no known deaths or serious injuries to transport workers, emergency services personnel, or the general public as a result of the radioactive nature of the material. This safety record can be attributed to the proper packaging of radioactive material and the effectiveness of the transportation safety standards and regulations."
United States. Department of Transportation
1998
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Task Force on Assistance to Families of Aviation Disasters: Final Report
"In total, this report serves as a blueprint for the proper treatment of families by all those involved following an aviation disaster. The report directs its recommendations to all those involved in an airline tragedy--airline carriers, the government, and the American Red Cross. Guidelines are set out for the airlines on responding to aviation disasters to address many of the basic but vexing issues that have hampered effective response to previous disasters. Timely, sensitive notification of family members has been the most ambitious issue of all. The Task Force lays out a plan for airlines to deal with this challenging responsibility, including a recommendation that airlines change their practice of withholding information until the passenger manifest is verified. The Task Force also tackled such difficult issues as the use of DNA in identification of victims' remains, return of passengers' personal effects, and making public the information from the cockpit voice recorders."
United States. National Transportation Safety Board; United States. Department of Transportation
1997-10-29
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Maritime Security Report [October 1997]
This report describes the cocaine trafficking activities in the Southern Cone as characterized by U.S. counter narcotics enforcement and intelligence organizations. The cocaine smuggling threat to commercial maritime container trades in the subregion and its relationship to European transit countries are outlined. The commercial significance of Hidrovia is considered in the context of the potential adverse impacts of drug smuggling and other illicit trades on Mercosur's legitimate commerce and economic development. Finally, the report addresses a U.S. Government strategy for waterways management intended to enhance multilateral efforts to reduce the volume of drugs moved by maritime transport in the source and transit zones.
United States. Department of Transportation
1997-10
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Protecting Our Transportation Systems: An Information Security Awareness Overview
Surface transportation systems increasingly rely on a growing number of sensing, computing, and communications capabilities -- collectively known as information technologies. The application of these technologies to our transportation infrastructure has been termed Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Over the past several years, ITS have clearly demonstrated their ability to improve the efficiency of moving goods and people, improve the safety of our transportation system, and provide the public with information on alternative modes of travel. With the growing reliance on information systems within the global economy, it has become necessary to protect the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of information. Several types of protection -- such as automatic teller machine (ATM) PINs -- have already been integrated into our society and become part of our everyday lives. The military, banking, health-care, and electronic-commerce industries have pioneered this protection effort and have set a precedent for other industries now implementing information systems. As the surface transportation industry enters the information era through the development and deployment of ITS, there is a growing need to apply appropriate information security policies and practices
United States. Department of Transportation
1997-10
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Draft Material: Enhanced Freight Movement at Domestic and International Gateways
"The purpose of this report is to provide a framework for integrating the core program activities that constitute the National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC's) public-private initiative to improve freight movement at domestic and international gateways. This report identifies the initiative's component programs, technologies, and the freight industry partners; outlines a set of performance measures and outcomes; documents the initiative's accomplishments to date; and recommends future funding strategies. Three significant trends in the past decade or so have transformed the way goods move across the globe. The unprecedented growth in the volume of international trade, the extent to which transportation has become embedded with information, and the imperative of maintaining global competitiveness through productivity increases and risk sharing have transformed global freight movement. To a large extent, these trends have shaped the transportation industry's strategies and the U.S. government's freight gateway initiative. The first trend has to do with the rising volumes of international trade, accompanied by the parallel growth in containerization. The impacts of these concurrent changes have been most visible at the nation's container ports, as landside access bottlenecks, waterside dredging problems, congested terminals, and capacity shortages."
United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration
1997-07
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Maritime Security Report [April 1997]
The Maritime Security Report is intended to increase awareness of the scope and severity of economic crime affecting U.S. maritime commerce. The Maritime Administration expects increased awareness to contribute toward deterring criminal exploitation of the maritime transportation system, its users and providers. This report focuses on Haiti and the problem of smuggling drugs, and contraband. It also provides policy to confronting maritime security.
United States. Department of Transportation
1997-04
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Overview of the Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Law (Federal hazmat law)
"The Federal hazardous materials transportation law (Federal hazmat law), 49 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq., (formerly the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 App. U.S.C. § 1801 et seq.) is the basic statute regulating hazardous materials transportation in the United States. The purpose of the law is to provide adequate protection against the risks to life and property inherent in transporting hazardous materials in commerce by improving the regulatory and enforcement authority of the Secretary of Transportation." This document is an overview of the Federal Hazardous Materials Law.
