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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Workgroups:
- Oil Properties Workgroup
- Nearshore Workgroup
Staff:
- Joe Banta
- Tom Kuckertz
- Roy Robertson
- Jeremy Robida
- Donna Schantz
- Linda Swiss
Tanker Plan Workgroups Update PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups Workgroups: - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Tanker Plan Workgroups Update PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups Workgroups: - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Prince William Sound Tanker Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Pl an Tanker Plan Workgroups Update PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups Workgroups: Oil Properties Workgroup Nearshore Workgroup Staff: Joe Banta Tom Kuckertz Roy
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Oil Properties Workgroup
Members:
- Response Planning
Group
- Alyeska/SERVS
- Alaska Dept. of
Environmental Conservation
- US Coast Guard
- PWSRCAC
Contractors:
- SL Ross
- Spill Science
– Environment Canada
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Oil Properties Workgroup Two Phases:
- Initial Charter 2009
- Sample taken February 2010
- Second Charter 2012
- Sampling protocol
- Sample taken November 2012
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Oil Properties Workgroup Goals of Workgroup:
- Analysis of current ANSC properties
- Develop sampling protocol
- Determine weathered oil properties
- Effects of weathered oil and
skimmers
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Oil Properties Workgroup Summary of Workgroup Process and Results:
- Samples drawn – 2010 & 2012
- Analysis by SL Ross and Spill
Science (Environment Canada)
- Relatively consistent results
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Oil Properties Workgroup
Summary of Workgroup Process and Results:
- Sampling protocol established
- Sampling frequency recommended
- Oil properties defined
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Oil Properties Workgroup
Oil Properties Summary:
- Oil will not form a stable emulsion
even when weathered
- API 30.6 and 31.4 for 2012 sample
- Workgroup reports were accepted
by Steering Committee in August 2013
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Nearshore Workgroup
Members:
- Response Planning Group (shipper reps)
- US Coast Guard
- Alyeska/SERVS
- PWSRCAC
- Alaska Dept. of Environmental
Conservation
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Nearshore Workgroup – 2011
- Analysis of nearshore components
- Focus on Nearshore Task Forces 1-8
(72 hours)
- Reviewed:
– Historical documents – Job aids – Nearshore response tactics – Anvil study
- RPS for Nearshore response is 12,265
bbls of oil within 72 hours
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Nearshore Workgroup
November 2012 Plan:
- Chart showing task force configuration
replaced by multiple tactics that build on each other
- Operational timeframes defined
- No reduction in equipment (skimmers,
boom, storage), fishing vessels
- Maximize flexibility!
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Nearshore Workgroup
Workgroup recommendations:
- Change in operational timeframe – average
36 hours for NSTF 2-4
- Revised equipment table to show
minimum equipment required for NSTF
- Equipment deployment from Barge 500-2
- Minibarge towing speed
- Operating during hours of darkness
- Minibarge discharge containment
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Nearshore Workgroup
Workgroup recommendations (con’t):
- Debris management
- Use of support vessels
- Vessel decontamination
- Skimmer operations tactic
- Nearshore Group Supervisor
- Staging areas and Barge 500-2
- On-site safety specialist
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Nearshore Workgroup
Documents reviewed and bibliography created:
- Exercise reports
- Lessons learned
- Anvil study
- ADEC findings documents
- Correspondence
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PWS Tanker Plan Workgroups
Nearshore Workgroup
Current status:
Draft Nearshore Work Group
White Paper prepared – to be approved by Steering Committee
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