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CED-78-111 1 (1978-05-16)

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       REKOT           THE


  Comptroller General


  OF THE UNITED STATES





  Coast Guard Response To Oil Spills-

  Trying To Do Too Much With Too Little






  APProximately 10,000 and 10,600oil P'oFu
  ti011 incidents occurred in American waters
  during calendar years 1975 and 1976. These
  inidents resulted in 14.3 and 23.1 million
  Y,1ilOns r f oil being spilled, respectively, dur
  rig these years. One spill of anout 7.3 million
  gdlons was the major cause for the increase
  bietween the years.

  GAO reviewed Coast Guard effectiveness in
  01otajininq and cleaning up oil soills at five of
  Its districts encompassing the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts from Eastport, Maine, to Browns.
ville Texas. he Great Lakes, Pacific, and
llarnd Coast Guarrl districts were excluded
frcm  the review because of the relatively
Small volume of spills reported in those areas
~or 1'9 -6.
Altnouqh overall the Coast Guard did an
ft ectvi,' ob in respondinq to most oil pollu-
ticin incidents, there were opportunities for
,he Coast Guard to have been more effective
in 38 perceit of the oil pollution incidents
G3AO ex,!mnied,








                                                                           CED-79-11
                                                                         MAAY 16. 197.o

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