United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration
1997
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Maritime Security Report [January 1997]
This issue of the Maritime Security Report focus on the increased drug smuggling via the Caribbean, Global business and Government cooperation to stem maritime cargo crimes, and the Department of Transportation's policy on port security. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials assert that the use of legitimate commercial maritime freight containers by smugglers to conceal large shipments of cocaine is a fact supportable by many investigations and drug seizures. According to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), smuggling via commercial vessel is the primary maritime method for shipping drugs through the Caribbean transit zone. Because of the relatively low risk to the trafficking organizations, this cocaine smuggling method and pattern is likely to continue.--Vulnerabilities in the international commercial shipping cycle of freight containers are being exploited by transnational organized crime groups to commit a variety of cargo related crimes. Companies at all levels of the shipping cycle are often made unwitting accomplices in cargo related crimes, such as shipments of illegal narcotics and stolen goods, customs and shipping frauds, and money laundering. Victimized firms are sustaining significant financial losses, erosion of operating integrity, and diminished corporate reputation. Increased cooperative efforts between governments and the maritime industry are underway to reduce the international freight transportation systems vulnerabilities to exploitation by organized criminal enterprises.--Port Security: A National Planning Guide is the first document in a series that will include technical manuals on maritime security. These technical manuals will be produced through cooperative efforts of the U.S. Government and the commercial maritime industry.
United States. Department of Transportation
1997-01
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Port Security: A National Planning Guide
Port Security: A National Planning Guide has been produced for the purpose of conveying the United States Department of Transportation's policy perspective on port security to the maritime community. This guide provides an overview of the essential aspects of port security and identifies many of the challenges facing ports. It is also intended to provide local governments and the commercial maritime industry with a common basis upon which to establish port security standards and the outcomes expected from meeting those standards. This guide is intended to be the first document in a series to be produced through the cooperative efforts of the maritime industry and the Federal government. The guide and subsequent technical manuals are intended to be usable by port directors or general managers, the directors of port security, and the officers of port security departments in fulfilling their responsibilities toward the development of an effective port security program. This can enhance the ability of port security managers to execute their risk management responsibilities and to measure the impact and effectiveness of the security measures implemented in the port. These manuals are expected to address such topics as: Developing and Implementing a Security Plan, Security Survey and Risk Assessment, Physical Security and Access Control, Information Security, Personnel Security, Maritime Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, Stowaways and Alien Smuggling, Roles/Responsibilities/Legal Authorities of Port Agencies, Sea Robbery, Cargo Security and Hazardous Materials, Intelligence. This guide and its subsequent technical manuals are intended to be dynamic, and therefore flexible enough to be revised so that they may remain current and useful.
United States. Department of Transportation
United States. Maritime Administration
1997
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Highway Routing of Hazardous Materials: Guidelines for Applying Criteria
"This document provides guidance to States, Indian tribes, and locals on how to apply and implement the new Federal standards for establishing, maintaining, and enforcing designated NRHM highway routes. It is important to note that there are two types of routing designations: designated routes and restricted routes. Designated routes are those highway routes on which NRHM must be transported. Restricted routes are those highway routes on which NRHM may not be transported. Restrictions addressed by the new regulations include tunnels, lane restrictions, time of day limitations, prior notice, escort requirements, etc.; jurisdictional restrictions such as 'nuclear free zone' are not covered. Both designated and restricted routes are covered in this Guide."
United States. Department of Transportation
1996-11
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Maritime Security Report [September 1996]
This issue of the Maritime Security Report deals with Anti-Terrorism regulations set forth by the U.S. Coast Guard. The U.S. Coast Guard has published "Security for Passenger Vessels and Passenger Terminals", an Interim Rule pertaining to security regulations and inspection procedures for passenger vessels and terminals. Also published is Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular 3-96 which provides guidance regarding the implementation of the Interim Rule. The Interim Rule includes: Requiring submission of vessel and terminal security plans to the Coast Guard for examination; Incorporating, by reference, of International Maritime Organization measures into the Interim Rule, and; Defining the roles and responsibilities of the vessel and terminal security officers.
