Review and Evaluation of Contingency Plans for Oil and Hazardous Substances in the Upper Great Lakes Region

摘要

The purpose of this study was to update and supplement a contingency plan review conducted for the Corps in 1979 by the St. Lawrence-Eastern Ontario Commission for handling oil and hazardous substance spills on the upper Great Lakes and their connecting channels. Special attention was given to cleanup and control methods described for ice conditions that may exist in the region in winter. The report identifies existing contingency plans in the study area; tabulates amounts, types, and locations of equipment and manpower that exist to implement the plans; describes methods to contain and recover oil in ice conditions; describes spill mitigation plans and techniques to protect natural resources; describes techniques of deflecting oil in swift flowing waters; and describes disposal plans identified in the contingency plans. Keywords: Upper Great Lakes, Hazardous substance spills, Winter navigation, Cleanup, Control methods, Contingency plans, Oil spills. (JES)