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Research to Support Analysis of Oil Spill Response Plans for Spills on Snow and Solid Ice

Office/Division Program
OSRR
Project Number
1142
Research Performing Activity
Nortech, Inc.
Research Principal Investigator
Kirsten Ballard
Research Contract Award Value
$248,134.00
Description

This project developed the ROSI calculator tool to facilitate assessment of an operator's oil spill response plan for a well blowout, tank failure, pipeline leak, or other spill that occurs during winter months and results in recovery operations on snow and solid ice using "yellow gear" equipment as described in the Alaska Clean Seas (ACS) Tactics Manual. Further, it asssed whether further research was recommended to verify and potentially update the formulas incorporated into the calculator tool.

Latest progress update

The project is complete. The final report is posted below. The ROSI calculator can be found on BSEE.gov at the following link: https://www.bsee.gov/recovery-of-oil-on-snow-and-ice-rosi-planning-calc…

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