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105372 1 (1978-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxyj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUIENT RZSOS 05372 - [D082574'4 The Coast Guardes Response to Oilspills. darch 22, 1978. 8 pp. Testincny before the Senate Committee on Appropriations: Transportation Subcommittee; by Henry Eschmege, Director, Community and Economic Development Div. Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Congressional Relevance: Senate Committee an Appropriations: Transportation Subcommittee. Authority: Federal Vater Pollution Control Act, as amended. The Coast Guard reported that oilspills in and around u.S. waters totaled about 1l. million 9gllons in 1975 and about 23.1 million gallons in 1976. When an oil4pill occurs, the spiller is responsible for cleanup. If the spiller xafuses cleanuF responsibility, conducts inadequate cleanup action, or is unknown, designated Federal agencies are authorized to initiate cleanup using financing from an oil pollution fund administered by the Coast Guard. Current practice in most -ffices is to rely on commercial cleanup contractors to contain and clean oilspills. By and large, the Coast Guard has performed its 3il pollution containment program in a creditable man: .r, considering the limited resources available. An analysis of 137 oilspill cases occurring in 1976 indicated that there were opportunities for the Coast Guard to have been more effective in aspects of 38% of the cases. In these cases, the Coast Guara could have been aore effective if it had: responded faster to reported spills, better monitored the cleanup operations, taken more effective actions upon arrival at the scene of a spill, attempted to remove minor oilspills before they dissipated in the water, or investigated reported minor oilspills. To obtain increased program efectiveness, the Coast Guard will need to increase its staff, improve training programs, retain experienced personnel, obtain additional equipment, and imprnve its equipment research and development program .-d its' contingency plans. (RS)

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