United States. Department of Transportation
1996-09
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Maritime Security Report [April 1996]
This quarterly report on maritime security deals with Cargo Theft, Stowaways and finally port security in Vietnam. United States' port cities and their hinterland areas are experiencing dramatic increases in the theft and in-transit hijacking of entire containers and trailers. For example: Cargo theft incidents are occurring most frequently in Florida, California, New York, and New Jersey; Industry estimates cargo theft losses in U.S. exceed $10 billion and average one-half million dollars per incident, and; FBI assesses the cargo theft problem to constitute a serious threat to the flow of commerce in the United States. The risk for ports and ocean carriers is being elevated by the forced migration of millions of people worldwide, now classified as refugees. Adding to that risk is the increased use of containers in organized criminal conspiracies to smuggle transnational asylum seekers to the West. Consequences include: Stowaways disrupt service, cause direct costs and revenue losses for container vessel operators, and jeopardize international commerce, and; Stowaways have posed a threat to crew and safe operation of the ship, and often have died during the voyage. The ports of Vietnam are vulnerable to being used by sophisticated smuggling schemes which rely on concealment of narcotics in shipments of commercial containerized maritime trade. They are utilizing front companies or exploiting legitimate shippers in the process. Also: Southeast Asia's explosive growth in containerized maritime trade is causing port congestion and inefficiencies exploited by smugglers, and; Removal of customs restrictions on cross-border trade, proposed by commercial interests, will create more opportunities for smugglers.
United States. Department of Transportation
1996-04
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Maritime Security Report [January 1996]
The Maritime Security Report is an unclassified quarterly publication prepared to inform the Commercial Maritime Industry, Senior Maritime Administration officials, the Secretary of Transportation's Office of Intelligence and Security, and the Federal Ad Hoc Working Group on Maritime Security Awareness. The report focuses on international criminal activity and security issues which could pose a threat to U.S. commercial maritime interests and the movement of U.S. civilian cargoes in foreign trade. The global nature of U.S. trade means that U.S.-flag ocean carriers call ports in nearly every country, and cargoes owned by U.S. interests may be embarked on ocean vessels of any flag or in any port worldwide. U.S. commercial maritime interests, therefore, can be jeopardized worldwide by a broad range of criminal activities, adversely affecting their competitiveness. The Maritime Security Report is intended to increase awareness of the scope and severity of economic crime affecting U.S. maritime commerce. The Maritime Administration expects increased awareness to contribute toward deterring criminal exploitation of the maritime transportation system, its users and providers. This particular report on maritime transportation security focuses on problems relating to Columbia and Brazil.
United States. Department of Transportation
1996-01
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Maritime Security Report [August 1995]
The Maritime Security Report is an unclassified quarterly publication prepared to inform the commercial maritime industry, senior Maritime Administration officials, the Secretary of Transportation's Office of Intelligence and Security, and the Federal Ad Hoc Working Group On Maritime Security Awareness.
The report focuses on international criminal activity and security issues which could pose a threat to U.S. commercial maritime interests and the movement of U.S. civilian cargoes in foreign trade. The global nature of U.S. trade means that U.S.-flag ocean carriers call ports in nearly every country, and cargoes owned by U.S. interests may be embarked on ocean vessels of any flag or in
any port worldwide. U.S. commercial maritime interests, therefore, can be jeopardized worldwide by a broad range of criminal activities, adversely affecting their competitiveness. The Maritime Security Report is intended to increase awareness of the scope and severity of economic crime affecting U.S. maritime commerce. Contents in this report include the following titles: August 1995: TERRORISM--"Middle Eastern Terrorist Group May be Targeting American Assets or Interests in Latin America"; GLOBAL--"Data Transmissions from Seacontainers/Trailers via Satellite Offer Potential for Combating Cargo Theft"; June 1995: UNITED STATES--"Hijackers of Southern Pacific Trains Jeopardizing West Coast Seacontainers"; BRAZIL--"Piracy Problem Moves Brazilian President to Form a Federal/State Multi-Agency Task Force"; PANAMA--"Cocaine Seizures Double at Panama's Colon Free Zone and Associated Ports during 1994"; May 1995: PIRACY--"Regional Increases in Piracy Attacks may Forecast a Worldwide Upsurge in Incidents for 1995"; GUATEMALA--"Truck Hijackings Drive Intermodal Ocean Carriers to Cast Off Inland Transport Job to Shippers"; MARITIME FRUAD--"False Registration of Ships Used by Asian Crime Gangs in Theft of Entire Cargoes"; April 1995: UNITED STATES--"Cargo Theft Loss Leaders: The Ports of Miami Los Angeles, NY/NJ, and Long Beach"; SOUTHEAST ASIA--"Ethnic Chinese Crime Syndicates Prefer Port Cities and Containerized Heroin Exports"; PANAMA--"Weapons Smuggled to Colombian Guerillas in Commercial Containers via Panamanian Ports"; BRAZIL--"Harbor Piracy Incidents Elevate Port Security to the Agenda of the Brazilian President"; March 1995: COLOMBIA--"Port Privatization Boosts Profits, Productivity, and Port Concerns"; ECUADOR--"More Stowaways? Conflict Creates 7,500 Refugees and 50,000 Unemployed"; NIGERIA--"Maritime Fraud Funds Nigerian Insurers"; and CHILE--"Counternarcotics Policy with the United States".
