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4 Barriers to Effective Response
Pages 52-54

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... MANAGERIAL BARRIERS A major managerial barrier in responding to spills of nonfloating oils is the lack of experience at the local level. The knowledge base for planning and responding to oil spills is primarily derived from responses to actual oil spills.
From page 53...
... Consequently, regulatory agencies cannot usually provide timely approvals. The resources and information necessary to respond effectively to nonfloatingoil spills have not been identified, including divers capable of operating in contaminated waters, the capability of updating bathymetric maps to determine potential accumulation zones, and the selection and implementation of systems to track the movement and distribution of subsurface oil.
From page 54...
... Without this information, it is difficult for resource managers to evaluate the potential effects of unrecovered oil or to decide on how aggressive their containment and recovery efforts should be. FINANCIAL BARRIERS Funding levels for testing and evaluating potential response options for all oil spills are low, but they are especially low for spills of nonfloating oils (NRC, 1998~.


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