The Pacific States/B.C. Oil Spill Task Force's Annual meeting will take place at the downtown Seattle Public Library on Wednesday, September 25th from 8:00-5:00. This year's theme is "Emerging Issues in West Coast Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response". The Annual Meeting offers an opportunity for the Task Force members to update stakeholders, agencies and the public on activities the Task Force is engaged with in spill prevention, preparedness and response. This year's topics include: changes in fuel transportation across the region; characteristics of emerging fuels; arctic spill prevention; risk assessments; new and emerging technologies. There are numerous hotels and restaurants nearby, and parking is available at the library for a daily fee. For directions and accommodations, click here. Please check back here end of May for meeting agenda. If you need additional information, contact Sarah@VedaEnv with questions.

To register for the annual meeting, please contact Linda Helmick. Please check back here mid-May for meeting agenda.

 

Learning from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of National Significance

The Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, June 9. 2010 (browardnetonline.com

Key policy themes for the Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force going forward include:

• Continued state access to planning through the Area Contingency Planning process;
• Continued state access to decision-making during a response through Unified Command and the Incident Command System;
• Coordinating industry contingency planning with Area Plans in order to ensure that sufficient response equipment is available for both offshore and nearshore response to a Worst Case Discharge; and
• Ensuring that each coastal region - including our Pacific Coast area - has adequate response capacity for mutual aid at the regional level.
• For your convenience, here are the links to reports and websites for the Deepwater Horizon event:

Deepwater Horizon Reports:

Report of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and National Research Council:
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13273

Report of the National Incident Commander:
http://www.nrt.org/production/NRT/NRTWeb.nsf/AllAttachmentsByTitle/SA-1065NICReport/$File/Binder1.pdf?OpenElement

Report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling:
www.oilspillcommission.gov/final-report

Report of the Incident Specific Preparedness Review Team:
BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Incident Specific Preparedness Review (ISPR) Final Report (http://www.uscg.mil/foia/docs/DWH/BPDWH.pdf)

The Deepwater Horizon FOSC Report:
http://www.uscg.mil/foia/docs/DWH/FOSC_DWH_Report.pdf

The US Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE) final reports of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on the April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) explosion and fire:
http://www.brymar-consulting.com/wp-content/uploads/Misc/JIT_Report_Vol_I.pdf

http://www.brymar-consulting.com/wp-content/uploads/Misc/JIT_Report_Vol_II.pdf

Deepwater Horizon Incident websites:
Unified Command: http://www.restorethegulf.gov/
NOAA: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/deepwaterhorizon
Gulf Response on-line mapping tool: www.GeoPlatform.gov/gulfresponse
EPA: http://www.epa.gov/bpspill
BP: www.bp.com/gulfofmexicoresponse
A bibliography that lists peer-reviewed journal articles, reports, commentaries and book chapters regarding Deepwater Horizon: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/researchtools/subjectguides/dwh_bibliography.pdf