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EPA Oil Spills
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Oil Spill Program -- This website provides information about the U.S. EPA's program for preventing, preparing for, and responding to oil spills that occur in and around inland waters of the United States. Site provides valuable industry stats, describes is detail how program is designed to prevent oil spills, reduced the number of spills from the total volume handled each year. The Oil Spill Program is administered through EPA headquarters and the 10 EPA Regions.
US Gov't Oil Spill Incident News Site
This website contains information provided and approved by the Unified Command for specific spill incidents. The Unified Command is the group responsible for conducting response operations at the scene of an incident. It is usually comprised of the U.S. Coast Guard Federal On-Scene Coordinator, the State On-Scene Coordinator, and a representative of the responsible party.
Information is posted on the site as it becomes available. The timing of updates depends on the nature of each spill and resources available to post the material. The date of updates is noted on each page. During rapidly evolving events, the site might be updated several times per day. In the later phases of a response, the site might be updated once per week. The site is maintained by the Hazardous Materials Response Division, Office of Response and Restoration http://response.restoration.noaa.gov , National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in support of U.S. Coast Guard http://www.uscg.mil/ incident response operations.
EPA Superfund Emergency
This on-line guide provides a valuable resource for professionals and others interested in how the nation prevents, prepares for, and responds to emergencies involving hazardous substances and oil. The U.S. EPA's Emergency Response Program coordinates and implements a wide range of activities to ensure that adequate and timely response measures are taken in communities affected by hazardous substances and oil releases where state and local first responder capabilities have been exceed or where additional support is needed.
NOAA: Oil Spills Aids
The NOAA OR&R site for Oil Spill Responders offers tools and information for people dealing with spills of oil and petroleum products by providing: Reports and Publications Case histories; training tools; briefing papers, and reports on spill response issues, in PDF format.
NOAA: Oil Spills Response and Restoration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Ocean Service’s site has tools and information for emergency responders and planners, and others working to understand and mitigate the effects of oil and hazardous materials in our waters and along our coasts. The site includes specific information for oil spill and chemical accident responders.
NOAA: Restoring Resources Lost in Oil Spills
This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s site offers specific information about their Damage Assessment and Restoration Program. (DARP) conducts natural resource damage assessments and restoration of coastal and marine resources injured as a result of oil spills, releases of hazardous materials and ship groundings. This DARP site is maintained to enhance public access to information about natural resource damage assessment and restoration. Although every effort is made to provide timely information, changes may occur prior to updating this web site, thus DARP cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of information or data.
US Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard's Marine Safety and Environmental Protection website features documents and other information of general interest to the maritime community. This site is updated daily. The site offers an Incident Management Handbook.
USCG: National Response Center
The National Response Center web site discusses the background and mission of the NRC, describes the process for reporting spills, the legislative requirements, and features chemical and biological hotlines. The NRC is the sole federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills. The site offers online reporting and toll free numbers for additional information on reporting requirements
USCG: National Pollution Funds Center
The National Pollution Funds Center’s site promotes the public's general understanding of the National Pollution Funds Center, its background, mission, and responsibilities
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