| Title | Scoping risk assessment protection against oil spills in the marine waters of northwest Washington State, volume 2. technical appendices |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 47146 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Dyer, Michael; Schwenk, Judith C.; Watros, Gary C.; Boniface, Duane |
| Source | 224p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Coast Guard |
| Publisher | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Publication Date | 19970718 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | On April 28, 1996 the White House issued the Department of Transportation (DOT) Action Plan to Address Vessel and Environmental Safety in Puget Sound-Area Waters. The Action Plan outlines several related tasks, the first stage of which was to report to Congress on the development and implementation of a plan for a private sector international tug-of-opportunity system (ITOS) to provide emergency response in the waters off of the Olympic Coast and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The second stage is the Secretary's review of the overall marine safety regime to determine whether other hazards--beyond those examined in the development of ITOS--warrant consideration of specific mitigation measures. This report has been prepared to facilitate the Secretary's review. This report is the Technical Appendices to the main report, which was intended to provide information relevant to possible actions to increase safety of the waterways of northwest Washington State, including Puget Sound, Strait of Juan de Fuca, passages around and through the San Juan Islands, and the offshore waters of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. This scoping risk assessment is an initial characterization of the hazards which can cause oil spills by ships underway and the environmental sensitivity to such spills; deaths, injuries, and property losses are not accounted for. This study also served as a pilot application of the Commandant (G-M) Risk Based Decision Making Guidelines. The insights gained from this study will be used for refining and expanding those Guidelines. |
| Rosap ID | dot:9759 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9759 |
| TRT Terms | Oil spills; Environmental risk assessment; Risk assessment; Inland waterways; Hazards; Environmental impacts; Safety management; Human factors in crashes; Crash causes; Human error |
| General Subjects | Puget Sound |
| Classification | AGR - IMPACTS - Environment; NTL - MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION - MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION; NTL - MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION - Marine Energy and Environment; NTL - MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION - U.S. Coast Guard |
| Geographical Coverage |
Washington |
| Availability | Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/47000/47100/47146/Dyer_Scoping_Risk.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |