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When reviewing industry oil spill plans, we analyze whether response equipment is in strategic locations that can be moved from a home base to a potential spill site within certain planning timeframes. Standard travel speeds of 35 miles per hour over land and 5 knots over water and 100 knots by air are applied, unless plan holders request alternative travel speeds and we grant them. Because you own the equipment and keep records on performance, your customers will ask you for help to meet this requirement (WAC 173-182-350).
We recommend you apply for alternative travel speeds as soon as possible to make the PRC application process and contingency plan approval process run smoothly.
Requests must be submitted to ecology and should include:
Vessel or vehicle particulars.
Documentation of actual performance during spills or drills. Be sure to include the date, time, and weather/sea state information.
Sea Trials.
If approval of alternate travel time is granted by ecology you will receive a letter detailing the equipment and the approved travel speeds.
Drills may be used to verify travel times.
Write descriptions of your recovery systems
Response contractors that own recovery equipment are required to provide information to help Ecology determine effectiveness of recovery systems (WAC 173-182-345). The information will also be used to analyze how the equipment meets the planning standards for plan holders.
When you submit your new application:
Describe how skimming devices are intended to be transported and deployed. This description does not bind you to use a specific resource for transport. The information will be used to determine if the resources needed to transport equipment are available.
Identify the pumps and pumping capacity that will be used to transfer product to storage devices.
List the boom and workboats associated with each skimming system. This list does not bind the PRC to use specific resources with a designated skimming system. The list will be used to determine if the resources needed to develop a complete skimming system are available.
If the system relies on a vessel of opportunity or non-dedicated transport asset, include a statement on how the asset would be located and secured.
Ecology has added fields to the Western Regional Response List (WRRL) for recovery system descriptions
The WRRL has been in use information requested in the PRC application. It can also be referenced by your customers when documenting how the response equipment meets the planning standards. Please contact Myola Martinez.
We would like to work with you now to develop these descriptions
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