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CED-79-32 1 (1979-01-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaayly0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROL.ER GENERAL O THE UNITED STATES WI., WASHIINGTON. D.C.254 B-1 46333 _ JANUARY 12, 1979 The Honorableirch Bayh Chairman, Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies1111II111i Committee on Appropriations United States Senate 108355 Dear Mr. Chairman: An April 6, 1977, letter from you and Senators Robert C. Byrd, Eagleton, Johnston, Magnuson, Mathias, Stennis, and Weicker requested that we (1) report on the Coast Guard's response to oilspills and then (2) determine the Coast Guard's ability to meet future oilspill emergencies. Our report, entitled Coast Guard Response To Oilspills--Trying To Do Too Much With Too Little (CED-78-111, May 16, 1978), responded to the first part of your request. This report is in response to the second part of your request. On October 3, 1977, the Coast Guard formally re- quested the Department of Transportation's Transportation System Center to (1) determine the optimum number of strategically located equipment-staging sites needed to effectively respond to oilspills and (2) project future Coast Guard pollution-response needs by analyzing historical spill data, projected offshore development plans, changes in tanker traffic, and the current state of the art in pollution-response systems. Because of the similarity between your request and the Center's study, we agreed with your office to limit our efforts to an evaluation of the Center's study. The Center concluded that the Coast Guard will need significantly more resources (facilities, equipment, and people) to effectively respond to future oilspills. These resources are needed to meet the President's goal of respond- ing to any major spill within 6 hours. The Center recom- mended that the Coast Guard establish 22 equipment storage sites in 16 coastal cities or bases and estimated that the additional investment would include --$100 million to $120 million for oil containment and cleanup equipment, CED-79-32 00312.6 (34452)

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