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Project Overview

What is the CSR-SRI?
The Columbia and Snake River Spill Response Initiative (CSR-SRI) is a collaborative effort made up of local, state, and federal oil spill response community as well as members of industry. The CSR-SRI initiative was developed to address the immediate need for oil spill preparedness and response in the area along the Columbia and Snake River. The initiative brings together a number of resources tailored for the area such as a notification list and contacts of local responders, customized strategies for oil spill response, maps, locations of oil spill response equipment caches, and training opportunities. 

Why is this important?
Threats from oil spills can happen anywhere in the state. The Columbia and Snake River area is no exception. Potential threats of spills are from commercial oil transfers, railroads, highways and the dams. The need for immediate response is even more essential in this area due to some of the unique conditions posed by the geographical area such as time and spill response resource constraints.

What are Project Specific Spill Plans (PSSP)?
Project Specific Spill Plans (PSSP) are initial response strategies that are used in the event of an incident and contain the following information:

• List of contacts

• Site names (project name)

• Phone numbers and email addresses

• Geographic Response Plans (GRPs)

What is the difference between a PSSP and a Geographic Response Plan (GRPs)?
Although efforts are continuing to develop and update new and existing GRPs, PSSPs are local initiatives and pre-cursory work for the future GRPs in development for the area. The strategies developed through this effort will eventually be folded into the larger statewide GRP system.