REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM PREAPPROVAL OF IN-SITU BURNING FOR OPERATIONAL USE

摘要

On January 7,1994,Regional Response Team VI that covers the Gulf coast approved a plan that allows the federal on-scene coordinator to approve the use of burning three miles or farther off the coasts of Louisiana or Texas.This landmark action is the first preapproval for in-situ burning in the continental U.S.The plan was presented to the response team by the Marine Spill Response Corporation on behalf of the response industry and its clients.