Dispersants & well containment : assessing spill response capability / edited by Colton Adams, Edward J. Coombs.

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DISPERSANTS AND WELL CONTAINMENT ASSESSING SPILL RESPONSE CAPABILITY; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1 OIL DISPERSANTS:ADDITIONAL RESEARCH NEEDED, PARTICULARLY ON SUBSURFACE AND ARCTIC APPLICATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; BACKGROUND; MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT SURFACE USE OF CHEMICAL DISPERSANTS, BUT GAPS REMAIN, PARTICULARLY ABOUT SUBSURFACE AND ARCTIC USE; FEDERAL AGENCIES, INDUSTRY, STATES, AND OTHER GROUPS HAVE FUNDED RESEARCH TO ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE ON THE USE AND EFFECTS OF DISPERSANTS.

DISPERSANT RESEARCH FACES RESOURCE, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMUNICATION CHALLENGESCONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II: LIST OF EXPERTS SELECTED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; APPENDIX III: LISTING OF FEDERALLY SPONSOREDRESEARCH ON DISPERSANTS SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2000,BY RESEARCH CATEGORY AND AGENCY; Chapter 2 OIL AND GAS: INTERIOR HAS STRENGTHENED ITS OVERSIGHT OF SUBSEA WELL CONTAINMENT, BUT SHOULD IMPROVE ITS DOCUMENTATION; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS.

BACKGROUNDINDUSTRY HAS IMPROVED ITS CAPABILITIES FOR SUBSEA WELL CONTAINMENT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO; INTERIOR HAS ISSUED NEW GUIDANCE AND IS DOCUMENTING MANY OF ITS OVERSIGHT PROCESSES, BUT HAS NOT DOCUMENTED A TIME FRAME FOR TESTING OPERATORS' RESPONSES TO A SUBSEA BLOWOUT; SUBSEA WELL CONTAINMENT CAPABILITIES AVAILABLE FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO COULD BE USED IN OTHER FEDERAL WATERS, BUT ENVIRONMENTAL AND LOGISTICAL RISKS DIFFER; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION.

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