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Author Staff, National Research Council

Title Purposeful Jettison of Petroleum Cargo
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (216 pages)
Contents ""PURPOSEFUL JETTISON OF PETROLEUM CARGO""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""JETTISON REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""SUMMARY OF SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS""; ""History and Technical Background""; ""Legal Problems Concerning Jettison""; ""OTHER COMMENTS""; ""Considerations in Making Time-Critical Decisions""; ""Panel #1: Decision-Making Criteria""; ""Panel #2: A Regional Response Team's Decision-Making Exercise""; ""ANALYSIS OF KEY ISSUES""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON MARINE SALVAGE ISSUES""
""Opening of the symposium and welcome from sponsors""""symposium objectives and organization""; ""welcome address from the u.s. coast guard""; ""welcome address from the u.s. navy supervisor of salvage""; ""part i: history and technical background""; ""the significance of jettisoning: oil on troubled waters""; ""one hundred years ago""; ""the twentieth century""; ""oil on troubled waters""; ""jettison from stranded tankers""; ""refloating tankers""; ""lightening of tankers""; ""requirements for successful lightening""; ""the least of the evils""; ""conclusion""
""ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AS A FUNCTION OF OIL SPILL SIZE""""PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL VARIABLES""; ""PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS""; ""CONTAINMENT AND RECOVERY""; ""Weathering Processes""; ""Spill Response Techniques""; ""In Situ Burning""; ""Dispersants""; ""Mechanical Recovery Measures""; ""Spill-size Relationships""; ""SHORELINE CHARACTERISTICS""; ""BIOLOGICAL FACTORS""; ""Microbial Effects and Biodegradation""; ""Phytoplankton""; ""Zooplankton""; ""Benthic Invertebrates""; ""Macroalgae""; ""Fish""; ""Seabirds""; ""Marine Mammals""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""OIL SPILL TRAJECTORY MODELING""
""HOW MODELS WORK""""TYPES OF MODELS""; ""LIMITATIONS TO MODEL ACCURACY""; ""HOW MODELS ARE USED""; ""DISCUSSION: QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ADDRESSED TO THE SPEAKERS""; ""QUESTIONS ADDRESSED TO MR. ELLIS""; ""QUESTIONS ADDRESSED TO DR. ENGELHARDT""; ""QUESTIONS ADDRESSED TO DR. GALT""; ""PART II: LEGAL STATUS OF JETTISONING""; ""MARINE SALVAGE: NEW LAWS AFFECTING THE JETTISONING OF OIL""; ""SALVAGE LAW""; ""Current Law""; ""RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SALVAGE LAW""; ""UNITED STATES OIL PLLUTION LAWS""; ""The Federal Scheme""; ""Salvage Operations in Navigable Waters""
""Salvage Operations in the Exclusive Economic Zone""""Salvage Operations Involving Hazardous Substances""; ""State Laws""; ""EFFECT OF UNITED STATES OIL POLLUTION LAWS ON SALVAGE""; ""MAJOR ISSUES FOR SALVORS""; ""Compensation""; ""Salvor's Responsibility to Vessel Owner""; ""Third Party Liability of Salvors""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ADDENDUM A: EXAMPLES OF STATE OIL POLLUTION LAW""; ""West Coast""; ""Alaska""; ""California""; ""Oregon""; ""Washington""; ""Gulf Coast""; ""Florida""; ""Louisiana""; ""Texas""; ""Great Lakes""; ""Illinois""; ""Michigan""; ""Wisconsin""; ""East Coast""; ""Maine""
Notes ""Massachusetts""
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Subject Oil spills -- Law and legislation -- Congresses
Jettisoning of cargo -- Congresses
Liability for oil pollution damages -- Congresses
Jettisoning of cargo
Liability for oil pollution damages
Oil spills -- Law and legislation
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309586832
0309586836