Book/Printed Material Great Lakes oil spill response capabilities evaluation

Title

• Great Lakes oil spill response capabilities evaluation

Summary

• The Great Lakes are a source of water for 40 million Americans and Canadians, an important recreational area, and a major shipping thoroughfare for commodities and other goods. They are also potentially becoming more vulnerable to spills because of increased domestic production of oil and petroleum products in the region. To ensure that the region's responders are well prepared to tackle any potential spills in the Great Lakes, the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy asked RAND's Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center to study the scope of current oil spill risks in the region; the roles, capabilities, and capacities of oil-spill response partners; and any gaps and potential mitigation strategies around oil-spill response in fresh water and ice. To assess gaps in response capabilities and capacities, the research team analyzed scenarios that stakeholders have used to practice and assess oil-spill response in the past. The team also built a framework that responders can use to create new scenarios to practice capabilities that they have not tested before. Because of the limited amount of publicly available oil-spill response capability documentation, this research relied heavily on what was provided by the government sponsor, U.S. and Canadian oil-spill response organizations, various subject-matter experts, and Canadian governmental organizations. The research team reviewed oil-spill response policy; techniques, tactics, and procedures; and various area oil response plans and regulations to assess the gaps in oil-spill response.

Names

• Davenport, Aaron C., author
• Anania, Katherine, author
• Resetar, Susan A., 1961- author
• Levedahl, Alexis, author
• McLane, Liam, author
• Caulkins, Jo, author
• Bauman, Melissa, author
• Rand Corporation. Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center
• Rand Corporation
• United States. Coast Guard. Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2024]

Contents

• Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Describing the Scale and Scope of the Challenge -- Chapter 3. Response Capabilities and Capacities of Government Agencies and Private Companies on Both Sides of the Border -- Chapter 4. Oil Spill Response Organization Response Capabilities Analysis -- Chapter 5. Developing Scenarios to Improve Oil-Spill Response -- Chapter 6. Oil-Spill Response Challenges -- Chapter 7. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Detail on Capabilities of Oil-Spill Responders -- Appendix B. Framework and Data for Scenario Development -- Appendix C. Structured Discussion Protocol

Headings

• -  Oil spills--Great Lakes (North America)
• -  Emergency management--United States--Evaluation
• -  Emergency management--United States
• -  Great Lakes (North America)--Environmental conditions--Management--Evaluation
• -  Great Lakes (North America)--Regulation--Environmental aspects
• -  Canada
• -  Emergency Preparedness
• -  Fossil Fuels
• -  Illinois
• -  Indiana
• -  Michigan
• -  Minnesota
• -  New York
• -  Ohio
• -  Pennsylvania
• -  Wisconsin
• -  Déversements de pétrole--Grands Lacs (Amérique du Nord)
• -  Grands Lacs (Amérique du Nord)--Conditions environnementales--Gestion--Évaluation
• -  Grands Lacs (Amérique du Nord)--Régularisation--Aspect de l'environnement
• -  HISTORY / Canada / General
• -  HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
• -  HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
• -  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
• -  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief

Notes

• -  "Prepared for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Marine Environmental Response Polilcy"
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-130)
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xi, 130 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• TD196.P4

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739184

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739184

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739184

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