Web site links relating
to environment, oil spills, and oil spill response are listed below.
Web site links relating to oil spill cleanup technologies and training are listed
below.
Oil Spill Equipment Directories
Companies
Training Materials
Recommended publications
The Shoreline Countermeasures Manuals.
View a description of NOAA's shoreline countermeasures manuals; view or
download manuals for temperate and tropical coastal environments and for
Alaska.
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/counter/oilcounter.html
Mechanical Protection Guidelines.
(PDF file; 1.2 MB) 1994 manual describing how to deploy booms, barriers,
and other mechanical protection devices during a spill response.
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oilaids/Mechanical.pdf
Shoreline Assessment Manual
(PDF file; 3.2 MB) Manual outlining methods for conducting shoreline
assessments and using the results to make cleanup decisions.
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oilaids/SCAT.pdf
Aerial Observations of Oil at Sea
(PDF file; 28K) 1996 report recommending how to assess spilled oil from the air.
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oilaids/OilatSea.pdf
The Marine Safety Manual. This is the basic policy manual for the Marine
Safety and Environmental Protection Program.
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nmc/pubs/msm/index.htm
ICS Field Operations Guide. (PDF)
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nmc/response/fog.pdf
COMMANDANT NOTICE 16471 DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
RESPONSE PLANNING CRITERIA WITHIN AREA CONTINGENCY PLANS (ACPs)
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nmc/response/hazmat.htm
Guidelines For Developing And Evaluating An Oil Spill
Response Exercise A Handbook for National Preparedness for Response Exercises (April 1996)
(In Adobe Acrobat Format)
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nmc/response/dotguide.pdf
Private Organizations
Conferences
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