organizations, providing Clean Seas, Incorporated, with considerable back up equipment to support its own inventory. Provisions can be made for the rapid transportation of this equipment by Coast Guard C-130 aircraft or helicopter. The Coast Guard and Navy also have spill containment and cleanup equipment that will be made available for spill situations meriting such action. Following is an inventory of CSI basic equipment on hand as of November 1975. (1) Inventory of Equipment and Materials-Status (a) Containment 2,000' Bottom-Tension Boom: This is a heavy duty, open ocean containment boom with 4' x 13' floats and 8' curtain, extending 3-1/2' above water line and 4-1/2' below water line. Usually stored on land and deployed from beach; requiring 24 hours for 1,000' length if unassembled. At the present time Clean Seas Incorporated is working on an assembled mode storage on land. Capability: Will contain oil in 6-8 foot significant waves and winds to 25 knots at currents up to 1-1/4 knots. 1,600' Vikoma Seapack and Seaboom 2 units For very fast response to oil spills, the VIKOMA Seapack with Capability: Experience in the English Channel and by the Swedish Coast Guard over the past several years indicated this boom can be on a scene and deployed in less than an hour. It is effective in preventing spread of oil in significant waves up to 6 feet and winds of 20 to 25 knots. In the mode in which this boom is used, there is little or no current across boom which could cause loss of oil due to underflow. CSI exercises with this boom would parallel the Swedish Coast Guard's response and deployment time. Response is the major factor. Deployment is instantaneously accomplished on arrival at the site, 10-12 minutes. 1,210 feet Goodyear Sea Sentury medium duty boom 12-1/2" x 24", without fence in 55 foot sections) for harbor protection. 1,000 feet Expandi medium duty oil boom (12" x 18" skirt). This boom may be used for offshore rapid deployment for containment as well as harbor protection. (b) Recovery CSI Skimmer System: One (1) CSI Skimmer System consisting of 45' x 17' x 6' catamarantype adjustable weir skimmer barge, two 240' lengths of 30" Kepner Sea Curtain Boom, a 2,000 GPM pumping system and two (2) 100 barrel oil-water, separation tanks. For fast response, the skimmer with boom on board is anchored in Santa Barbara Harbor. Capability: This system is capable of recovering all grades of oil from light to bunker C at rates up to 2,000 GPM plus some debris and sorbent material in moderate sea states. Modification to this skimmer will elininate the necessity of the tanks by installing a pump onboard and a 5,000 gallon floating storage bag. Sea Dragon: One (1) Sea Dragon Skimmer System consisting of a 45' x 26' x 8' catamaran-type barge equipped with a liquid oil recovery system and a conveyor system for recovery of sorbent and debris, two 240' lengths of 30" Kepner Sea Curtain Boom and hydraulic system driven by a Niesen power package. The skimmer barge is anchored in Santa Barbara Harbor. Capability: This system is capable of recovering all grades of oil from light to bunker C at rates up to 150 GPM plus large amounts of debris and sorbent material in moderate sea states. Mark-II Skimmer: Two (2) Mark-II Skimmers, 14' x 30' weir type are available in Carpinteria Yard. These may be used, one on each side of a vessel or may be used singularly with a vessel. Recovery system can be either an 80-barrel, skid mounted vacuum tank or compressed air driven Wilden pumps and 100 bbl. oil-water separation tanks, all of which are available. Capability: These are very simple skimmers and may be used in a number of ways to solve the particular problem at hand. All grades of oil from light to bunker C can be recovered plus small amounts of debris. Fluid recovery rates from 50 GPM to 200 GPM are available. These skimmers are limited to light winds and light sea states. Trailers capable of carrying these skimmers on the highway have been constructed. Also, one of these skimmers has been equipped with an O/B motor, self-contained pump and 1,200 gallon floating storage bag. Work Boat: One (1) 19' Larson skiff with 125 HP Johnson motor kept in Santa Barbara Harbor for use as work boat around skimmers and barge. One (1) 14' Valco Skiff with 15 HP O/B kept in CSI's Carpinteria Yard. Truck: One (1) 2 1/2-tone used to tow Vikoma Seapack, boats, haul boom, absorbents, etc. Compressor: One (1) Gardner-Denver 600 cfm rotary, diesel engine driven, wheel mounted compressor stored in Carpinteria Yard. Usually used with air tools and to drive the Exxon Floating Weir skimmers, Acme skimmers or the Wilden pumps. Lines, Hoses, Tools: Complete set of all necessary sizes of nylon and polypropeline lines for deploying and towing booms and skimmers. Hoses of 2", 3" and 6" size for skimmers, all fitted with Camlock fittings. Air hoses for compressor. Complete sets of tools for all equipment. Radio Communications System: A complete, clear channel, radio system on 40.04-48.62 MHz., provides solid communication throughout the CSI area of interest. This system consists of: 1 base station in Santa Barbara office 1 base station in Carpinteria Warehouse 1 repeater on Santa Ynez Peak 1 mobile unit in Manager's car 14 portable Handie-Talkie Units. Oil Mop MK-11-9: One (1) MK-11-9 Oil Mop System consisting of a two-wheel trailer, Oil Mop Machine, Tail Pulleys and 400' of 9" Mop. Stored at CSI's Carpinteria Yard. Capability: This system is primarily used in protected waters, will recover all grades of oil. Maximum capacity 100 bbls/hr. 40' Enclosed Trailer Vans: Two (2) Trailers stocked with booms, absorbents, small skimmer, miscellaneous cleanup equipment. Will be stored in CSI's Carpinteria Yard at this time. Exxon Floating Weir Skimmers: Three (3) Floating Weir Skimmers, compressed air driven Acme-type pump, are available in Carpinteria Yard. These were designed to collect oil concentrated in the B-T Boom area and work best in thick concentrations of oil. Also, ideal for recovery of oil in harbor areas and quiet waters. Capability: These skimmers will handle light to fairly heavy oil with no debris in 2-3 foot waves. Fluid recovery rates are up to 300 GPM for each skimmer. One (1) Acme 39T Gasoline or air driven pump, available in Carpinteria Storage Yard. This pump is designed to collect oil in somewhat heavy concentration. Ideal for harbor areas. Will recover oil in open ocean in light seas. Fluid recovery rates up to 340 GPM. Light in weight can be handled by two men. One (1) Acme 51T Same as above and will recover oil in open ocean in light to moderate seas. Tide-Mar VII Barge: One (1) 641-ton tank barge, Tide-Mar VII, for collecting oil picked up by skimmers as they work in an oil spill. This is a 160'x39'x13' ocean-going barge with 10 tanks, capacity of 7,840 barrels, and Presently moored in the harbor at six diesel engine driven pumps. Port Hueneme, California. A large inventory of absorbents, including, Conwed: sweeps, c. National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan was developed pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended. Section 11 (c) (2) of that statute authorizes the President to prepare and publish such a plan. The National Contingency Plan was developed by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in June 1970, and revised in August 1971. The revised National Contingency Plan, after publication in the Federal Register (36 F.R. 162, August 20, 1971, p. 16215 et seq.), and amended on September 9, 1972 and December 21 1972, became the required national procedure for response to spills of oil and hazardous material. A new National Contingency Plan has been prepared by CEQ and published in the Federal Register (38 F.R. 155, Part II, August 13, 1973). This new Plan supersedes the one set forth in the Federal Register of August 20, 1971 (36 F.R. 16215) as amended on September 9, 1972 and December 21, 1972. The new National Contingency Plan has been prepared |