United States. Department of Transportation
1995-08
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United States Department of Transportation Federal Aviantion Administration Meeting Transcript 06 June 1995
Minutes from Aviation Security Advisory Committee Meeting. Contains Update on Asia Pacitif Region Concerns, Progress Report on the Rewrites of Regulations, Committee Reports from the Universal Access System Prototype Test/RTCA Update, Review of Cargo Measures, and Update on Airport Demonstration-Certified Explosive Detection System, Plans for Implementation of Internet, Screener of the Year Award.
United States. Department of Transportation; United States. Federal Aviation Administration
1995-06-06
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Guidance for Conducting Hazardous Materials Flow Surveys
From the Abstract: "This report provides guidance on how to conduct a commodity flow study for hazardous materials moving by highway. It discusses the need for this type of study and details how to review baseline information and design the study. It includes examples and instructions for collecting the data via field studies, analyzing the results, and applying these results back to the purpose of the study. Descriptions of selected recent state and local hazardous material flow studies are provided. A case study example is included that illustrates how to conduct and complete a hazmat flow survey from beginning to end."
United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
ICF Consulting Associates
1995-01
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Transit Security Procedures Guide
Document with guidelines for transit security procedures.
United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration
1994-12
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Memorandum of Agreement Between the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation on the Use of U.S. Coast Guard Capabilities and Resources in Support of the National Military Strategy
Coast Guard participation in Defense operations competes with other statutory missions. This competition invites case-by-case analysis of each request for assignment of Coast Guard resources to Department of Defense operations, with uncertain outcome. Including Coast Guard forces in deliberate plans reduces redundancy and sub-optimal use of military capabilities resident in the national inventory. The purpose of this document is to identify national defense capabilities of the coast guard and to improve coast guard responsiveness as a force provider.
United States. Department of Defense; United States. Department of Transportation
1995
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National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program Guidelines
"The National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (PREP) was developed to establish a workable exercise program which meets the intent of section 4202(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), amending section 311 (1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), by adding a new subsection (7) for spill response preparedness [33 U.S.C. 1321 (j)(7)]. The PREP was developed to provide a mechanism for compliance with the exercise requirements, while being economically feasible for the government and oil industry to adopt and sustain. The PREP is a unified federal effort and satisfies the exercise requirements of the Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) Office of Pipeline Safety, and the Minerals Management Service (MMS). Completion of the PREP exercises will satisfy all OPA 90 mandated federal oil pollution response exercise requirements."
United States. Department of Transportation; United States. Coast Guard
1994-08
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Training Reference for Oil Spill Response
"In order to assist companies in meeting their regulatory responsibilities to develop training programs for their personnel, the four agencies have developed this training reference manual for oil spill response. The contents provide a foundation of suggested subject material for training personnel with responsibilities identified in response plans. Subject material is provided for each of the key individuals or groups of people required to be identified in response plans as well as for worker health and safety as follows: Qualified individual (Section 3); Spill Management Team (Section 4); Vessel Personnel (Section 5); Facility Personnel (Section 6); Oil Spill Removal Organizations (Section 7); Worker Health and Safety (Section 8). The training elements included are not intended to be a "cookbook" providing a complete training program of lesson plans to cover all subject areas. Rather, they are intended to be a foundation upon which individual companies may build training to suit their needs."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency; United States. Department of Transportation; United States. Coast Guard . . .
1994-08
